The Hammer of God

English language

ISBN:
978-1-85723-194-6
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3 stars (15 reviews)

In 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 history--a mission whose success may require the ultimate sacrifice.

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2 stars

It's a book about an asteroid about to crash head-on with Earth and the Earthlings courageous attempt at deflecting it.

It's a largely descriptive book, and while still containing an appropriate amount of characterization, I find the writing quite bland and uninspired. There's a lot of potential for drama, but Clarke uses none of it.

So, what to say? It's a book. It has words in it. I applaud the many hours of research, but I'm sorry to say that I won't be recommending this book to anyone anytime soon. There are simply too many other books that are better, has more interesting premises or characters.

That's all. This particular edition features no grammatical or spelling errors.

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