"I like Footfall because I like a good old-fashioned invader-from-space story with the noble and ignoble earthlings scrambling for cover. "Niven and Pournelle have produced another world-in-peril winner. “This nuclear age update of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is highly recommended.” “FOOTFALL is simply the best science fiction adventure story I’ve read in a long time.” Del Rey (1986), Mass Market Paperback, 608 pages Description. “Niven and Pournelle keep the outcome up in the air right up to the last pages.” Science Fiction Science Fiction All Topics Fiction Publication. Understanding a truly “alien” culture and learning how to fight such an overwhelming power make FOOTFALL stand out as an outstanding and truly original novel. The aliens land, determined to conquer or utterly eliminate the human race. A giant rock, the “footfall”, is launched towards Earth, causing even more damage. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Footfall and A World Out Of Time by Larry Niven. The message to humans: total surrender or death to all. Soon the entire Earth, with special emphasis on the United States, is bombarded by asteroids, destroying dams, highways, and infrastructure. The welcoming committee of Americans and Russians at a space station is blasted, its occupants killed or captured. Considered by many readers the best alien invasion novel to date, FOOTFALL was called “thought-provoking and exciting” by Library Journal and “the best of its genre” by The New York Times.Īn alien craft is approaching Earth.
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