Footfall

Name: Footfall
Author: Larry Niven

Science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

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Author: Larry Niven
, Jerry Pournelle
Released: May 12, 1985
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Language: English
Genre: science fiction
Awards: Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work(1989)

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Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet. Their intent is conquest of the planet Earth.

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Country of origin: United States
Cover art by: Michael Whelan
Title: Footfall
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-20
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Fußfall
Il giorno dell'invasione
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Voetval
Invasão!
Form of creative work: novel
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Nominations: Hugo Award for Best Novel(1986)
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Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(1986)
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Has version, edition or translation: Footfall language: English

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