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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"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.
"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.
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In 2110, when an asteroid enters the solar system on a direct collision course with Earth, it is up to Captain Robert Singh and the crew of the spacecraft "Goliath" to find a way to prevent the catastrophe.
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The Hammer of God is a favourite of mine (I bought it two days ago). I have totally read it twice in the library. I like the story very much, it's realistic, comical and it contains a bit of tension and romance. The I love the chapter "Bay of Rainbows" where Robert Singh beats a robot in a Marathonrace on the Moon. This book is one of the best he's ever written, read it everyone!
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I loved this book! Clarke takes a different approach in Hammer of God, switching from technological forecasting to
sociological brainstorming, and hits one out of the ballpark. His predictions are hilarious; Christianity and Islam merge into a single religion! On the surface his ideas seem absurd, but a quick glance at the front page of your daily newspaper suggests that Clarke's ideas might be closer to reality than one would like to think. The only thing about Hammer of God I didn't like was that it was too short! I know Earth will be saved, but Clarke creates such an interesting social panorama that I want to know
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sociological brainstorming, and hits one out of the ballpark. His predictions are hilarious; Christianity and Islam merge into a single religion! On the surface his ideas seem absurd, but a quick glance at the front page of your daily newspaper suggests that Clarke's ideas might be closer to reality than one would like to think. The only thing about Hammer of God I didn't like was that it was too short! I know Earth will be saved, but Clarke creates such an interesting social panorama that I want to know
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Arthur C. Clarke packs a bunch of Sci-Fi in this short (240 pages) book. The picture he paints of the future social structure is really thought provoking. The food recycler that recycles all our "output" back into "tasty input" made me wince a little, but then again why not? Can cloned minitigers as pets could be really that far behind now that we have "Dolly" the cloned Scottish sheep as the subject of today's headline? The merging of Christianity and Islam into a common religion and the emergence of a new techno-religion is an example of the "total picture" I enjoy in good science fiction. The plot of the peanut shaped asteroid, Kali, colliding with earth is good too
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Clarke is a Master
Arthur C. Clarke is the most reknowned SF writer living on the planet today. His novels like Childhood's End and The City and the Stars, amoung others, are classics of 20th century... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Juli 2000 von David N. Reiss
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This book is great!
This book has got to be one of the best of Clarke's works, it is iin-depth, and yet very intense. I recommend it to any fan of science-fiction!
Am 3. April 2000 veröffentlicht
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Fast paced, enjoyable read
Clarke's use of short chapters adds to the breakneck pace of this book. Clarke's use of genuine science has always struck a chord with me. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. März 2000 von Kevin J. Donlin
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TYPICAL CLARKE !
This is a very good book, typical of Clarke's style. In this one, he utilizes the technique of brief chapters, what turns the reading of the book a relaxing experience, and leaves... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. November 1999 von M. Fonseca
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An enjoyable story of a possible future disaster
First of all, this is a light, but interesting story about an asteroid heading straight for earth. By light, I mean not a bloated, boring look at all the technological aspects of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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A great Sci-Fi Novel
I think this book is great. I could barely put it down. Clarke expanded on a great short story to make an even better book. It is a classic.
Am 10. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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it was a good book
i liked it is was really cool if you are going to read a book read this one
Am 20. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
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A good read, but not a classic
Just to declare my interest up-front, I'm a professional astronomer who observers comets and asteroids and has observed quite a few asteroids of the type that could impact the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Juli 1998 von M. Kidger
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A great book! I read half of it in one night!
I checked this book out of the library, mostly because of the cover (and it's similarities to the movie Armageddon, which I really want to see), but I had no idea that it would be... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. März 1998 von Mike Hammer (AlienGuy66@AOL.com)
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Clever Plot and Good Hard SiFi, but not such a good novel!
This novel is written in some kind of documentary format rather than on the classical novel style. It looks as if Mr. Clarke just pulled together a series of notes. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. September 1997 von Emc2
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