num_pages: 560
description: 'The best novel about human beings making first contact with intelligent but utterly nonhuman aliens I have ever seen, and possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read'ROBERT A. HEINLEINFrom Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, the most highly acclaimed science fiction novel of the last ten years: a masterpiece to rank with DUNE and EON.'A spellbinder, a swashbuckler... and best of all it has a brilliant new approach to that fascinating problem - first contact with aliens'FRANK HERBERT
language: English
title: The Mote in God's Eye
titlecomplete: The Mote in God's Eye
characters: Rod Blaine, Sandra Fowler, Ben Fowler, Kevin Renner, Horace Bury, David Hardy
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Aliens, Space Opera, Audiobook, Speculative Fiction, Space, Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics
ratings_count: 68935
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: Futura Publications Ltd