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The Mote in God's Eye

By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Narrated by: L J Ganser
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 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 best-sellers 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. No lesser an authority than Robert A. Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read".

©1991 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction

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ok first off, I loved the story , it's been over 25 years since I've read it and it holds up remarkably well, my only gripe is with the narrator, who thought it was a good idea to get a narrator who clearly has never heard a Scottish accent in his life narrate a story mostly based around a planet named "new Scotland" utterly abysmal attempts that never got better ruined what would otherwise been an excellent book.

great story poor narrator

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A well thought out story of first contact with an alien species and what that would mean to humankind. An easy listen.

Well thought out SciFi

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book, you would never guess it was written so long ago. Well worth the credit

A Timeless SciFi Classic

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my kinda sci fi, space travel, milatary and corporate angles and first contact with an alien race.

some memourable charaters and action sequences.

recommended.

enjoyable space / alien encounter sci fi

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Clearly two authors at work here. Great overall themes and story. Occasional passages of twee bourgeois romance and 'dashing, daring do' for which I am now too old and cynical. Special mention must be given to the narator for the worst Scottish accent ever. If you can overlook the accents and old school romantic nonsense, it is worth a stab.

An aging classic.

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