Contents
About this Book
About the Author
Other Books in the Mote Universe
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Cast of Characters
Imperial Autonetics Majority Shareholders
Other Humans
Citizens of the Second Empire of Man
Saint George, New Utah, and environs
Saint George True Church Militant Security Zone
Bonneville and The Barrens, New Utah
Other Moties
Other Species
Chronology (Standard Years)
Prologue
Chapter 1: Visitation Rights
Chapter 2: Accrual Methods
Chapter 3: Sanctum, Sanctus, Sancta
Chapter 4: Fairserv
Chapter 5: Knowledge Management
Chapter 6: Hostile Takeover
Chapter 7: Forty Thieves
Chapter 8: The Gathering
Chapter 9: Angels in Heaven
Chapter 10: Verbal Contracts
Chapter 11: Communications Update
Chapter 12: Paternity Suit
Chapter 13: Tortious Intervention
Chapter 14: A Sharp Correction
Chapter 15: Final Accounting
Chapter 16: Chairman of the Board
Chapter 17: Intellectual Property
Chapter 18: Opportunity Investment
Chapter 19: Formal Accession
Epilogue
Appendix
Map of Inhabited Areas of New Utah
True Church of Mormon Organization
Mormonism
Church of Him
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (“LDS Church”)
Reformed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (“LDS Sixers”)
True Church of Mormon (“True Church” OR “TC”)
True Church Militant (“TCM”)
Catechism of The Great Weep
His Gatherings
His Numbers
His Tenets
His Creed
The Gathering Hymn (Common Notation)
Mesolimeran Tables of Measure
"Three-Hand,” or “Cattle” Accounting
Land Accounting
Commodity Accounting
Asymmetry, Chimerism, and Hermaphroditism in New Utah Swenson’s Apes
Introduction
The Planet of the Apes
Zebras, Mules, and Truth Stranger than Fiction
The War Between the Sexes
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Back Cover
About This Book
Since first contact with the alien Mote civilization, expansion of the Second Empire of Man has slowed. The Fleet’s attention has become consumed with blocking Motie access to human space—and holding that thin line now depends upon a shaky alliance with the horrifically prolific, technologically brilliant, three-armed Moties themselves. Under the terms of Horace Bury’s will, human and Motie shareholders have also assumed joint control of industrial giant Imperial Autonetics. Still, the Empire decides the fate of worlds. Those already in possession of space-worthy craft may join as Classified systems, and enjoy the benefits of access to new technology, trading rights, and Fleet protection. Those less advanced may be parceled out as colonial concessions. Outworlds that refuse to join risk conquest by zealous commanders intent on preserving the hard-won peace at any cost. Worlds boasting great riches are targeted for quick accession. Those presenting any danger are targeted for quick destruction. Yet, though their very planets depend on guessing the right questions, and delivering the right answers, in the remote backwaters of Imperial space, few of these details are known to the Outies themselves. Set in the first chaotic year following Horace Bury’s death, this gripping sequel to King David’s Spaceship, The Mote in God’s Eye, and The Gripping Hand introduces Asach Quinn, a human character as enigmatic as the alien Moties, and shifts point of view from the vast race across the stars, to the role played in that race by one small rancher, on a world already deemed irrelevant…
About the Author
Dr. J.R. Pournelle is an archaeologist and anthropologist best known for reconstructing landscapes surrounding ancient cities. A Research Fellow at the University of South Carolina’s School of The Environment, and past Mesopotamian Fellow of the American School of Oriental Research, her work in Turkey, Iraq, and the Caucasus has been featured in The New York Times and on The Discovery Channel. In a former life, she received numerous decorations for service as a United States Army intelligence officer and arms control negotiator, and performed reconstruction work in Iraq as a civilian.
Outies
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King David’s Spaceship
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Outies
J. R. Pournelle
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.