Larry Niven
Footfall
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 asteroids.
Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender--or death for all humans.
Format
PaperbackDate Acquired
7th December 1986Retail Cost
£3.95Number of Pages
700Year Read
1986
Lucifer's Hammer
The gigantic comet has slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high.
Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization
But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival—a struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever known….
Format
PaperbackDate Acquired
6th June 1987Retail Cost
£3.50Number of Pages
640Year Read
1987
The Mote in God's Eye: Mote Series: Book 01
In 3016, the 2nd Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to faster-than-light Alderson Drive.
Intelligent beings are finally found from the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud.
The bottled-up ancient civilization, at least one million years old, are welcoming, kind, yet evasive, with a dark problem they have not solved in over a million years.
Format
PaperbackDate Acquired
6th June 1987Retail Cost
£2.95Number of Pages
560Year Read
1987
The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye: Mote Series: Book 02
Humankind has spent years agonizing over the deadly threat posed by the only aliens they have ever encountered, the Moties.
A race divided into distinct biological forms, each serving a different function.
Now the Moties are isolated - until the empire is threatened.
Format
PaperbackDate Acquired
18th April 1994Retail Cost
£5.99Number of Pages
415Year Read
1994