If it s our Scientology coverage you re looking for, please use this bookmark for our latest stories. Written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Footfall is an Alien Invasion novel with much more accurate science than usual. THE LOWDOWN is our blog for news, the QAnon phenomenon, and other subjects not related to our coverage of the Church of Scientology. Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start. Now he's a barista at a grocery-store Starbucks in North Carolina – and a federal whistleblower, with 150,000 internal documents to share

New: He was a top executive of Trump's media company, owner of Truth Social. It was nominated for the both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1986, and was a No. See search resultsfor this author Larry Niven(Author), Jerry Pournelle (Author) Visit Amazon's Jerry Pournelle Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Glad Elon took care of the scammers and bots problem. Footfall Hardcover by Larry Niven (Author) Visit Amazon's Larry Niven Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more.

Also if you hate typical american patriotism, you might read some parts of this book with gritted teeth.If YOU haven’t bought YOUR nephilim insurance plan, you need to act NOW! call for consultation I know you need space to introduce the players and set-up the board, but I found the first part of the book a bit boring. The thing I didn't like about the book is that it takes a while for things to get started. The whole thing is wrapped up and the explanation for the reason for the aliens to attack is really surprising and stunningly simple and logical at the same time. The conclusion of this story gave me goose-bumps.

It all sounds pretty straight-forward and it is in some ways, but Niven & Pournelle have worked out the aliens with great detail and the way humankind is fighting back is really engaging, exciting and very original in places. The story follows a couple of people, but the pivital role is played by a group of army people, scifi writers (!), scientists and politiciens who 'sit around' thinking of ways to defeat the aliens. Wells defined in his 'War of the Worlds': hostile first contact. Earth is overrun by aliens that bombard the planet with asteroids and are quickly victorious. 1985 'First Edition: May 1985' stated on copyright page Ballantine Books publishers, New York hardbound in blue boards with silver lettering on spine very good condition with unmarked pages dust jacket very good.įootfall is a classic science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. This book handles a subject that H.G.

Footfall by Larry Niven