false 218453 8 Published in the UK as <b>The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye</b>. Robert Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read." <i>The San Francisco Chronicle</i> declared that "as science fiction, <i>The Mote in God's Eye</i> is one of the most important novels ever published." Now Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, award winning authors of such bestsellers as <i>Footfall </i>and <i>The Legacy of Heorot,</i> return us to the Mote, and to the universe of Kevin Renner and Horace Bury, of Rod Blaine and Sally Fowler.<P> There, 25 years have passed since humanity quarantined the mysterious aliens known as Moties within the confines of their own solar system. They have spent a quarter century analyzing and agonizing over the deadly threat posed by the only aliens mankind has ever encountered-- a race divided into distinct biological forms, each serving a different function. Master, Mediator, Engineer. Warrior. Each supremely adapted to its task, yet doomed by millions of years of evolution to an inescapable fate. For the Moties must breed-- or die.<P> And now the fragile wall separating them and the galaxy beyond is beginning to crumble.<P> 441605 book 1992 The Gripping Hand total:753|5:122|4:259|3:286|2:68|1:18| 753 2658 933 35 3 1 false false Fri Sep 28 13:03:34 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 13:19:49 -0700 2007
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