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Footfall

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

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Published 1985 by Del Rey · 495 pages

Hugo Nominee 1986
Science Fiction

Synopsis

An alien species called the Fithp, traveling from Alpha Centauri in a Bussard ramjet-driven spacecraft, arrives in the Solar System and launches a devastating invasion of Earth. As humanity struggles against technologically superior invaders who understand only dominance and submission, a ragtag group of scientists and science fiction writers are recruited to help devise a desperate counterattack.

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US

ISBN

9780345323477

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