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The Mote in God's Eye, by Niven and Pournelle
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:57 pm
by Omphalos
In the history of SF there have been innumerable team-ups by authors. Dickson and Anderson. Zelazny and Dick. Moore and Kuttner. But in my opinion there has never been a greater team than Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. These two on their own pretty much renewed the entire genre by going through many of the major themes and producing a blockbuster (and very Heinleinian) novel for each. 1976 brought us Inferno, an odd religion book which was a modern interpretation of Dante's Inferno. In 1977 they produced a masterpiece calamity novel called Lucifer's Hammer, about a comet striking the Earth. In 1982, an archology/BDO (big dumb object) story called Oath of Fealty. 1985, an alien invasion novel called Footfall. 1987 brought us an amazing interstellar colonization book called The Legacy of Heorot. But it all started in 1974 with a superb first contact story called The Mote in God's Eye. This is one of those rare times where a new team of authors gets things dead-on, right from the get-go. Five out of five stars.
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:32 pm
by Robspierre
I fuckin' love the Crazy Eddie myth
Rob
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:17 am
by Omphalos
I still have to read those Pournelle books.
You know, when I read this one this time I had a LOT more sympathy for the Moties than I did the last time. That race was incredible.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:34 am
by SandChigger
BIG Motie fan here!
(Fuzzy and multi-limbed...what's not to like?
)
[
waves three legs!]
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:45 am
by Omphalos
Multi limbed and fuzzy? Are you hitting on me?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:46 am
by inhuien
I've been meaning to read this book for like
forever, thanks for the reminder
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:02 pm
by A Thing of Eternity
It's a gooder.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:50 pm
by SandChigger
Omphalos wrote:Multi limbed and fuzzy? Are you hitting on me?
Only if you're secretly a Motie and into xenosex.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:12 pm
by orald
It's very nice, but I thought the writing was a bit reminicest of some kind of 50's-60's military show, with all the navy guys talking like Robin-to-Batman.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:15 pm
by Omphalos
It was a military piece, after all. That aspect of it was the authors shooting for realism.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:48 pm
by orald
Yea, but, c'mon, do they really talk like Ned Flanders in the navy? where are all the rude and vulgar people? Sailors are infamous for it, being stuck in those ships all that time between ports.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:29 pm
by A Thing of Eternity
orald wrote:Yea, but, c'mon, do they really talk like Ned Flanders in the navy? where are all the rude and vulgar people? Sailors are infamous for it, being stuck in those ships all that time between ports.
It pretty much focussed on the officers, who should be a bit more well mannered. I get where you're coming from though.