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The Hammer of God Mass market paperbound - 1994

by Arthur C. Clarke

Clarke's first major solo novel in years--a national bestseller--tells the compelling story of the race to protect Earth from imminent destruction. An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, and while a starship tries to redirect it, religious fanatics engage in sabotage to ensure that their predicted Apocalypse will come.


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"Entertaining . . . [Arthur Clarke] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit; in short, the outstanding living science fiction writer is romping."--Chicago Sun-Times In the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golden age, an amateur astronomer points his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization. While a few fanatics welcome the apocalyptic destruction as a sign from God, the greatest scientific minds of Earth desperately search for a way to avoid the inevitable. On board the starship Goliath Captain Robert Singh and his crew must race against time to redirect the meteor form its deadly collision course. Suddenly they find themselves on the most important mission in human history--a mission whose success may require the ultimate sacrifice. Praise for The Hammer of God "Clarke is still at the top of his game."--The Detroit News "As good as anything he has written . . . For a hard science-fiction treat, I suspect The Hammer of God won't be topped."--Star Tribune, Minneapolis "Classic Clarke . . . A good story."--The Denver Post

From the jacket flap

In the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golden age, an amateur astronomer points his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization. While a few fanatics welcome the apocalyptic destruction as a sign from God, the greatest scientific minds of Earth desperately search for a way to avoid the inevitable. On board the starship Goliath Captain Robert Singh and his crew must race against time to redirect the meteor form its deadly collision course. Suddenly they find themselves on the most important mission in human history--a mission whose success may require the ultimate sacrifice.

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  • Title The Hammer of God
  • Author Arthur C. Clarke
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition First printing
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Spectra Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 1994-10-01
  • ISBN 9780553568714 / 055356871X
  • Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.91 x 4.17 x 0.78 in (17.55 x 10.59 x 1.98 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93022096
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"Clarke is still at the top of his  game."--The Detroit News.  

"As good as any anything he's written.  . .for a hard-science-fiction treat, I suspect  The Hammer Of God won't be  topped."--Star Tribune, Minneapolis.  

"Classic Clarke. . .a good  story."--The Denver Post.

"Entertaining. . .[Clark] handles both ideas  and characters with deftness and wit; in short,  the outstanding living science fiction writers is romping."--Chicago  Sun-Times.

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 10/31/1994, Page 0

About the author

Arthur C. Clarke has long been considered the greatest science fiction writer of all time and was an international treasure in many other ways, including the fact that an article by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Clarke--both fiction and nonfiction--have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.
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