{"product_id":"books-the-hammer-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke","title":"The Hammer of God","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Entertaining . . . [Arthur Clarke] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit; in short, the outstanding living science fiction writer is romping.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golden age, an amateur astronomer points  his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While a few fanatics welcome the apocalyptic destruction as a sign from God, the greatest  scientific minds of Earth desperately search for a way to  avoid the inevitable. On board the starship \u003ci\u003eGoliath\u003c\/i\u003e Captain Robert Singh and his crew must race  against time to redirect the meteor form its deadly collision course.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Suddenly they find themselves  on the most important mission in human history--a mission whose success may require the ultimate sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hammer of God\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Clarke is still at the top of his game.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"As good as anything he has written . . . For a hard science-fiction treat, I suspect \u003ci\u003eThe Hammer of God\u003c\/i\u003e won't be topped.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune,\u003c\/i\u003e Minneapolis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Classic Clarke . . . A good story.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53675412619537,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780553568714.jpg?v=1781542042","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-hammer-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}