{"description": "Lucifer's Hammer is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1977. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978.\r\nThe story details a cometary impact on Earth, an end to civilization, and the battle for the future. It encompasses the discovery of the comet, the LA social scene, and a cast of diverse characters whom fate seems to smile upon and allow to survive the massive cataclysm and the resulting tsunamis, plagues, famines and battles amongst scavengers and cannibals.", "covers": [4414184, 12465434], "key": "/works/OL510435W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL33881A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}, {"author": {"key": "/authors/OL220399A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "title": "Lucifer's Hammer", "subjects": ["American Science fiction", "Science fiction", "Fiction, science fiction, general", "End of the world", "Fiction"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "latest_revision": 13, "revision": 13, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-08T04:06:31.826253"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-02-13T11:42:37.509472"}}