About this title: "NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE.I LOVED IT!"--Tom ClancyThey 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 ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345323446ISBN:0345323440
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Some edge, corner and seam wear. Cover creases. Spine creases. No marks. Short seam tears at spine bottom. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 608 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 0345323440 spine creasing, light edge wear; 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 ... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780345323446ISBN:0345323440
Description: Good. 581 pp. spine creasing, some light edge wear; 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 ... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780345323446ISBN:0345323440
Description: Very Good. 0345323440 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
"Right-wing, techno-sci-fi team of Niven and Pournelle produce another blockbuster here reminiscent of Lucifer's Hammer. Despite myself and my opposition to space-based weapons systems, I enjoyed the spectacle."
"In this day of wonderful. kind, helpful aliens or omnipotent, unstopable, tree hugging, environmentalist aliens a nice old fashioned "invaders from outer space" story is kind of nice. I like it. I enjoyed it. Not only a good "yarn" (like the word??? okay, "a good story" sigh) but also some nice insignts into the way people think."
"A real thriller, way ahead of its time. It's been called the Independence Day story of the eighties and rightly so. An exceptional story of first contact. The alien culture is described in exquisite detail and it grows on you."
"I enjoyed this book very much and thought it was a great portrayal of the difficulties we would be likely to face if encountering an alien species with thought processes very different from our own. The end was action-packed and had me on the edge of my seat right up until the sudden, not completely satisfying, end."
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