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Published 24 Oct 2025Niven and Pournelle’s tale is one of the classics of the alien invasion genre and is deserving of more attention these days than it gets. Space elephants, asteroid strikes, and Orion battleships. Let’s get to it.
This one has been sitting in the WiP folder since early spring. There’s not much Footfall art out there and for whatever reason … I can’t seem to draw elephants.
00:00 Intro
03:25 The Herd(s)
07:13 The Foot and Michael
10:13 Flushing the Story
12:33 Launch and Negotiations
15:50 Takeaways
18:06 Rounding Corners
Link to William Black’s “Michael” ship artwork. https://www.deviantart.com/william-bl…
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Still plugging Ninti’s Gate
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kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ninti-s-gate?sId=f30f9d90-907a-449a-aeab-7b25215297f1Correction 1:05 – Dawson is a Congressman, not a Senator.
February 27, 2026
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