The Gripping Hand
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The Gripping Hand

by Larry Niven

1993•Science fiction•407 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionadventurerobots/ai/spacewarfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarylinearrescue/escape/jeopardyall consuming questfish out of water/culture clash

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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3.6 / 5

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About This Book

SCIENCE FICTION. Robert Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read." "The San Francisco Chronicle" declared that "as science fiction, "The Mote in God's Eye" is one of the most important novels ever published." Now Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, award winning authors of such bestsellers as "Footfall "and "The Legacy of Heorot, " return us to the Mote, and to the universe of...

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionAdventureRobots/ai/spaceWarRescue/escape/jeopardyAll consuming questFish out of water/culture clash

Subjects

Science fictionHuman-alien encountersLife on other planetsAmerican Science fiction

Details

Author
Larry Niven
Published
1993
Pages
407
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