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The Hammer of God is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke originally published in 1993. Set in the year 2109, it deals with the discovery of an asteroid to be on course to collide with Earth and depicts the mission for deflecting the asteroid by using fusion thermal rockets.
- Arthur Charles Clarke
- 1993
Deep Impact got the fact that it was a comet that was discovered by a teenager (Elijah Wood in the movie, Asian girl in Bright Angel Falling) that fragments and hits the ocean, causing a megatsunami.
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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Mar 26, 2023 · Barber’s ‘The Hammer of God’, televised by BBC One on Monday, 14 January 2013, reintroduced daytime television viewers Chesterton’s literary character Father Brown. Harry Potter alumnus Mark...
Main story is good enough, but there are just too many tangents: Chrislamist fundamentalists & their female messiah; machines recognized as "Legal Person (Nonhuman)"; Braincaps (we will see them again in "3001 The Final Odyssey"); a device that lets someone from a lower-gravity planet survive earth's gravity - somewhat less drastic machine than ...
Apr 18, 2020 · With skilled understatement, numerous paradoxes, and wry humor, Clarke again demonstrates in “The Hammer of God” his ability to craft an entertaining tale about Earth’s potential collision with a stray asteroid from outer space.
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.
