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Reddit mentions of The Mote in God's Eye
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Height | 6.75 Inches |
Length | 4.1875 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | March 1991 |
Weight | 0.7 Pounds |
Width | 1.2 Inches |
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The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. One of the greatest First Contact books ever. Hugo and Nebula nominee.
"Writing separately, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are responsible for a number of science fiction classics, such as the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ringworld, Debt of Honor, and The Integral Trees. Together they have written the critically acclaimed bestsellers Inferno, Footfall, and The Legacy of Heorot, among others.
The Mote In God's Eye is their acknowledged masterpiece, an epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre."
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Okay so I think this might meet most of your criteria but it is two books that totals about 800 pages (I think - I'd have to run down to my bookshelf and check but I'm lazy). So it's a short read but I've read both books 3 times over and I always enjoy it. So here they are:
Book 1: The Mote in God's Eye
Book 2: The Gripping Hand
I'd also add "The Mote in God's Eye" to that list (along with it's sequel.)
Edit: Also Hamilton's other space opera, the "Night's Dawn" trilogy.
And of course the follow-up trilogy to Pandora's Star, The Void series, but I consider that part of the same story as Pandora's Star.
Another different take: http://www.amazon.com/Mote-Gods-Eye-Larry-Niven/dp/0671741926. It's a first-contact book with a military side, but with a twist.
The Mote in God's Eye also features a solar sail ship powered by giant lasers.
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The concept is called a photonic laser thruster by scientists and engineers I'd you want to look up more about systems from a real world point of view.
The Ender sequels (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) and The Mote in God's Eye all have a lot of soft science. This is probably true for a lot of stories involving first contact.
Edit - Snow Crash deals a lot with linguistics as well.
The Mote In God's Eye is one of my favourite sci-fi, first contact, deep space war novels.
May i add suggest a mote in gods eye
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there's also "The Mote in God's Eye "
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You've likely read most of these, but here are a few suggestions:
I can recommend others if you've already hit all of those already.
The Mote in God's Eye
If we were ever to make contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence, I would consider this book required reading for those who had to talk with the aliens. It is a very thought provoking and original take on first contact.
Mote in God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle is fantastic.
From Heinlein himself, "Possibly the greatest science fiction novel I have ever read."
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The Mote in God's Eye has a solar sail ship, at least for a little while :) But it's a great alien world.
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The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Excellent book with a very well rounded universe. If you enjoy it there are several other books written in that universe.
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I'll recommend three!
An exploration of how biology affects culture, framed in a hard science first contact story:
The Mote in God's Eye
In the near future scientists discover a dead astronaut on the moon... who died 50,000 years ago.
Inherit the Stars
A sci-fi classic with great characters along the way. The over-crowded Earth is heavily reliant on the food created by a prison colony on the moon, which decides to declare its independence, with the help of the first A.I.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
> ('remove the log from your own eye before you bother with the splinter in your brother's eye')
As a complete aside, The Mote in God's Eye, is a really good book.
The book is The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. I'm not very far into it, but I've also already seen a character named Jock (as in Jock Fireblast).
David Brin's Uplift series. Some invasion novels, a lot of first contact/conflict.
Also, The Mote in God's Eye, and The Legacy of Heorot. More first contact than first invasion, but they have the same effect.
Hard science fiction I liked are:
Old, and famous authors:
The Mote in God's Eye [series] (Niven, Pournelle)
http://www.amazon.com/Mote-Gods-Eye-Larry-Niven/dp/0671741926
New, and unknown authors:
Allopoly: The Cycle of Civilization (Hadges)
http://allopoly.com
The Mote in God's Eye
Probably my favorite hard science fiction novel.
That book reminded me of [The Mote in God's Eye] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Mote-Gods-Larry-Niven/dp/0671741926/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382107573&sr=8-1&keywords=the+mote+in+god%27s+eye) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Worth checking out.
Here is a list of some of my favorites so far:
I'd also add "The Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle.
you might enjoy the book The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. Among other things, it addresses the issue as What's good for the species vs. what's good for the individual.
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