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De Schervenlanden

Deze saga speelt zich af in de verre toekomst, waar de mensheid uitgestrekte delen van de galaxy heeft gekoloniseerd. Na de ineenstorting van grote rijken en langdurige conflicten stuit de mensheid op hun eerste buitenaardse beschaving tijdens hun reis naar het kosmische onbekende. Wanneer een mysterieuze sonde met een onbekend wezen aan boord wordt ontdekt, begint een race tegen de klok. Kunnen zijn bedoelingen worden ontcijferd en contact worden gelegd voordat het te laat is?

The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye
The Mote in God's Eye

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  1. The Mote in God's Eye

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    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

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  2. His excellency Horace Hussein Al-Shamian Bury, trader and magnate, had hoped never again to hear mention of the gripping hand, Moties, the only aliens mankind has ever encountered, have two delicate right arms with small, wonderfully dextrous hands - and one poweful left arm which weilds the gripping hand...While Bury is investigating an excess of cash on the Imperial planet Maxroy's Purchase, his long-time friend and pilot Kevin Renner first sounds the alarm: the dreaded Moties have escaped quarantine. And so begins for Bury and Renner an adventure unsuited to men of their age, which returns them to Mote Prime, launches them into battle in space...and reveals, once more, their unorthodox appreciation of Motie intelligence and ingenuity.

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