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Shiva Descending (1979)

by Gregory Benford, William Rotsler

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The first strikes destroyed Cleveland, Tunis, and parts of Alaska, Canada, and Australia. That was barely the beginning. The swarm-- a cloud of meteors and asteroids 50,000 miles across--was coming. Hundred of missiles put Earth under siege forcing the world in a panicked hell of anarchy and catastrophe. Riots and orgies rampaged in the rubble. And worse waited. Because at the swarm's heart was Shiva--a 30 billion-ton comet set to hit earth with the force of 250,000 H-bombs. The impact would turn seas into vapor and mountains into dust. pray, scream, get drunk, or run amok--but no one could escape it. No one could survive it. And no one could stop it.… (more)
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Benford, Gregoryprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rotsler, Williammain authorall editionsconfirmed
Hardy, David A.Cover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Schulz, Karl H.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wöllzenmüller, FranzCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Millionen Jahre lang, seit der Entstehung des Sonnensystems, war er durch lautlose Leere geflogen, ein grauschwarzer Klumpen, etwas seitlich von dem gedrängten Schwarm und ihm ein gutes Stück voraus, als Vorhut dessen, was noch kommen würde.
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The first strikes destroyed Cleveland, Tunis, and parts of Alaska, Canada, and Australia. That was barely the beginning. The swarm-- a cloud of meteors and asteroids 50,000 miles across--was coming. Hundred of missiles put Earth under siege forcing the world in a panicked hell of anarchy and catastrophe. Riots and orgies rampaged in the rubble. And worse waited. Because at the swarm's heart was Shiva--a 30 billion-ton comet set to hit earth with the force of 250,000 H-bombs. The impact would turn seas into vapor and mountains into dust. pray, scream, get drunk, or run amok--but no one could escape it. No one could survive it. And no one could stop it.

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