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Footfall

Larry Niven

Paperback | Pages: 524 pages

Rating: 3.91 | 13947 Users | 402 Reviews

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Original Title:	Footfall
ISBN:	0345418425 (ISBN13: 9780345418425)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986), Seiun Award 星雲賞 for Best Foreign Novel (1989)

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They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star.

The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteriods.

Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender--or death for all humans.

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Title	:	Footfall
Author	:	Larry Niven
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 524 pages
Published	:	June 23rd 1997 by Del Rey (first published 1985)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction

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I was hooked on Niven and Pournelle ever since I read A Mote in God's Eye, which hit every right button for a space-based alien contact epic. Footfall told a story closer to home, asking what if the aliens came to us at Earth, what would we really do, how would different groups of people react, and how would the aliens respond to the alien-ness of us? Though it's familiar territory, Footfall really delves into the human aspect, extrapolating from hard science and politics to paint a very

Moderately entertaining artifact of the 1980s, predictably sociologically dated (and occasionally downright embarrassing in its treatment of sexual issues), but that isn't the biggest problem here. Footfall is a shining example of science fiction's general refusal to face up to the challenge of conceiving a plausible invasion by an extraterrestrial power without stacking the deck severely in humanity's favor through biology, psychology, or plain old stupidity. Here our species faces the peril of

I think one of the things I like best about Footfall is the sheer scope of the story. It's fitting, I think, for an end-of-the-world story to have a giant cast and a universal reach -- in this case, outside of the galaxy and spanning 15+ years between when the story starts and when the invasion of Earth begins.I like big sprawling books that you can really sink into. People talk about "world building" and I vaguely understand/care about what they say, but world building like Larry Niven does in

In the vast reaches of the immeasurable cosmos, a tiny dot is traveling at immense speed, in the background of the flickering lights, seen from the oblivious, distant Earth, the unimaginable is arriving, a small, unimportant looking object, first not recognized by the people of the third planet, ( the preoccupied astronomers, for what it is) orbiting an average star, called Sol... Aliens, at last, are coming, we are not, is it good or bad, who knows? Alone...the destination, is our world,

Compulsively readable page turner. Perhaps the most "realistic" aliens invasion of earth novel I have ever read. My second time around reading this, 15 years later, left me with nearly the same high level of delight as last time.And the importance of science fiction writers to the war effort? Maybe less realistic, but still a lot of fun.Of course, aliens invading earth is really the perfect setup for what is a pro-military somewhat "conservative" world view. Endless accumulation of nuclear

Getting used to the alien language is difficult but sort of fun.The aliens morphology is silly but their instincts are interesting.The books is an answer to the question: "How can a race travel between stars without being peaceful?"Sagan might argue any such race must have survived cultural adolescence.They managed not to destroy themselves before reaching the space age.This can be done through cooperation and peace.But it could also be accomplished by an instinct to submit once defeated!With

I read this awhile back and remembered it as a fun if not very substantial read. It reads like a novelization of an epic disaster movie like Independence Day. The aliens look like elephants which is kind of goofy. Niven and Pournelle will never be mistaken for great literary writers, They hail from the pulp fiction side of sci-fi and their Libertarian views tend to be heavy-handed and often weight down their books. But ti was fun so I'll give it a cautious three stars.