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Footfall
Published 1985 by Del Rey · 495 pages
Hugo · 1986
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Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle on these ballots
6 award entries · 4 books · 0 wins · 1975–1986
Synopsis
An alien species called the Fithp, traveling from Alpha Centauri in a Bussard ramjet-driven spacecraft, arrives in the Solar System and launches a devastating invasion of Earth. As humanity struggles against technologically superior invaders who understand only dominance and submission, a ragtag group of scientists and science fiction writers are recruited to help devise a desperate counterattack.
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