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RIP Jerry Pournelle
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:39 pm
by Bob Juch
Randy Cassingham wrote:Science Fiction Master Jerry Pournelle dead today at 84. Also wrote about computers in the heyday of Byte magazine.
I met him when the Writers Club invited him to speak to us at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Lucifer's Hammer" (co-authored with SF great Larry Niven) terrified me since it was so damned plausible.
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/09/s ... -died.html
Not even one mention in the mainstream media.
Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:22 pm
by Bob78164
This makes me sad. His collaborations with Larry Niven seemed to me an excellent example of synergy. --Bob
Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:54 am
by MarleysGh0st
Bob78164 wrote:This makes me sad. His collaborations with Larry Niven seemed to me an excellent example of synergy. --Bob
Yes, the Niven-Pournelle novels are among my favorites.
I used to follow his Chaos Manor blog, but fell out of doing so in the past few years. Did he keep writing that, up to the end? tmitsss, I think you were another loyal reader.
Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:32 pm
by Bob78164
MarleysGh0st wrote:Bob78164 wrote:This makes me sad. His collaborations with Larry Niven seemed to me an excellent example of synergy. --Bob
Yes, the Niven-Pournelle novels are among my favorites.
I used to follow his Chaos Manor blog, but fell out of doing so in the past few years. Did he keep writing that, up to the end? tmitsss, I think you were another loyal reader.
His last entry was the day before he died. --Bob