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  • The incidents in "Mote" are mentioned kind of an aside in one chapter of the book.

    Review: The Mote In God's Eye 2005

  • Orbiting this sun is a planet known as Mote Prime which is home to a race of aliens called Moties.

    "The Mote in God's Eye" and Republican sex Johnny Pez 2009

  • I closed the window and it worked nonetheless. .anyway..the Mote is the Mote.

    Poll: Large Majority Wants Congress To Pass Legislation To Withdraw Troops 2009

  • His mission quickly changes when an alien ship is discovered to be heading to that system from the remote dwarf star that is known as the Mote since it appears like a speck of dust in the even-larger star known as Murcheson's Eye.

    REVIEW: The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle 2005

  • The page called Mote in Love's Labour's Lost (the word 'moth' in the original can mean both a 'mote' or speck dancing in a sunbeam or else a moth) takes pleasure in spoofing the affected mannerisms of his master, Don Armado, the fantastical Spaniard.

    Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002

  • There's a mound, too, by the side of the ruined church, and it is called a Mote, which means something desperately interesting and historic, and there's a Peel-tower in ruin.

    The Heather-Moon 1889

  • The edition of "Mote" that I've got is a "restored" edition with a couple of chunks added back in by the authors.

    The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2009

  • (Soundbite of song "Mote") SONIC YOUTH: (Singing) When you feel the spiral turning through alone.

    Turning 'Sonic Youth' Fans Into Readers 2009

  • King David's Spaceship or A Spaceship for the King: set roughly at the same time as "Mote", but in a different section of the reborn Empire.

    Review: The Mote In God's Eye 2005

  • "Gripping Hand" was written by both, and is, alas, not as good as "Mote".

    Review: The Mote In God's Eye 2005

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