Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, not Greg Bear. Bear's novel Eon has an asteroid in it though, and though not as important to the plot, it appears in the sequel Eternity as well.
Going back a bit further, there's some asteroid mining in Heinlein's The Rolling Stones, IIRC.
Space rocks are awesome! Anyone read "The Calculating Stars" by Mary Robinette Kowal? It's got a massive asteroid impact that kicks off an alternate history.
Lucifer's Hammer, probably my favourite post apo novel. Dino Killer - size asteroid makes badaboom. Full of epic scenes like mile high tsunami or outbreak of nuclear conflict observed from space station. One thing got wrong is missing "hellfire" - part of the impacted crust catapulted on low orbit and then returning as fire rain burning everything, probably one ot the most devastating parts of whole impact. It was discovered just few months after novel publishing...
The Little Prince!
My favorite book in the world.
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robbinette Mary. An alt history where an astroid hits earth in the 50s, makin the space race talking off.
Just recommended the same. Badass female astronaut's fight against 1950s sexism in a race to save humanity by colonizing space.
Though technically a comet, I'm going to go with Lucifer's Hammer by Greg Bear. Bonus: the comet wins!
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, not Greg Bear. Bear's novel Eon has an asteroid in it though, and though not as important to the plot, it appears in the sequel Eternity as well. Going back a bit further, there's some asteroid mining in Heinlein's The Rolling Stones, IIRC.
I'm starting book 6 of the Expanse, asteroids galore
The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. The bad guys (and formerly the good guys) use space rocks as weapons to throw at planets and space stations.
Delta-V by Daniel Suarez. Fantastic book about asteroid mining. His other books are great as well.
Space rocks are awesome! Anyone read "The Calculating Stars" by Mary Robinette Kowal? It's got a massive asteroid impact that kicks off an alternate history.
Lucifer's Hammer, probably my favourite post apo novel. Dino Killer - size asteroid makes badaboom. Full of epic scenes like mile high tsunami or outbreak of nuclear conflict observed from space station. One thing got wrong is missing "hellfire" - part of the impacted crust catapulted on low orbit and then returning as fire rain burning everything, probably one ot the most devastating parts of whole impact. It was discovered just few months after novel publishing...
Cosmicomics by Italian Calvino, very symbolic, thoughtfully written, and will make you look so differently at the night sky!
Dead Moon