{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the peak catastrophe is known as the \"crazy eddy point\". Introduces the concept of frictionless toilets that don't have any water in them but I suspect the authors didn't think it all the way through - I don't recall a negative air pressure that would keep odours in their rightfull place. Nevertheless a fascinating read.\r\nI haven't read this for donkeys years which is why I'm searching for an e-copy."}, "title": "The Mote in God's Eye", "covers": [408133, 6541601, 7338297, 4910585, 8436157, 8578630, 10706531], "subject_places": ["A galaxy far", "far away..."], "subjects": ["American Science fiction", "Science fiction", "Fiction in English", "Life on other planets", "Fiction", "Fiction, science fiction, general", "American literature"], "subject_people": ["Crazy Eddy"], "key": "/works/OL15331302W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL33881A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL220399A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL7868356A"}}], "subject_times": ["A long time ago..."], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "latest_revision": 14, "revision": 14, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2010-08-16T23:33:17.888102"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2022-05-24T01:33:48.684676"}}