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Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet .
Jan 1, 2001 · Footfall. Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle. 3.92. 16,944 ratings502 reviews. 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.
Apr 12, 1986 · Look for funny and scary aliens as antagonists and sometimes protagonists: Motie watchmakers rewiring the coffee makers, Sauron supermen, marauding cannibals and the comet-surfing Gil character in Lucifers Hammer; intelligent water creatures like the Starswarm saving the day, even elephant conquerors like the Fipth surrendering to humans in ...
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Apr 19, 2016 · Considered by many readers the best alien invasion novel to date, FOOTFALL was called “thought-provoking and exciting” by Library Journal and “the best of its genre” by The New York Times. An alien craft is approaching Earth. Attempts to communicate go unanswered.
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Jan 1, 1985 · Footfall is a rather long novel about earth coming under attack from an alien species called the fithp. The novel starts just before the alien ship enters orbit around earth, with a prologue involving crowds on earth watching pictures coming in from a saturn probe.
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Footfall: A Novel. Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle. National Geographic Books, Apr 12, 1986- Fiction- 608 pages. “Nobody does it better than Niven and Pournelle. I loved it!”—Tom Clancy. They...
Apr 12, 1986 · 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 asteroids. Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender—or death for all humans. Praise for Footfall.
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Apr 19, 2016 · 4.3 1,515 ratings. See all formats and editions. Considered by many readers the best alien invasion novel to date, FOOTFALL was called “thought-provoking and exciting” by Library Journal and “the best of its genre” by The New York Times. An alien craft is approaching Earth.
- Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Aug 9, 2021 · Footfall. by. Niven, Larry. Publication date. 1986. Topics. Fiction in English American writers 1945- Texts. Publisher.
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.
