Lucifer's Hammer

Book Details

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Author(s):

Larry Niven; Jerry Pournelle

Copyright:

First Published:

1977

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 50

Prologue

1 - Anvil

January: The Portent

January: Interlude

February: One

February: Two

March: One

March: Interludes

March: Two

April: One

April: Interludes

May

June: One

June: Interludes

June: Two

June: Three

June: Four

2 - The Hammer

Hammerfall Morning

Hammerfall: One

Hot Fudge Tuesdae: One

Hammerfall: Two

Hot Fudge Tuesdae: Two

Hot Fudge Tuesdae: Three

Tuesday Afternoon

3 - The Quick and the Dead

Rich Man, Poor Man

The Landlord

The Mailman: One

The Mailman: Two

The Stronghold: One

Sanctuary

Beggar Man

The Stronghold: Two

4 - After Doomsday

First Week: The Princess

Second Week: Mountain Men

Fourth Week: The Wanderers

Fourth Week: The Prophet

Sixth Week: The High Justice

Ninth Week: The Organization Man

Journey's End

Exiles Story

The Magician

The Expedition

Expendibles

Valley of Death

Aftermath

The Final Decision

Epilogue

Internal ID:

1666

Series:

No series

Dedication:

To Neil Armstrong and Buz Aldrin, the first men to walk on another world; to Michael Collins, who waited; and to those who died trying, Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee, Ed White, Georgi Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev, Nikolai Volkov, and all the others.

First Sentence:

Before the sun burned, before the planets formed, there were chaos and the comets.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The asteroid and a score of comets pulled free of the black giant and began their long fall into the maelstrom.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Extract not on file

Added: 14-Jun-2015

Last Updated: 07-Apr-2020

12-May-1985

Del Rey

Paperback

Date Issued:

12-May-1985

Format:

Paperback

Cover Price:

$7.99

Pages*:

629

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1610

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-449-20813-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-449-20813-7

Country:

United States

Language:

English

THE LUCKY ONES WENT FIRST...

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. Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization.

But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival--a struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever known....

"The first satisfying end-of-the-world novel in years... and ultimate one.... masively entertaining."
CLEVELAND PLAIN-DWELLER

"Take your earthquakes, waterlogged condominiums, swarms of bugs, colliding airplanes and flaming what-nots, wrap them up and they wouldn't match one page of Lucifer's Hammer for sweaty-palmed suspense."
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS

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Notes and Comments:

12-May-1985
Del Rey
Paperback

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Author(s)

Larry Niven
Jerry Pournelle

Awards

1978

World Science Fiction Society

Hugo Award - Best Novel

Nominee

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