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tanvikant 's review for:
The Hammer of God
by Arthur C. Clarke
This is the first book by Arthur C Clarke that I have read. And it has left me thinking why did I not know about this author before! I acquired this book a few months back from a flee market without having heard of the author.
And I am so glad I stumbled upon this book, thinking of it as a “break-book” to read between more difficult reads. I recently watched 2001:A Space Odyssey and found out that Clarke was the most influential science fiction writer of the twentieth century.
I definitely enjoyed the book. The story in itself is not out-of-the-world. Humans trying to save the earth from an asteroid is a plot that has been copied(from this book most probably) several times in books and movies. However, Clarke has done a wonderful job of fantasising a future for humanity.
He has combined the past events, current research and extrapolated them to create an interplanetary world of the future.
There is even a “Religion of the Byte”. Living in the times that we do, a future with humanity being able to rise above all the petty politics of power games and demilitarising the entire planet seems like wishful thinking.
There are references from the Greek, Hindu mythology, a refresher of the constituents of the solar system, references from the world war and even an extraterrestrial contact(which looks extremely probable given the premises set by Clarke).
I absolutely loved living in the partly fantastical world where moon is a mere two hours from earth, we mine hydrogen from Europa and metals from Phobos, and our astrogeologists get to step on asteroids and look at Jupiter! I would recommend the book for the imagination, writing and extrapolation of the present and past research. The book made me wish immortality so I could see if we ever could make it.
And I am so glad I stumbled upon this book, thinking of it as a “break-book” to read between more difficult reads. I recently watched 2001:A Space Odyssey and found out that Clarke was the most influential science fiction writer of the twentieth century.
I definitely enjoyed the book. The story in itself is not out-of-the-world. Humans trying to save the earth from an asteroid is a plot that has been copied(from this book most probably) several times in books and movies. However, Clarke has done a wonderful job of fantasising a future for humanity.
He has combined the past events, current research and extrapolated them to create an interplanetary world of the future.
There is even a “Religion of the Byte”. Living in the times that we do, a future with humanity being able to rise above all the petty politics of power games and demilitarising the entire planet seems like wishful thinking.
There are references from the Greek, Hindu mythology, a refresher of the constituents of the solar system, references from the world war and even an extraterrestrial contact(which looks extremely probable given the premises set by Clarke).
I absolutely loved living in the partly fantastical world where moon is a mere two hours from earth, we mine hydrogen from Europa and metals from Phobos, and our astrogeologists get to step on asteroids and look at Jupiter! I would recommend the book for the imagination, writing and extrapolation of the present and past research. The book made me wish immortality so I could see if we ever could make it.