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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. An excellent read & raises a lot of interesting thoughts for me. It's about contact with an alien civilization in a more interesting setting than most. Makes me think a lot about some of our civilizations. Well worth reading & a classic of science fiction. (  ) jimmaclachlan | Sep 25, 2009 |  Pre09: Characters: They get churned pretty fast, but at least they have personality. Plot: Just awesome. Exploration and exposition galore. Style: Again, just awesome. This is science fiction. ( ) Isamoor | Aug 19, 2009 | fastia | Jun 13, 2009 | As Robert A. Heinlein once said, this is quite possibly the finest Science Fiction book ever written. It's certainly the best "first contact" book ever written, in my opinion. 'Nuff said. ( ) SnowSnake | Apr 7, 2009 | The Mote in God's Eye is the story of the Empire of Man's first contact with an intelligent alien race, after a probe containing an alien corpse is discovered heading for an inhabited system. Once the probe's origins are determined, a ship is sent to make contact. The Moties (aliens) they meet are friendly and only after a disaster occurs do some of the humans begin to be suspicious. I won't say more, as I don't want to give away some of the delicious plot turns this book takes. It is a great story, one that made me late for work last week as I did not want to put it down after reading it at breakfast table. http://archthinking.blogspot.com/2009... (  ) lorin77 | Mar 2, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0671741926, Mass Market Paperback)In the year 3016, the Second Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings have ever been encountered, not until a light sail probe enters a human system carrying a dead alien. The probe is traced to the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud, and an expedition is dispatched.In the Mote the humans find an ancient civilization--at least one million years old--that has always been bottled up in their cloistered solar system for lack of a star drive. The Moties are welcoming and kind, yet rather evasive about certain aspects of their society. It seems the Moties have a dark problem, one they've been unable to solve in over a million years. This is the first collaboration between Niven and Pournelle, two masters of hard science fiction, and it combines Pournelle's interest in the military and sociology with Niven's talent for creating interesting, believable aliens. The novel meticulously examines every aspect of First Contact, from the Moties' biology, society, and art, to the effects of the meeting on humanity's economics, politics, and religions. And all the while suspense builds as we watch the humans struggle toward the truth. --Brooks Peck (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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