← Back to discovery

Footfall

Larry Niven

198518 pagesabout 15–25 minutes
1985
first published
  • 1985Del Rey · 528 pagesISBN 9780575036901
  • 1985Ballantine Books · 574 pages · ENG
  • 1986Sphere · 700 pages · ENGISBN 9780722163399
  • 1988Little, Brown Book Group Limited · ENGISBN 9780708883761
  • 1988Orbit · 18 pages · ENGISBN 9781857230970
  • 1986Del Rey · 608 pages · ENGISBN 9780345323446
  • 1997Del Rey · 524 pages · ENGISBN 9780345418425
  • 1985Del Rey · 495 pages · ENGISBN 9780345323477
CuriousCosmicSpaceShort read

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.

When and where

PlaceBig city
ThemesScience
How do you feel?

More in Curious