The Hammer of God: A Novel

Product DescriptionEntertaining . . . [Arthur Clarke] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit; in short, the outstanding living science fiction writer is romping.Chicago SunTimesIn the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golden age, an amateur astronomer points his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization.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.Suddenly they find themselves on the most important mission in human historya mission whose success may require the ultimate sacrifice.Praise for The Hammer of GodClarke is still at the top of his game.The Detroit NewsAs good as anything he has written . . . For a hard sciencefiction treat, I suspect The Hammer of God wont be topped.Star Tribune, MinneapolisClassic Clarke . . . A good story.The Denver PostFrom Publishers WeeklyClarkes SF novel concerns an asteroid on a collision course with 22ndcentury earth.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.ReviewEntertaining . . . [Arthur Clarke] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit; in short, the outstanding living science fiction writer is romping.Chicago SunTimesClarke is still at the top of his game.The Detroit NewsAs good as anything he has written . . . For a hard sciencefiction treat, I suspect The Hammer of God wont be topped.Star Tribune, MinneapolisClassic Clarke . . . A good story.The Denver PostFrom the Inside Flap2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golden age, an amateur astronomer points his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization. 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. Suddenly they find themselves on the most important mission in human historya mission whose success may require the ultimate sacrifice.From the Back CoverIn the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golden age, an amateur astronomer points his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization. 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. Suddenly they find themselves on the most important mission in human historya mission whose success may require the ultimate sacrifice.About the AuthorArthur C. Clarke has long been considered the greatest science fiction writer of all time and was an international treasure in many other ways, including the fact that an article by him in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Clarkeboth fiction and nonfictionhave sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.