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| author | Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> | 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200 |
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diff --git a/articles/2025/The-Mote-in-God's-eye.html b/articles/2025/The-Mote-in-God's-eye.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..d6c779c --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2025/The-Mote-in-God's-eye.html @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="EN"> + <head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css"> + <title>The Mote in God's eye</title> + </head> + <body> + <header> + <h1>Bloggings</h1> + <a href="/index.php">Back</a> + + </header> + +<main> +<article> +<h2>The Mote in God's eye</h2> +<h3>2025-04-06</h3> +<h4>Science fiction by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle</h4> +<p>I'm re-reading this book on my Kobo. It's a book I first read back in the 70's. +I probably bought it at Shakespeare & Co. a famous bookshop in the latin quarter of Paris, where +I could go and spend a couple of hours reading a book in a big leather armchair, +so it bears a touch of nostalgia for me.</p> +<p>The premise is of an intelligent species (the Moties), locked in it's own solar system, +victim of endless cycles of expansion and destruction due to it's fertility. +Larry Niven thought big when he wrote novels like Ringworld, and here it's no exception.</p> +<p>Some things seem a bit dated, for example the descendents of Russia, America or Scotland +being important in the distant future, but all in all a good thought provoking read. +To me it begs the question: what if our own species winds up becoming Moties?</p> +<p>๐ <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-mote-in-god-s-eye">Kobo ebook</a></p> +</article> +</main> +<footer> +<p> </p><p>ยง</p></footer> +</body></html> |