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"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE.

I LOVED IT!"
--Tom Clancy

They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star.

The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteriods.

Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender--or death for all humans.

"ROUSING . . . THE BEST OF THE GENRE."
--The New York Times Book Review

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Aliens attack Earth science fiction read, Aug 1 2006

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MJH ALTA (Alberta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Footfall (Mass Market Paperback)

This book could never be made into a movie as the audience would break out laughing when they saw the aliens(little elephants). In the book it works as these 3 trunked aliens come off as being very sinister and threatening indeed. The science is facinating and is not only believable but most of it is within our grasp right now. Read this book at the beach or while relaxing in your favorite lawn chair. Next thing you know you will wonder how you got that sunburn and where all the people went and why is the sun going down, isn't it 10am in the morning!

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Alien Invasion Classic, July 15 2004

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Dennis Duncan (Greenfield, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Footfall (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book at a local used book store, and the owner said that if I liked Scifi I had to read this one. I have to say that he was right.
This is a alien invasion classic. It is a little dated but that wont matter once your start reading. I couldnt put it down.

I think what the aliens looked like was one of my favorite aspects of the book. They look like Elephants. The ending was heart pounding and clever also.

I highley recommend this book to anyone thats into Science Fiction.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Best alien-invasion story ever written?, Jan 3 2004

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Peter D. Tillman (Taos, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Footfall (Mass Market Paperback)

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I still think this is the best alien-invasion story I've ever
read. Granted, it's hard to write a sensible invasion story, given that
a) it's hard to think of a reason for rational aliens to invade, and
b) if they did, they should win overwhelmingly. See rifles vs. spears.

But it makes a great *story*, and N&P have given probably as
reasonable a backstory as anyone could. As an example of high-level
page-turner storytelling, Footfall still rings my chimes. I've read it
three times, plus the last time I picked it up a couple of years ago, to
jog my memory to reply to a post, I got sucked in again and spent the
afternoon rereading the good parts. "Orion will Rise" -- all right!

Footfall is dragged down a bit by dated political background: the
USSR is alive and well here, and is portrayed as considerably
stronger and healthier than it actually was in 1985. I'd skim over the
Russian scenes; in fact the book is pretty slow-moving until the
aliens arrive, so a quick skim of most of this early scene-setting
material is all you need.

And make no mistake, once the action starts, you'll have no futher
complaints. Good stuff, guys.

Happy reading!
Pete Tillman

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1.0 out of 5 stars Ghastly!
This book is astonishingly bad. Thinking about why, several answers come to mind: first, it was clearly written in hopes of selling movie rights as it resembles nothing more than... Read more

Published on April 17 2004 by Chris O'Malley