The Mote in God's Eye [1/2]
by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Read by Doug Tisdale Jr.
This book was first published in 1974
Audio originally issued by NLS in 2018
"In the year 3016, the Second Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings have ever been encountered, not until a light sail probe enters a human system carrying a dead alien. The probe is traced to the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud, and an expedition is dispatched. In the Mote the humans find an ancient civilization--at least one million years old--that has always been bottled up in their cloistered solar system for lack of a star drive. The Moties are welcoming and kind, yet rather evasive about certain aspects of their society. It seems the Moties have a dark problem, one they've been unable to solve in over a million years."
Part 2 here: https://youtu.be/HUDNxN9Ik5A
Chapter list:
00:00:00 - (i) Book Info
00:08:05 - (00) Prologue
00:09:52 - (01) Command
00:33:53 - (02) The Passengers
00:59:34 - (03) Dinner Party
01:14:05 - (04) Priority OC
01:31:17 - (05) The Face of God
01:46:35 - (06) The Light Sail
02:14:06 - (07) The Crazy Eddie Probe
02:25:00 - (08) The Alien
02:38:47 - (09) His Highness Has Decided
02:52:42 - (10) The Planet Killer
03:02:18 - (11) The Church of Him
03:12:35 - (12) Descent into Hell
03:37:54 - (13) Look Around You
03:56:41 - (14) The Engineer
04:18:23 - (15) Work
04:28:35 - (16) Idiot Savant
04:47:53 - (17) Mr. Crawford's Eviction
05:08:10 - (18) The Stone Beehive
05:30:24 - (19) Channel Two's Popularity
05:42:43 - (20) Night Watch
06:07:50 - (21) The Ambassadors
06:36:22 - (22) Word Games
07:06:03 - (23) Eliza Crossing the Ice
07:26:50 - (24) Brownies
07:51:31 - (25) The Captain's Motie
08:15:22 - (26) Mote Prime
08:47:35 - (27) The Guided Tour

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