
The Mote in God's Eye
Format: Book
Description: x, 560 pages ; 18 cm.
In 3016, the 2nd Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to faster-than-light Alderson Drive. Intelligent beings are finally found from the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud. The bottled-up ancient civilization, at least one million years old, are welcoming, kind, yet evasive, with a dark problem they have not solved in over a million years.
Series: Moties ; bk 1
Subjects:
Human-alien encounters -- Fiction.
Space ships -- Fiction.
Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction.
Science fiction, American.
Human-alien encounters -- Fiction.
Space ships -- Fiction.
Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction.
Science fiction, American.
ISBN:
067149175X
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SF Niven | Ballentine | Science Fiction | In |
SF Niven | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Science Fiction | In |
Includes excerpts from "The Burning City" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle.