Mote In God's Eye
The Mote in God's Eye, written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, is a science fiction novel generally regarded as one of the greatest ‘first contact' stories ever written. The story takes place in outer space during the year 3017. The protagonist of this book is Roderick Blaine, the captain of the Navy spaceship MacArthur, who is asked to intercept an alien probe entering his empire's solar system to determine if it is friendly . The antagonists are the race of aliens (called Moties) that the crew encounters. While technologically less advanced, the Moties are frightening in their raw ability to learn and adapt.
The major conflict in The Mote in God's Eye involves Captain Blaine, his crew, and the crew of another Navy warship, Lenin, struggling to discover the true nature of the Moties, and then trying to escape from the Moties' solar system to warn the empire of the aliens' frightening capabilities and nature.
The novel begins just after the human race has recovered......
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