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Summary: A solid "hit".
Review: Take yourself on a time warp back to the days of Apollo-Soyuz and enjoy this epic tale of what might happen if a shattered comet hit Earth with the mother of all shotgun blasts. For a movie to be made from it now, they would have to switch to Shuttle-Mir and leave out the parts about unknown technology relating to women Cosmonauts. The Astro/Cosmo-nauts would also have the choice of returning either in the shuttle or soyuz. Everything else could stay the same.
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Summary: Takes a hard look at the difference between need and want...
Review: Great read! It really makes you stop and think about what to hold on to at the "end of the world", where an error in judgement can cost you your life once society has broken down to the basic instincts of kill or be killed.
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Summary: One of the best SF Novels ever
Review: "Lucifer's Hammer" is not only the best 'disaster' novel I've ever read, it also forced me to take a long hard look at some of the things we take for granted in our daily life. Read it - you'll be impressed.
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Summary: Very good exploration of the end of the world
Review: The comet hits the Earth, but that is only the beginning---the best part of the book is what comes after. It comes pretty close to describing what the aftermath of an earth shattering event might be. A lot is crammed in there, and you get the impression that the authors could have gone on much longer, but they had to stop it somewhere. The best part of reading the book is realizing how many things we have today that we take for granted.
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Summary: Sorry, but not so good from a Hard SF point of view
Review: If you are a fan of hard science fiction, the novel is not that good. As in Asimov's long version of Nightfall, it should have stopped after Earth was impacted. Thereafter, the novel is good as an "End of the Word" story. Interesting social and philosophical implications. The plot regarding defensive countermeasures is really poor. Mankind is better prepared than that to do something against an incoming asteroid or comet. If you like the hard stuff, you better read Clarke's "The Hammer of God" or Benford's "Shiva Descending"
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Summary: My all time favorite book by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Review: This book is fascinating, starting with action and excitement, and wrapping up with enough force to make you shiver. Mr. Niven's "Lucifer's Hammer" not only envisions how mankind would exist if we lost everything, it also describes the character of mankind itself, from the thief to the monarch, and how they would react to a global emergency. "Lucifer's Hammer" also describes how mankind not only needs the human touch, but the human organization. When governments are lost, groups band together to form their own governments. The first time I read this book, I couldn't put it down. This made for a late night. The second time I read it, I couldn't put it down AGAIN, which made my boss extremely upset. But it was worth it just to read this book
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Summary: My All-Time Favorite Book
Review: I read this book probably 20 years ago (before it
was reissued) and it's still my favorite book
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Summary: One of my all-time favorite novels
Review: I never read books more than once, but I have read "Lucifer" three times. A riveting story of the end of civilization as we know it, due to a comet's impact with the earth. The story of a group of very few survivors in Southern California... how they stay alive and try to rebuild a normal life. Great characters and plot. Exciting, suspenseful, with a satisfying ending. My highest recommendation. You don't have to be a science fiction fan to love this book
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Summary: An excellent "What if?"
Review: This book is a wonderful, starkly realistic portrait of the end of civilization as we know it. Niven and Pournelle paint vivid pictures of multiple mega-tidal waves and constant hurricanes as fragments of a massive comet slam into the Earth. The survivors gather in a feeble attempt to stay alive as cannibles, thieves, robbers, religious fanatics, and murders roam the mountains after most of California is washed away. Niven and Pournelle have a knack for making their stories chillingly real. This book is not a noble account of humanity helping each other, but a gritty story about how they would act
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Summary: A great destruction epic
Review: This book had a lot going for it. Niven and Pournelle, with m,uch scientific experience, have created a very realistic story. Calling it sc-fi would almost be a stretch, since it could really happen. The characters were very complex and memorable. The aftermath of it all, however, seems to be smaller in scope when compared with the destruction area of the book. When this aftermath begins, the books does begin to drag later on. After 640 pages, though, I was glad I read it
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