The Hammer of God A Novel,9780553568714

The Hammer of God A Novel

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780553568714
ISBN10: 055356871X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-10-01
Publisher(s): Spectra
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

I
Encounter One: Oregon, 1972
3(10)
Out of Africa
Rendezvous with Kali
Encounter Two: Tunguska, Siberia, 1908
13(6)
Stones from the Sky
Encounter Three: Gulf Of Mexico, 65,000,000 BP
19(204)
Death Sentence
Atlas
The Senator
The Scientist
II
Chance and Necessity
Bay of Rainbows
A Machine for Living In
Farewell to Earth
The Sands of Mars
The Sargasso of Space
The Amateur
III
The Prophet
Paradise Circuit
Encyclical
Excalibur
The Unexpected Answer
The Reborn
IV
Vigil
Routine
Alarm
Shore Leave
Europa Station
V
Mass Driver
Dress Rehearsal
Birthday Party
Astropol
Sabotage
Scenario
VI
The Wisdom of David
Salvage
Contingency Plan
Deliverance
Anomaly
Stromboli
Terminal Diagnosis
Referendum
Breakthrough
VII
Command Decision
Defection
Friendly Fire
Murphy's Law
The Impossible Sky
Finale
Encounter Four
223(2)
Sources and Acknowledgments 225

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