
Armageddon is a movie novelization written by Cathy Dubowski in 1998 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Michael Bay in 1998. The movie features Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, and others.
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Storyline
A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis, before entering the atmosphere and bombarding New York City. NASA scientists plan to drill a deep shaft into the asteroid and plant a nuclear weapon which, when detonated, will split the asteroid into two halves that will fly safely past Earth.
Movie vs Book

Year
1998
Minutes
151
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb

Year
1998
Pages
224
Book Rate
6.30
S: Goodreads
Book
Armageddon
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