R.I.P. Jerry Pournelle

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SF writer Jerry Pournelle has passed away. (Quite unexpectedly, as he was a guest at DragonCon just last week.)

Pournelle is probably best known for his work with Larry Niven on novels such as The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall & Lucifer's Hammer. Solo he wrote Janissaries among many other military scifi stories.

In Memoriam: Jerry Pournelle

[Len]

Man! I'm sorry to hear that...

Lucifer's Hammer was one of the very first books I ever read, and still dear to my heart.

I know he wasn't young, but any idea what happened?

[Mike]

Lucifer's Hammer is the best "oncoming space rock" story ever in any medium.

[Silvana]

According to GRRM he caught some bug after attending DragonCon. He fell sick and even posted that in his blog or something. It was sudden.

RIP, I only read one novel, the first and second of the Falkenberg series. I have lots of issues with it but The Mote's book is on my TBR.

[Jim]

Mike wrote: "Lucifer's Hammer is the best "oncoming space rock" story ever in any medium."

Fudge sundae.
;)

[Carro]

King David's Spaceship is a great adventure story - it is sf but in sections is almost a fantasy - due to being on a low tech planet. One of my re-reads. Has some very clever twists and characters I really like.
Three levels of tech development going on.