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The Gripping Hand
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The Gripping Hand Softcover - 1993

by Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle

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Pocket Books. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0671795740 . A mass market or other softcover book previously read, with noted spinal creases, possible cover creasing, chips and edge wear. A tight binding, but previously enjoyed and graded according to its presenting condition. Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own.... they buy honest books .
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Details

  • Title The Gripping Hand
  • Author Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pocket Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1993
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 30603
  • ISBN 9780671795740 / 0671795740
  • Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.68 x 4.1 x 1.15 in (16.97 x 10.41 x 2.92 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Robert Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read." The San Francisco Chronicle declared that "as science fiction, The Mote in God's Eye is one of the most important novels ever published." Now Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, award winning authors of such bestsellers as Footfall and The Legacy of Heorot, return us to the Mote, and to the universe of Kevin Renner and Horace Bury, of Rod Blaine and Sally Fowler. There, 25 years have passed since humanity quarantined the mysterious aliens known as Moties within the confines of their own solar system. They have spent a quarter century analyzing and agonizing over the deadly threat posed by the only aliens mankind has ever encountered-- a race divided into distinct biological forms, each serving a different function. Master, Mediator, Engineer. Warrior. Each supremely adapted to its task, yet doomed by millions of years of evolution to an inescapable fate. For the Moties must breed-- or die. And now the fragile wall separating them and the galaxy beyond is beginning to crumble.

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About the author

Jerry Pournelle (right), a past winner of the John W. Campbell Award, has collaborated with Niven on numerous bestsellers. He has also written such successful solo novels as Janissaries and Starswarm. He lives in Studio City, California.
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were the joint winners of the 2005 Robert A. Heinlein Award.

Larry Niven (left) is the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of such classics as Ringworld, The Integral Trees, and Destiny's Road. He has also collaborated with both Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes on The Legacy of Heorot, Beowulf's Children, and the bestselling Dream Park series. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were the joint winners of the 2005 Robert A. Heinlein Award.