# Were the Moties originally four-armed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [November 20, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-moties-originally-four-armed/926033 "2020-11-20T12:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-moties-originally-four-armed/926033/13 "2020-11-22T22:14:12Z")
This may also be of interest: > [@The opening space-battle scene cut from The Mote in God's Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opening-space-battle-scene-cut-from-the-mote-in-gods-eye/731224): > > Just found this - cut from Niven and Pournelle’s 1974 first-contact classic, and worth a read now, if you liked the book. Colvin, you may recall, appears in the closing pages of the novel, having later accepted Imperial rule as probably being for the best: [http://www.webscription.net/chapters/0671741926/0671741926.htm](http://www.webscription.net/chapters/0671741926/0671741926.htm) The link in the OP, I see, has gone bad. Try this: [https://www.baen.com/Chapters/0671741926/0671741926.htm](https://www.baen.com/Chapters/0671741926/0671741926.htm) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-moties-originally-four-armed/926033)._