Nearly twenty years before the blockbuster asteroid strikes earth movies such as deep impact and armageddon, larry niven and jerry pournelle wrote this much superior tale of the distruction of an asteriod impact. Arthur clay jellison, united states senator from california. He felt it needed a new first chapter for coherency, and he wrote that too. As the great hamnerbrown comet, dubbed lucifers hammer by the press, approaches earth, various business executives, politicians, criminals, journalists, and scientists await the impending cataclysm and its general and personal effects with decidedly differing feelings. The book begins by introducing quite a few characters before the calamity of the strike. Does anyone know where i can find an easy website to download the pdf version of lucifers hammer. Niven and pournelle obviously had a great time crafting a highly entertaining novel that explores the events leading up to and following the impact of a comet with earth. As the great hamnerbrown comet, dubbed lucifers hammer by the press, approaches earth, various business executives, politicians, criminals, journalists, and scientists await. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. For the survivors, everyones nightmare becomes true.
Customer testimonials our customers have some nice things to say about us. Lucifers hammer is the story of two amateur astronomers discovering the existence of a very large comet that promises to pass very close to earth. Larry niven a selection from our shelves terms of sale the books in this list and similar items can be found on our website by searching for larry niven in the author or title search field on the right side of our banner. Monumental devastation will sweep across the globe if the newlydiscovered hamnerbrown comet collides with the one major obstacle in its path. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 629 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. Buy lucifers hammer by larry niven, jerry pournelle online at alibris. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. The scifi roots of the far rightfrom lucifers hammer to newts moon base to donalds wall. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A comet strikes the earth, causing enough damage and disruption that civilization collapses overnight worldwide.
However that was anything but the case 20 years ago. Lucifers hammer, the gigantic comet, slams into earth, shattering civilization. Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the lucifers hammer, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Marc vietor, larry niven, jerry pournelle, audible studios. Note that the story reappears in convergent series without the hyphen in the. Buy lucifers hammer by larry niven, jerry pournelle isbn. I was wondering if anyone had a line on some good postapocalyptic novels i. Lucifer s hammer, the gigantic comet, slams into earth, shattering civilization.
Larry niven is the multiple hugo, locus, and nebula awardwinning author of science fiction short stories and novels, including the ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. Larry niven and jerry pournelle, both excellent hard science fiction writers themselves, have also been perhaps the best collaboration team in recent years. Lucifers hammer kindle edition by niven, larry, pournelle, jerry. We get a picture of this broad swath of individuals from southern california a documentary film producer, a senator and his daughter, an inner city hoodlum. The gigantic comet had slammed into earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the richter scale, tidal waves thousands of. Larry niven ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. For millionaire tim hamner, the comet is a ticket to immortality. The first edition of the novel was published in 1977, and was written by larry niven.
Jerry pournelle and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A comic book adaptation was published by innovation comics in 1993. Red phoenix,vortex, cauldron, the enemy within, and. The chances that lucifers hammer would strike the earth headon were one in a million. It was nominated for the hugo award for best novel in 1978. Much like isaac asimov, his books follow a set of rules, which include never fire a laser at a mirror. Larry niven quote of the day, lucifers hammer to doubt. The gigantic comet had slammed into earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Lucifers hammer is a postapocalyptic science fiction novel by larry niven and jerry pournelle, first published in 1977. Click to read more about lucifers hammer by larry niven. Npr coverage of lucifers hammer by larry niven and jerry pournelle. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Pdf lucifers hammer book by larry niven free download.
January 2015 recommended for fans of the apocalypse, asteroids, endofsociety. This is the shape niven and pournelle gave to lucifers hammer, and the book offers lessons for space advocates today. Larry bond is 59 and lives with his wife jeanne and daughters katie and julia in virginia outside washington dc. But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of. The scene is in its most vibrant and creative state yet today. The scifi roots of the far rightfrom lucifers hammer. Lucifers hammer is just a bit too the a to z of the apocalypse to warrant much of a recommendation. Publication date 1977 topics cultural literacy and humanities, reading leveladult. Lucifers hammer by larry niven and jerry pournelle. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lucifer s hammer. Good grief, reading hasnt been such a chore since professional nursing practice foundations and concepts. Lucifer s hammer kindle edition by niven, larry, pournelle, jerry. It was the beginning of a new ice age and the end of civilization. After coauthoring red storm rising with tom clancy, he has written six novels under his own name.
Ive also read cormac mccarthys the road and it was okay, too. Larry bond ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Larry niven is an american author of hard science fiction, best known for his ringworld series, which is part of the largely known space universe. There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it. This is the premise of the cult classic lucifers hammer by larry niven and jerry pournelle. The story details a cometary impact on earth, an end to civilization, and the battle for the future. The narration is good, though sometimes the narrator lacks the ability to make voices easily distinguishable, but thats a minor gripe.
The rest of which is about the aftermath, the collapse of society and the various factions that vie for power. For filmmaker harvey randall, its a shot to redeem a flagging career. Forget all previous sensurround calamitiestheyre piddling minidisasters compared to lucifers hammer, the huge comet that collides with earth, crushing civilization and inaugurating a new ice age. This is the story of how san francisco was resurrected from beyond the thrash grave, as told by the people who brought the bay back to life. What makes the book so effective, in my opinion, is how well it switches back and forth between the bigpicture descriptions of the global impact of the comet strike and the smallscale battles of the survivors to just make it through each day with their dignity and humanity intact. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Lucifers hammer by larry niven, 97804492087, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
I own the book, but id like to have it on my computerphone. Ive really liked stephen kings the stand, and i enjoyed lucifers hammer larry niven as well. The chances that lucifer s hammer would strike the earth headon were one in a million. Larry niven is also known in science fiction fandom for nivens law. Lucifers hammer by niven, first edition abebooks passion for books. Lucifers hammer by larry niven and jerry pournelle is the one of the best disaster novel ive read. Lucifers hammer audiobook larry niven, jerry pournelle. Download lucifers hammer ebook in epub, mobi and pdf. Lucifers hammer project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Lucifers hammer by larry niven and jerry pournelle webscription. Lucifers hammer by larry niven and jerry pournelle book. Hjl earned college degrees in engineering, metallurgy, and education and has worked as technical editor for five international technical journals and.
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