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The filmmaker Steven Spielberg optioned the rights to The Hammer of God for film production, but the resultant movie, Deep Impact (1998), was so dissimilar to the book that Clarke received no on-screen credit for the movie.
- Arthur Charles Clarke
- 1993
Jan 1, 2001 · 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.
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Jan 4, 2020 · In short, The Hammer of God is a disaster novel, telling of the impending arrival of an asteroid named Kali (the Hindu god of death) to Earth, threatening apocalyptic destruction. What makes this different from other disaster novels, of course, is that this is a novel told with Clarke’s unique voice.
- Mark Yon
Nov 30, 2012 · The Hammer of God. Arthur C. Clarke. Rosetta Books, Nov 30, 2012 - Fiction - 240 pages. From one of the bestselling science fiction authors of all time comes this heart-stopping far future...
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Rosetta Books, 2012
- 0795325541, 9780795325540
In 1994, Clarke appeared in a science fiction film; he portrayed himself in the film Without Warning, an American production about an apocalyptic alien first-contact scenario presented in the form of a faux newscast.
Apr 18, 2020 · Several years elapsed before Clarke agreed to write another short story, “The Hammer of God,” for Time magazine’s special issue Beyond the Year 2000, published in the fall of 1992. In this tale, Clarke wryly combines paradoxes to shape his whimsical yet ironic version of efforts to deflect an asteroid’s possible collision with Earth.
Jun 15, 1993 · Due to sabotage by religious fanatics who believe that God wants the Earth destroyed, one of Goliath's huge external fuel tanks ruptures and much propellant is lost. As Kali approaches the sun, it starts to warm up, and jets of gas and dust partially negate the effects of Goliath's nudge.
