Known Space: The Future Worlds of Larry Niven
Mote Image Gallery
The Mote in God’s Eye and its sequel The Gripping Hand tell the story of the first contact between humans and the aliens known as “Moties”, from the Coal Sack Nebula.
The novels were co-written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, and are set in Jerry Pournelle’s CoDominium universe.
INSS MacArthur approaching the Motie lightsail Illustrated by Paul Lloyd
Europa, standing in for the Navy refuelling station on Brigit (texture map by Bjorn Jonsson) Illustrated by Paul Lloyd Paul writes: "In their essay "Building the Mote in God's Eye",
This illustration by John Ottinger depicts a Motie Ship from the Mote in God's Eye. The picture is actualy an acrylic painting 11" X 48" in size.
"Since you have images of that Leif Ericson version of the MacArthur on your site, I thought I'd also send you the version I was developing for the film, with it's central hydrogen ram-scoop and over-under main drive engines." -Andrew Probert
The Coal Sack as seen from New Caledonia. Artwork for Proposed Mote In God's Eye Movie This is a a pre-production illustration by Andrew Probert.