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Footfall

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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Author
Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle
Genre
Science fiction
Publication date
May 12, 1985
Publisher
Del Rey Books
Cover artist
Michael Whelan
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 19

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Footfall

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples63
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Footfall

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related to Timeline · 38
Footfall → About, Africa, Alpha Centauri, Americans, April, August, Chtaptisk Fithp, Earth, Fithp, Foot, Hawaii, Human, India, Indian Ocean, Jayhawk Wars, July, June, Kansas, Kinetic, Kosmograd
related to Reception · 11
Footfall → All, Dave Langford, Fithp, It, James Nicoll, Kirkus Reviews, Niven, Overblown, Pournelle, Their, White Dwarf
Author · 1
Footfall → Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle
Cover artist · 1
Footfall → Michael Whelan
Dewey Decimal · 1
Footfall → 813/.54 19
Genre · 1
Footfall → Science fiction
ISBN · 1
Footfall → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
Language · 1
Footfall → English
LC Class · 1
Footfall → PS3564.I9 F6 1985
Media type · 1
Footfall → Print (hardback & paperback)

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fithp michael earth 1985 alien niven herd space novel species science fiction pournelle human us thuktun flishithy large technology two

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FootfallAuthorLarry Niven Jerry Pournelle1.00infobox
FootfallCover artistMichael Whelan1.00infobox
FootfallDewey Decimal813/.54 191.00infobox
FootfallGenreScience fiction1.00infobox
FootfallISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
FootfallLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
FootfallLC ClassPS3564.I9 F6 19851.00infobox
FootfallMedia typePrint (hardback & paperback)1.00infobox
FootfallOCLC113168291.00infobox
FootfallPages495 pages (first edition, hardcover)1.00infobox
FootfallPublication dateMay 12, 19851.00infobox
FootfallPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
FootfallPublisherDel Rey Books1.00infobox
Footfallis a1985 science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle0.90text

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