Mote in God's Eye

by Larry Niven, Larry Pournelle

Hardcover

English language

Published Oct. 11, 1993 by Doubleday Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-56865-054-8

Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the peak catastrophe is known as the "crazy eddy point". Introduces the concept of frictionless toilets that don't have any water in them but I suspect the authors didn't think it all the way through - I don't recall a negative air pressure that would keep odours in their rightfull place. Nevertheless a fascinating read. I haven't read this for donkeys years which is why I'm searching for an e-copy.

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Milla H reviewed The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven

Ihmiskunta kohtaa rikkalaiset

2 stars

Koko kirjan lukemisen ajan mietin miten kertomuksen alienit käännettäisiin suomeksi. Rikkalaiset?

Ihmisten asuttamaan aurinkokuntaan pölähtää keinotekoinen kappale jostain kauempaa. Lähtöpiste näyttää olevan aurinkokunta ison punaisen tähden, Murchesonin Silmän lähistöllä olevan pienemmän tähden Rikan luona. Luotaimesta löytyy alieni ja ihmiset lähtevät tutkimaan mistä se tuli.

Vähän liian vanhanaikainen ja junnaava kerronta teki pitkästä kirjasta vielä pitemmän. Sen lisäksi yhden kiintiönaisen ja pakollisen romanssin änkeminen tarinaan oli ihan turhaa.

Ihmisnäkökulman lisäksi alienien omaa ajattelua kuvattiin. Tarinan twisti ei ollut kovin yllättävä. Hyvä lisä kuitenkin first contact -kokoelmaan.

joelchrono reviewed The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven

Simply fantastic

5 stars

The authors did a great job on this one.

The setting in this is superb. It starts out with a chronology of events that immediately made this world really interesting to me. I loved it all the way. Characters are good.

Having watched quite a bit of Star Trek old TV shows really helped me picture a bunch of the things and dialogues in this. It made it really enjoyable.

The Moties are one of the most interesting species I've seen, even if I couldn't take it seriously as a name, its just too cute, which I guess makes sense. Their discovery and their history is quite interesting too, so many what ifs.

It is not the most action packed or the most intense book overall, but it has its moments of great suspense and thrill. I found it quite realistic and the plot developed really …

The authors did a great job on this one.

The setting in this is superb. It starts out with a chronology of events that immediately made this world really interesting to me. I loved it all the way. Characters are good.

Having watched quite a bit of Star Trek old TV shows really helped me picture a bunch of the things and dialogues in this. It made it really enjoyable.

It is not the most action packed or the most intense book overall, but it has its moments of great suspense and thrill. I found it quite realistic and the plot developed really well, and the way the conflict resolves is quite human and real.

The characters are also fantastic! Rod and Sally made a great duo and the rest of the characters are also pretty nice. Or at least they worked the way they're supposed to, some are really annoying, but its only human nature.

I would love to lose my memory and read it again, its that good

Doc Kinne reviewed Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven

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5 stars

Quite simply The Mote in God's Eye is one of the top five science fiction works ever written. Niven & Pournelle started out to create the ultimate First Contact novel, and they did it. If you have any interest at all in Space Opera Science Fiction, The Mote in God's Eye is your next book.

Period.

Nicolas Delsaux reviewed La Paille dans l'Oeil de Dieu by Larry Niven

Review of "La Paille dans l'Oeil de Dieu" on 'Goodreads'

1 star

Il était bien épais, ce roman.
Et en même temps, c'est normal, vue la complexité de l'histoire qu'il raconte.
Dans un empire humain galactique futuriste, un voilier solaire extra-terrestre traverse un système spatial depuis une zone inexplorée, et qu'on croyait inhabitée. Evidement, on va envoyer des vaisseaux militaires explorer la zone. Et évidement, ils vont tomber sur des extra-terrestres. Seulement, la rencontre se fera d'une manière raisonnablement inédite avec ses extra-terrestres mélangeant plusieurs espèces.
Bon, le bouquin est plutôt épais, et mon résumé plutôt médiocre.
J'ai du mal à avoir un avis réellement clair sur ce roman, qui ronronne gentiment du début à la fin. Finallement, la seule partie qui secoue un peu le lecteur est le voyage des trois enseignes sur la planète des pailleux. Voyage qui, hélas, se termine assez brutalement.
Dès ce voyage-là terminé, on revient à une espèce de routine dont la conclusion en forme de statu quo laisse peut-être espérer une suite, mais m'a surtout paru montrer à quel point les auteurs ne savaient pas où ils allaient.
En fait, en commençant à écrire cet avis, j'avais sur ce roman un avis raisonnablement bon. Seulement, je n'arrive à exhumer de ma mémoire aucun bon moment de lecture.
Alors du coup, je ne peux que vous déconseiller sa lecture pour cause d'ennui profond ... voire même d'ennui aussi insondable que le Sac de Charbon dans lequel se situe ce récit.