- Hardcover: 528 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz (Sep 1 1985)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0575036907
- ISBN-13: 978-0575036901
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.2 x 4.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
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Elephants in Space meets Shogun the miniseries, July 17 2010
By R. David Morris - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Footfall (Hardcover)
I bought this book when the paperback came out in the 90s. It is an extremely well thought out 'what if' first contact novel. It was written back when the United States had a manned space program and the International Space Station was being designed.This book is an excellent hard sci-fi novel written in the epic tell everyone's story style. If made for TV it would be a miniseries like the original 10 hour Shogun. It covers the point of views of both humans and aliens of all castes and professions.
The premise is an alien race avoids a planetary nuclear civil war by exiling the losing side in a cold sleep/multi-generational space ship. They arrive in the Sol System and apply the psychology of their own race to how they expect the human race to act. This leads to war with near genocidal consequences for the humans as they completely refuse to act as the aliens expect. The aliens have a very unexpected flaw which the human race is able to exploit. This flaw is expertly conceived and written into the story as part of the reason for the alien decision to colonize earth.
This book could have been written a quarter of it's length and been just as good, but if you like novels that cover all aspects of the story and do not mind the length you will love it.
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Awesome book!, Mar 5 2012
By wbysniper - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Footfall (Hardcover)
The best book i have ever read. The plot, characters and overall theme is unbelievably unique. The authors really get the reader into the minds of both the aliens and the humans. The only thing that I didnt like was all of the confusing alien names. Other than that, I would recommend this book to anyone that has a above average reading skill level. If you don't read alot of books this book might be a little difficult to understand. :)
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Classic Niven, Jan 19 2012
By Brad "Darth Gunner" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Footfall (Hardcover)
After Oath of Fealty, I wasnt expecting much from this one.I am glad to say I was pleasantly surprised.
It was longer than most of Niven's Stuff I have tried before, but it was a pretty good read.
The alien culture was pretty well developed, and the scenarios were fairly far-fetched but still within range of a suspended disbelief believability.
I dont think I would say this broke any new ground in the genre, but it was entertaining, and usually had me turning pages to see what would happen next.
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