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    <body><![CDATA[Like so many books I’ve read, The Mote in G-d’s Eye was recommended to me by father, many years ago. And, like many books I’ve read, it’s actually taken me years to read it. I don’t really know why; I know I tried to read it once when I was younger, and it somehow didn’t grab me. Maybe I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26774604">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Written in 1972, The Mote in God’s Eye is the premier work by award winning authors Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, who also collaborated on the science fiction classics Footfall and Lucifer’s Hammer.  Grand Master Robert A. Heinlein called it &quot;possibly the finest science fiction novel I h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23496157">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is one that is commonly on, 'Best of SF,' lists. It is there for a reason. It was written in 1973 and it shows in many ways. What also shows is the influence it had on other books in Science Fiction.<br/><br/>This book is about the Moties, the aliens that The Empire of Man has just run i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8801738">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted to like <em>The Mote In God's Eye</em>--not only did it come highly recommended by both the denizens of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.metafilter.com">metafilter</a> and my good friend Karin, but it also centers on first contact with an alien race, one of my favorite themes in science fiction. Niven and Pournelle handle the species-building well--th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56421453">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Eh.<br/><br/>It started out very well, setting up the first contact between two species.  The aliens were less bizarre than I hoped, but good plot points and twists and I was intrigued.  It was interesting to see the event from both species perspective, though they should have spent more time on t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71806329">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Classic First Contact Sci-Fi novel. I really liked this book. The first contact question is so interesting. What will we find when we first encounter intellegent life on another planet. How will they differ from us? We really have no idea how different they will likely be. <br/><br/>This novel is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78322587">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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