https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/09/science-fiction-author-jerry-pournelle-has-died.html
https://www.sfsite.com/news/2017/09/08/obituary-jerry-pournelle/
http://www.sfwa.org/2017/09/memoriam-jerry-pournelle/
R.I.P. :(
RIP to a master of his craft.
RIP Jerry.
His Falkenberg's legion stories are among my favorites. King David's Spaceship and the Tran books are also besties. Oath of Fealty is one of the best "future business" books ever. I own most of his work.
He lived a long life with many accolades. He will be missed. May God have mercy on his soul.
What a great pity he's gone. A great writer. And Brian Aldiss too a few weeks ago. :( RIP.
Damn
RIP Jerry. Thanks for all the stories.
Loved his work. Especially the ones with Larry Niven.
Thinking about it, the first time I saw something by him was in the old gaming mag out of Bath, Maine. Cannot recall the name of the mag. Around 1970, Avalon Hill published their game on the Italian campaign, Anzio, and Pournelle wrote an article on using the map to play the Second Punic War.
Unfortunately, he had recently gotten his PhD and included that in his signature.
Well, this was waving a red flag in front of Gary Gygax. D&D hadn't quite taken off, and he was still supporting himself as a cobbler in his house's garage, and he went ballistic.
Attacking Pournelle as an elitist, trying to show his superiority. He sent a vicious rant to the mag, which was published.
Funny how things come out of memory.
Damn. One of my favorites. RIP, Mr. Pournelle. :(
Ah damn... Pournelle kept me entertained many an evening with his stories. We're gamers here....anytime I play a space game which allows you to rename ships or planets, you will often find my starships or planets carrying Pournelle's name, usually next to the USS Niven or the planet Heinlein. Guys like Pournelle turn our hearts to the sky. RIP Jerry.
^I do that with my OOTP team. O0
^Nice!
:( Damn, really enjoyed The Mote in God's Eye and Lucifer's Hammer. Gonna have to dig them out and re-read them...
Quote from: Steelgrave on September 09, 2017, 01:03:35 PM
Ah damn... Pournelle kept me entertained many an evening with his stories. We're gamers here....anytime I play a space game which allows you to rename ships or planets, you will often find my starships or planets carrying Pournelle's name, usually next to the USS Niven or the planet Heinlein. Guys like Pournelle turn our hearts to the sky. RIP Jerry.
Good idea for naming ships and planets. I frequently use dog names or a name from the alphabet sequentially as I expand out.
Jerry Pournelle attended DragonCon (with a walker) about 48 hours before he died. There are pictures of him with multiple Baen Book authors.
He was able to do what he enjoyed until the very end. I hope that we are all so lucky.
Edit: Found the picture. In the background is Eric Flint who has also been quite sick.
Amen to that, Airboy!