I picked this book up last year at a garage sale and thought I'd never have time to get into it, but liked the cover art. It's a huge story, but I settled into it easily and found my bedtime getting later and later each night.
1000 years from now, Commander Lord Roderick Blaine (*swoon*) and his newly-rescued girlfriend (and Imperial Senator's niece) Sally are trying to restore order to the planet of New Chicago. A not-so-unfamiliar team of starship cast and crew are along for the ride. There was this huge civil war going on, and allegiances are wonky. There's also some weird culty religious groups out there also, and they worship a star, or something.
So, of course, an alien ship contacts them and they have to worm-hole it over there to check it out. And what they find are Moties (named after the big red star the crazies worship) and the Moties are awesome. They are like little peaceful Ewok-monkey-kindergarteners. They have advanced technology and little smaller Motie-Lites who take everything apart and then reassemble to stuff to make things work better. And make coffee. There's all kinds of awesomepants when the little watchmakers get in the vents!
The Motie ambassadadors bond with certain members of the crew, becoming what they call "fyunch(click)s" which was awkward at first, but then I started using this term myself, and it fits all around. The crew learns what they can about their fyunch(click)s, about the aliens switching sexes throughout their lifespan, about what the little watchmaker Moties really are, about the Motie's violent history and expanding civilization.
And when Rod and Sally kiss, why am I the one who fell in love?
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I'm not sure I could follow this book, that's alot of new beings. But it sounds like fun. And who doesn't love a little romance??
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