Bingo Bans the Bomb page eight of the "Mirror". Bingo is alarmed to see a photograph of the policeman with Mabel in one hand and Bingo in the other. Bingo goes to the Drones Club for a drink, and talks to Freddie Widgeon, who suggests that Bingo claim he has a double who looks just like him. Bingo decides to ask Mabel to claim that she was with this fictitious double instead of Bingo. Back at the office, Bingo looks up Lord Ippleton in the telephone book and calls him, asking to speak to Mabel. Lord Ippleton, distraught about Mabel's arrest, tells him she
The Mote in God's Eye The Mote in God's Eye The Mote in God's Eye is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974. The story is set in the distant future of Pournelle's CoDominium universe, and charts the first contact between humanity and an alien species. The title of the novel is a wordplay on the Biblical "The Mote and the Beam" parable and is the nickname of a star. "The Mote in God's Eye" was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards in 1975. "The Mote in God's Eye" (originally titled "Motelight") is set