The Mote in God's Eye

"POSSIBLY THE FINEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL I HAVE EVER READ."
 — Robert Heinlein

"AS SCIENCE FICTION, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS EVER PUBLISHED."
—San Francisco Chronicle

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.

Cover Art by Kurt Miller

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, March 1974

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ISBN-13: 978-0-671-74192-1
ISBN-10: 0-671-74192-6

Copyright© 1974 by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

REFLEX Copyright © 1982 by Niven and Pournell first appeared in There Will Be War: Volume I Copyright © 1983 by Jerry Pournelle (Baen Books)

Building the Mote in God's Eye Copyright 1990 by Larry Niven first appeared in N-Space Copyright 1990 by Niven (Tor Books)

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To Marilyn and Roberta,
who put up with us while we wrote this;
and to Lurton and Ginny,
who made us do the job over again.

 

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

MATTHEW 7:3