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Summary: Milestone in fiction. A classic without a doubt.
Review: This book is a masterpiece! It makes all other 'end of the world' senario books look cliche'. This book is brilliantly done, and captivating. A must for anyone who seeks benchmarks in modern literature. You will never forget this one.
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Summary: I FELT AS IF I WAS A CHARACTER IN THIS BOOK
Review: This was one of the best books I have ever read. I enjoyed it so much that I kept the paperback version. A book has to really warrant it to gain that distinction. I reread it acouple years later and the only reason I am writting this review is because I suggested it to a friend and couldn't remember who wrote it. To remember a books title almost some 15 years after you read it the first time is something. I have only read two other author's books over again. One was Stephen Kings "The Stand" and the other was David Eddings series "The Belgarath Series" and "The Mallorean Series".
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Summary: Best book ever.
Review: The only book I have ever read more than twice. I have acually read it 5 times. Just tough out the character development in the begining and then hold on to your hat!
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Summary: Incredible window into the human civilization
Review: These two authors have changed the rules of our civilization and threatened the human existance. We then see how the human spirit can prevail under new rules and conditions. My favorite book of all time.
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Summary: Great read-- only if...
Review: With all the farmers and survival types, nobody had a portable gasoline generator to provide electricity?zdaytripper@hotmail.com
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Summary: Excellent
Review: One of the better science fiction (or mainstream, for that matter) books ever written-- most definately the best "disaster" story other than The Stand, but obviously in a different catergory anyhow. Niven and Pournell's only problem is an insufficient grasp of the geography and peoples of California's Sierra Foothills.
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Summary: Very realistic insites into human nature.
Review: "Lucifer's Hammer" is the most realistic 'end of the world as we know it' story that I've ever read. It you find this book 'grusome' or 'offensive', you'd better pull your head out of the sand and hope you don't live to see our world in REAL trouble!
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Summary: An impressive portrayal of frightening apocalyptic events.
Review: Larry Niven hit the nail on the head, with his story of the gargantuan comet that throws Earth, and society into chaos. The story development (including the character introductions and the unfolding set-up to the novel) was the perfect length, without throwing the comet into the story too early. The authors' depictions of the post- apocalyptic gangs which came to be were stunning, and brutally real, without any cowardly censorship, or gentle twists. Overall, the struggle to survive was effective as a steady clincher, but too often, I found the "non- stop action and suspense" lacking, when, at times, too many pages were devoted to boring descriptions and interpretations. However, these instances were far and few- between, and overall, this novel was an interesting look at what human nature can be reduced to, in the most horrible of circumstances.
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Summary: Had to Put This One Down
Review: Part way through this book, there's a gruesome description of the murder/mutilation of a young woman that really made me sick. I literally threw the book in the trash and haven't read another Niven/Pournelle book since. My loss, I suppose, because I really enjoyed their stories, but enough is enough. Don't know if they ever fit into this story anything about humans having sex with aliens. That seems to crop up in a number of their collaborations. I wonder why. Anyway, I'm not squeamish, but there's enough graphic violence on the evening news. I don't need to read it in my recreational reading. For what it's worth, I had to put down Michener's The Source for the same reason: too much violence, and victimization of women at the hands of men.
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Summary: One of Larry's and Jerry's best works
Review: Incredible plot line with a very non typical result. Storyshows that man can and will overcome obstacles in our way but can andwill resort to our very primitive state also
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