whoever recommended Lucifer's Hammer

spacefire · Jun 14, 2005

Thanks! It's a great book! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.comhttp://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </div>

yevaud · Jun 14, 2005

I know I mjentioned it, as did a couple of others. Glad you enjoy it! Btw, the book is the basis for the movie, "Deep Impact," which Hollywood - naturally - stole, filed the serial numbers, claimed for their own, and then proceeded to mess up... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Differential Diagnosis: "I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are." </div>

spacefire · Jun 14, 2005

Oh yeah I actually own Deep Impact. I though it was better than Armageddon which came around the same time.Well, much better. Of course, Hollywood 'saved' the world by having the astronauts deflect the larger piece of the comet. the book is awesome, I was thinking about writing one myself about an asteroid impact (did more than thinking

) but I know I couldn't top tLucifer's Hammer, and most people aren't that interested in another End of the World story anyway. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.comhttp://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </div>

grooble · Jun 14, 2005

I liked that film, the one with Morgan Freeman right? And the roid that hits the ocean? Yeah, i liked it. Armageddon was a cheesefest.

spacefire · Jun 14, 2005

well it was an 'omet not a 'roid. It was an OK movie. you should read the book though. it's great, I just can't put it down! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.comhttp://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </div>

luciusverus · Jun 14, 2005

Who is the author.........??

kane007 · Jun 14, 2005

Pournell and Niven definitely do Hard SF well don't they? Still can't get that vision of the surfers riding that tsunami out of my mind, even after having read it back in '88. Legacy of Heorot is another excellent yarn. Other favourites of mine were "The Mote in Gods Eye" and "Footfall".

tom_hobbes · Jun 14, 2005

Recently read the sequel to Legacy, Dragons of Heorot (Beowulf's Children), every bit as gripping as the original and it get's deeper into the mind of the Grendels. Well worth a go. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> I wish I could remember But my selective memory Won't let me - Mark Oliver Everett </div>

spacefire · Jun 14, 2005

I liked that part about the surfers too. Man, that's the way to go in style... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.comhttp://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </div>

drwayne · Jun 14, 2005

I think that's the first Niven/Purnelle book I ever read. Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything." Admiral Jackie Fisher </div>

drwayne · Jun 14, 2005

Wait, I think that "The Mote in God's Eye" was earlier. Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything." Admiral Jackie Fisher </div>

JonClarke · Jun 15, 2005

I've recommended it too. Mote definitely came first, hammer was their next work. I think they go down hill - Mote was brilliant, hammer good, the others, ho hum. Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars Arthur Clarke </div>

spacefire · Jun 15, 2005

what's Mote about? If you say it's better than Hammer...must be a hell of a book. Though I might add, IMO the best Post-Apocalyptic work of fiction is The Postman. Even though Hammer has more characters and story developments, The Postman really gives you the chilling feel of actually being there. The books have a lot in common though, I can almost feel The Postman is a continuation of Lucifer's Hammer if things go wrong, though, of course, the end of civilization doesn't come by a comet or asteroid in this one. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.comhttp://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </div>

yevaud · Jun 15, 2005

Brin is very good too, yes. Without giving away a single iota of "the Mote in God's Eye," let's just say that one of the blurbs on the book was written by Robert Heinlein, who said, "possibly the finest work of science fiction that I've ever read." <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Differential Diagnosis: "I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are." </div>

najab · Jun 15, 2005

>what's Mote about?Without giving away too much - who says "first contact" has to be them coming to us?

larper · Jun 15, 2005

<blockquote>In reply to:<hr />one of the blurbs on the book was written by Robert Heinlein, who said, "possibly the finest work of science fiction that I've ever read." <hr /></blockquote> He should know. He wrote some of the worst. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Vote Libertarian </div>

yevaud · Jun 15, 2005

Somehow it seemed more appropriate to quote him, instead of the other blurbs, such as the NY Times... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Differential Diagnosis: "I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are." </div>

tom_hobbes · Jun 15, 2005

Actually he produced some unbelievably readable stuff with great clarity and flair, it's only in a relatively small number of novels all at the end of his career that Heinlein tragically expended his final energy in well and truly crawling up his own fundament. I can fondly remember his 'Juvenile' novels like Between Planets, The Star Beast and Have Space Suit Will Travel which remain as examples of excellence in science fiction of their kind. I loved stories such as Waldo and Magic, Inc, novels such as Friday or Double Star. Although with Stranger In A Strange Land the most popular of the later novels (I personally can't stand it though it is undoubtedly a fine work and well written) Heinlein had entered the terminal phase of his career and wrote little else of consequence, he still has a vast body of entertaining and well crafted work to be mined by the discerning reader. It's just a pity that the monumental shiite of the later novels has eclipsed the vast body of Heinlein's earlier output, which is still there to be enjoyed. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> I wish I could remember But my selective memory Won't let me - Mark Oliver Everett </div>

larper · Jun 15, 2005

That may very well be true. I am not saying that he did not write some good stuff. I am just saying that he did write some awful stuff. Most people are loath to say anything bad about Heinlein. As much as I love Spider Robinson's work, for example, I cannot stand the way he fawns over Heinlein. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Vote Libertarian </div>

najab · Jun 15, 2005

Space Family Stone was my favourite SciFi as a youngster, and its 'sequel' The cat who walked through walls has got to be the strangest novel I've ever read. <img src="/images/icons/crazy.gif" />

tom_hobbes · Jun 15, 2005

I think you'll find that the worm has turned and most people (negligible figures like Spider Robinson aside) are loath to say anything good about Heinlein. Just trying to redress the balance. Naja, OMG I'd completely forgotten about The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, until you mentioned it! Absolutely. I wonder how many other great Heinlein’s I've yet to recall? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> I wish I could remember But my selective memory Won't let me - Mark Oliver Everett </div>

najab · Jun 15, 2005

The thing about The Cat... is that it starts out as one thing and about 2/3 of the way through it completely changes! It's like RH's other personality came out and finished the book.

tom_hobbes · Jun 15, 2005

Just been refreshing my memory of the wonderful opening scene and I think I may now have my evening planned... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> I wish I could remember But my selective memory Won't let me - Mark Oliver Everett </div>

tom_hobbes · Jun 15, 2005

Aye, cracking tale. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> I wish I could remember But my selective memory Won't let me - Mark Oliver Everett </div>

najab · Jun 15, 2005

I'm 99% sure the book was called Space Family Stone and the ship was called The Rolling Stone.Yup, Google agrees with me. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

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