The Mote in God's Eye Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Publisher: Pocket Books

The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. A ship comes careening into a human system. But in The Gripping Hand it's retconned that he was only doing so because he wanted his planet to have religious freedom. I have been looking for a hard-science fiction novel that could grip my attention for some time. The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle was published in 1974. By Steve Sailer on August 9, 2012 at 8:48am. End Date: Wednesday May-08-2013 4:57:02 BST Buy It Now for only: £3.69. Arguably the best story about first contact ever written. Corrupt Corporate Executive, subverted: Horace Bury funds a war in The Mote In God's Eye. Here's an interesting bit of science fiction literary history: Robert A. The Mote in God's Eye is a novel of first contact, so I was expecting some great classic SF and interesting aliens, and got it. The pilot is dead, and strange, and it has apparently traveled for years at sublight speeds to get there. It's a rule that saved me a lot of frustration, but I think I might break it for Jennifer Pournelle's Outies , a sequel to her father's and Larry Niven's The Mote in God's Eye . Heinlein on "The Mote in God's Eye". The Mote in God's Eye, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Good Book.