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''[[Lucifer's Hammer]]'' is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by [[Larry Niven]] and [[Jerry Pournelle]]. The story details a [[Colony Drop|cometary impact on Earth]] that causes the end of civilization as we know it, as well as the struggle to survive in the face of tsunamis, starvation, disease, a new ice age, and an army of cannibals in order to rebuild society.
The story is one of the best of its kind, and was nominated for the 1978 [[Hugo Award]] for Best Novel. (It lost to [[Frederik Pohl]]'s ''[[Gateway]]''.) A comic book adaptation was published in 1993. The film ''[[Deep Impact]]'' was (very) loosely based on it.
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* [[After the End]]: Unusually for this type of story, the [[Colony Drop|cometary impact]] doesn't happen until the middle of the story. The last half of the book is all about this trope.
* [[The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best In People]]: Way, way [[Averted Trope|averted]]. For the most part, the people who survive the end of the world do so by being [[Humans Are Bastards|selfish, murdering, thieving bastards]]. Even the "good guys" quickly realize that they can only survive by ignoring most of the people who need help.
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