num_pages: 560
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Mote in God's Eye
titlecomplete: The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
characters: Rod Blaine, Sandra Fowler, Ben Fowler, Kevin Renner, Horace Bury, David Hardy
genres: Classics, Space, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Aliens, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 68924
series: Moties
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Pocket Books