Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

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physicsyogiJul 15, 2018

Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash were great. Others you might: - The Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang (superb short story that Arrival was based on) - The Three Body-Problem (Cixin Liu) - Dune (Frank Herbert) - The Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler) - Lucifer's Hammer (Larry Niven) - The Kundalini Equation (Steven Barnes)

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hkarthikOct 16, 2013

> Collapse would slow and chaotic Unless a comet or asteroid hit the earth. Here's some good sci-fi reading for you: http://www.amazon.com/Lucifers-Hammer-Jerry-Pournelle/dp/044... (http://www.amazon.com/Lucifers-Hammer-Jerry-Pournelle/dp/0449208133)

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