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Bob Juch
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by Bob Juch » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:39 pm
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.
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Bob78164
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by Bob78164 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:22 pm
This makes me sad. His collaborations with Larry Niven seemed to me an excellent example of synergy. --Bob
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson
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by MarleysGh0st » Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:54 am
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.
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by Bob78164 » Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:32 pm
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
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson
