The Mote in God's Eye Author:Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle The book begins far in the future when man has long ago conquered the galaxy and colonized the planets of the stars. Men have wandered through every edge and corner of their universe, have withstood every challenge and obstacle, and reigned supreme. — Then one day, from out of nowhere, a space ship appears. it carries the emissaries of a world ... more »so totally alien in creed and culture, so terrifyingly strange and bizarre, as to elude all comprehension or understanding. And yet it is a world as utterly frightening and dangerous as our own, our equal in power and technology. And perhaps in trechery and cunning.« less