The Mote in God's Eye

Dramatis Personae . . . vii Chronology . . . ix Prologue PART ONE - The Crazy Eddie Probe 1. Command . . . 1 2. The Passengers . . . 12 3. Dinner Party . . . 25 4. Priority OC . . . 32 5. The Face of God . . . 40 6. The Light Sail . . . 47 7. The Crazy Eddie Probe . . . 61 8. The Alien . . . 67 9. His Highness Has Decided . . . 74 10. The Planet Killer . . . 80 11. The Church of Him . . . 85 12. Descent into Hell . . . 91 PART TWO - The Crazy Eddie Point 13. Look Around You . . . 104 14. The Engineer . . . 113 15. Work . . . 124 16. Idiot Savant . . . 128 17. Mr. Crawford's Eviction . . . 139 18. The Stone Beehive . . . 150 19. Channel Two's Popularity . . . 161 20. Night Watch . . . 167 21. The Ambassadors . . . 180 22. Word Games . . . 194 23. Eliza Crossing the Ice . . . 209 24. Brownies . . . 219 25. The Captain's Motie . . . 231 PART THREE - Meet Crazy Eddie 26. Mote Prime . . . 243 27. The Guided Tour . . . 259 28. Kaffee Klatsch . . . 276 29. Watchmakers . . . 287 30. Nightmare . . . 295 31. Defeat . . . 302 32. Lenin . . . 319 33. Planetfall . . . 325 34. Trespassers . . . 333 35. Run Rabbit Run . . . 339 36. Judgment . . . 353 37. History Lesson . . . 360 38. Final Solution . . . 373 PART FOUR - Crazy Eddie's Answer 39. Departure . . . 383 40. Farewell . . . 389 41. Gift Ship . . . 397 42. A Bag of Broken Glass . . . 407 43. Trader's Lament . . . 410 44. Council of War . . . 413 45. The Crazy Eddie Jump . . . 424 46. Personal and Urgent . . . 432 47. Homeward Bound . . . 443 48. Civilian . . . 449 49. Parades . . . 462 50. The Art of Negotiation . . . 476 51. After the Ball is Over . . . 486 52. Options . . . 497 53. The Djinn . . . 512 54. Out of the Bottle . . . 521 55. Runner's Hole Card . . . 527 56. Last Hope . . . 535 57. All The Skills of Treason . . . 542 58. And Maybe the Horse Will Sing . . . 552 Epilogue . . . 556