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Lucifer's Hammer

By: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Narrated by: Marc Vietor
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Summary
 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....

©1985 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction
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Critic Reviews

"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)
"Massively entertaining." ( Cleveland Plain-Dealer)
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Read this book in the late 70’s. Was a pleasure to revisit it in audio.

Epic tale of disaster and survival

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if the earth ever bites a comet, well I know how to make do. excellent story.

fantastic

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In the spirit of World War Z (or the reverse of course) but lacking any interest further than the backyard of good old USA. The first act is a total drag, until the comet hits and then it’s worth reading. I’d almost entirely skip the first section of the book and then dig right in. The character development beforehand is largely pointless (and very droll). Post Hammer, the tale is relatively imaginative, believable and wholly gruesome. Racist parts aside, I enjoyed it once the Hammer fell.
If you liked The Road and WWZ, give it a shot. Just skip the start if you get bored.

Great post apocalyptic scenes, if sadly exclusively American.

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The best SCFI book that I ever read is transformed into a brilliant audiobook, a great read and a better listen. 5 stars

Lucifers Hammer

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The amount of research and accuracy on this novel is fantastic. One of the best!

One of the best End of the World stories ever

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