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The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle — a classic first-contact science fiction novel widely considered one of the greatest alien-contact stories ever written. Pocket Books paperback edition. First Pocket Books printing October 1975 (this copy is a later printing). Originally published in 1974. The novel follows a human expedition that encounters the mysterious alien civilization known as the Moties. What begins as diplomatic contact slowly becomes a tense exploration of alien biology, culture, and the dangers of misunderstanding between species.