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Summary: whats going on???
Review: I have a few large problems with this book. One, the length too short the story gets started well is kinda hazy in the middle and picks up strong agian in the end. The secound problem is that I am not quite sure what this book is. Is it the life of a family in the 23rd cenutry? A book of an impendeing asteriod impact? How about a book of a new war of religions? The end result is that you just don't know by the end. If you don't like the style you could walk away feeling confussed and fustrated.
Rating:
Summary: whats going on???
Review: I have a few large problems with this book. One, the length too short the story gets started well is kinda hazy in the middle and picks up strong agian in the end. The secound problem is that I am not quite sure what this book is. Is it the life of a family in the 23rd cenutry? A book of an impendeing asteriod impact? How about a book of a new war of religions? The end result is that you just don't know by the end. If you don't like the style you could walk away feeling confussed and fustrated.
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Summary: it was a good book
Review: i liked it is was really cool if you are going to read a book read this one
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Summary: An excellent (yet short) book
Review: I loved this book! Clarke takes a different approach in Hammer of God, switching from technological forecasting to
sociological brainstorming, and hits one out of the ballpark. His predictions are hilarious; Christianity and Islam merge into a single religion! On the surface his ideas seem absurd, but a quick glance at the front page of your daily newspaper suggests that Clarke's ideas might be closer to reality than one would like to think. The only thing about Hammer of God I didn't like was that it was too short! I know Earth will be saved, but Clarke creates such an interesting social panorama that I want to know
more.
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Summary: A Change of Pace
Review: I loved this book! Clarke takes a different approach in Hammer of God, switching from technological forecasting to sociological brainstorming, and hits one out of the ballpark. His predictions are hilarious; Christianity and Islam merge into a single religion! On the surface his ideas seem absurd, but a quick glance at the front page of your daily newspaper suggests that Clarke's ideas might be closer to reality than one would like to think.
The only thing about Hammer of God I didn't like was that it was too short! I know Earth will be saved, but Clarke creates such an interesting social panorama that I want to know more.
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Summary: Should have known better.
Review: I think I don't give the book as much credit as it possibly deserves because of the overload of Earth-In-Path-Of-Asteroid stories that have been abundant the past decade or so. Maybe if I read this before seeing Armageddon I'd have liked it more, but I agree with another reviewer - it just seemed very dry, which could be because the asteroid plot isn't new and exciting to me, and the characters can't carry the story on their own.
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Summary: Should have known better.
Review: I think I don't give the book as much credit as it possibly deserves because of the overload of Earth-In-Path-Of-Asteroid stories that have been abundant the past decade or so. Maybe if I read this before seeing Armageddon I'd have liked it more, but I agree with another reviewer - it just seemed very dry, which could be because the asteroid plot isn't new and exciting to me, and the characters can't carry the story on their own.
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Summary: A great Sci-Fi Novel
Review: I think this book is great. I could barely put it down. Clarke expanded on a great short story to make an even better book. It is a classic.
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Summary: Hammer of Boredom
Review: In the end notes Clarke comments that the original idea for this novel was a short story...unfortunately he then went and fleshed it out to a book. Bottom line, if you like fluffy SciFi with sketchy characters and a straight forward, basic plot this is a undemanding (if somewhat frustrating because of the short chapters) read. If you've read Clarke at his best, this is totally disapointing. If you have a teenager who is leaning toward SciFi, try them on this...I think that's about the right age group.
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Summary: A good read, but not a classic
Review: Just to declare my interest up-front, I'm a professional astronomer who observers comets and asteroids and has observed quite a few asteroids of the type that could impact the Earth. That's why I bought this book! I've read a number of books that use well-aimed comets and asteroids to bring universal doom - it's a subject which has been well-exploited in the last few years. Some books, like "Lucifer's Hammer" (by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle) are far superior in detail, although set in the present, rather than Clarke's far future. Compared to some of the books that I have read, the Hammer of God was disappointly light-weight. What I will acknowledge it the future setting which Arthur C. Clarke invents and which is far more interesting and realistic in many senses than the Earth-impact part of the plot. I'd settle for Rendezvous with Rama over this book any time. I enjoyed the read, but as light entertainment. It isn't one of Arthur C. Clarke's great books, but it's fun if you don't take it too seriously. Frankly though, I don't understand the multiple 5-star reviews that appear above.
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