Lucifers hammer pdf download

1977 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Lucifer's Hammer is a science fictionpost-apocalypse-survival novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle that was first published in 1977.^[2] It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978.^[3] Two issues of a planned six-part comic book adaptation were published by Innovation Comics in 1993.^[4]

Plot summary

When wealthy amateur astronomer Tim Hamner co-discovers a new comet, named Hamner-Brown for its discoverers, documentary producer Harvey Randall persuades Hamner to have his soap company sponsor a television documentary series on the comet.

Political lobbying by California Senator Arthur Jellison eventually gets a joint Apollo-Soyuz (docking with Skylab B) mission approved to study the comet, dubbed "The Hammer" by the media, which is expected to pass close to the Earth.

The scientific community assures the public that a colli