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Science Fiction

exboyfil

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2. Some of my favorite books as a kid

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Sep 16, 2017, 11:44 AM

Sep 2017

were authored by Larry Niven. I came to Pournelle through the collaborations (Lucifer's Hammer, Inferno, Mote in God's Eye, and Footfall). Mote in God's Eye is still on the most revolutionary first contact books emphasizing how truly weird and difficult it would be.

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Jerry Pournelle, Science Fiction Novelist and Computer Guide, Dies at 84 [View all] Eugene Sep 2017 OP

One of my all time favorite authors. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #1

Some of my favorite books as a kid exboyfil Sep 2017 #2

Good comment roscoeroscoe Sep 2017 #3

Could'nt agree more. Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #12

He wrote a very positive review of software I wrote lapfog_1 Sep 2017 #4

I'm under the impression that he'd become very right wing PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #5

Indeed he was DavidDvorkin Sep 2017 #6

No wonder he was almost a complete non entity at WorldCon. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #7

If so, it was due to age and infirmity DavidDvorkin Sep 2017 #8

Yeah. I was there the entire time and only observed him PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #9

Inferno was a great novel. Couldn't get into Escape from Hell. n/t FSogol Sep 2017 #10

He was DEFINITELY Right Wing MurrayDelph Oct 2017 #11

Thanks for he insights into the man. HeartlandProgressive Aug 2019 #13