Jerry Pournelle - Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle (born August 7, 1933 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an essayist, journalist and science fiction author. He holds advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science. His science fiction, much of it written in collaboration with Larry Niven, frequently has strong military themes. Several books center around the fictional mercenary infantry force Falkenberg's Legion. He wrote the "Chaos Manor" column in the print version of Byte magazine for many years, describing his experiences with various hardware and software configurations. He continues to write the column for the online version and international print editions of Byte, as well as the computer programming magazine Dr. Dobb's Journal (from the December 2003 issue onwards). His political experience includes serving as Executive Assistant to the.
Inferno - Inferno can also be hosted by the Internet Explorer internet browser plug-in. http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/index.html http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/pidoc/index.html Inferno is a science fiction novel written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published in 1976. Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers Inferno is based upon the hell described in Dante's Inferno, however it adds a modern twist to the story. The story is told in the first person by Allen Carpentier, a science fiction writer who died in a failed attempt to entertain his fans at a party. He is released from a bottle in the first circle of Hell by a man named Benito, who offers to take him out of Hell by bringing him to the center. At first, as Allen and Benito travel through Hell, Allen tries to scientifically rationalize everything he sees, renaming his.
H. Beam Piper - output was eventually purchased by Ace Science Fiction and reprinted in a set of paperbacks in the early 1980s. Many of these have since gone out of print, though his two best-known arcs were again reprinted by Ace in 1998 and 2001. Late in his career, Piper corresponded with a young Jerry Pournelle. He was also a collector of guns, and wrote one mystery, Murder in the Gunroom. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Themes and Hallmarks 2 Terro-Human Future History 3 Paratime 4 Bibliography 4.1 Novels 4.2 Short Stories 4.3 Collections 5 Related Books Themes and Hallmarks Piper's stories fall into two camps: Stark space opera, such as Space Viking, or stories of cultural conflict or misunderstanding, such as Little Fuzzy or the Paratime stories. A running theme in Piper's fiction.
Heorot - Hrothgar in the epic poem Beowulf. The Heorot series by Steven Barnes, Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven is named after the stronghold. It contains the following books: The Legacy of Heorot (1987) Beowulf's Children (1995) published as The Dragons of Heorot in the United Kingdom (1995).
Hugo Award for Best Novel - Niven Wizard by John Varley 1982: Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh Little, Big by John Crowley The Many-Colored Land by Julian May Project Pope by Clifford Simak ''The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe 1983: Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh 2010: Odyessy Two by Arthur C. Clarke Friday by Robert Heinlein Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe 1984: ''Startide Rising" by David Brin The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov Tea With the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey Millennium by John Varley 1985: Neuromancer by William Gibson Job by Robert Heinlein The Integral Trees by Larry Niven Emergence by David Palmer The Peace War by Vernor Vinge.
Gripping hand - The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, the gripping hand is literally the strongest of the three asymmetrical arms of the aliens called "Moties". Most of the species of Motie have two weaker arms with better fine control on one side, and a single much stronger arm on the other side. Figuratively, it was typically used when presenting a third choice or fact after two others, usually after the second had been presented with the phrase "on the other hand...". Thus, a discussion of choices could follow the typical English pattern of saying "We could do this, but on the other hand we could do that," followed by what would in conventional English be a non sequitur, "but on the gripping hand, there's.
Fallen Angels - visuals - reminding one of a hip, glossy photo-magazine, is regularly compared to the 1960s films of Jean-Luc Godard, where you will end up not with conclusions but with impressions. See also: Cinema of China, Hong Kong in films Fallen Angels is also a 1991 novel by science fiction authors Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn. The story features a future in which the environmentalist movement has gained control of the earth's governments, imposing draconian luddite laws which, in an ironic effort to end global warming, bring about an even greater environmental catastrophe in the form of an ice age. Against this backdrop, two marooned astronauts from the spacestations of Peace (the Russian Mir), and Freedom (which collectively form what amounts to a rogue state), flee the radically green American.
Take Back Your Government - based on his experience in California politics in the 1930s and in particular his efforts on behalf of Upton Sinclair's EPIC Movement and Sinclair's attempt to become the Democratic Party's nominee for California governor in 1934. The book contains hasty annotations by Jerry Pournelle, which he had no time to finish or polish or fact check, since the publication schedule was dictated by a need to have it hit the bookstands while the Ross Perot campaign for President of the United States was still going strong..
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Fallout series The Role-playing game from Game Designer's Workshop: Twilight: 2000. The Amtrak Wars epic novel series by Patrick Tilley The Day After, a 1983 film about the effects of nuclear war on a Kansas town the film Testament (film) the Shanarra Series by Terry Brooks, a fantasy book set after WWIII destroys all technology and warps the human race into other species. Pandemic The novel The Last Man by Mary Shelley The novella The Scarlet Plague (1912) by Jack London. The novel Earth Abides (1949) by George R. Stewart. The novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, filmed as The Last Man On Earth and The Omega Man. The films La Jetée, Twelve Monkeys and 28 Days Later The novel and miniseries The Stand by Stephen King The novel A.
Byte magazine - Ciarcia's "Circuit Cellar" column) marked a transition point between eras. BYTE continued to grow. By 1990, it was a monthly about an inch in thickness, a readership of technical professionals, and a subscription price of $56/year (quite princely). It was the "must-read" magazine of the popular computer magazines. Around 1993, BYTE began to develop a web presence. It acquired a domain name "byte.com" and began to have discussions and post selected editorial content. In 1998, still growing, BYTE was purchased by CMP Media, a successful publisher of specialized computer magazines. CMP ceased publication (ending with the July 1998 issue), laid off all the staff and shut down BYTE's rather large product-testing lab. Subscribers were offered a choice of two of CMP's other magazines, notably CMP's flagship publication about Windows PCs. Subscribers.
Campbell award (best new writer) - work of science fiction or fantasy appearing in a professional publication (defined as 10,000 or more copies) was published in the previous two years. Recipients 1973 - Jerry Pournelle 1974 (tie) - Spider Robinson, Lisa Tuttle 1975 - P. J. Plauger 1976 - Tom Reamy 1977 - C. J. Cherryh 1978 - Orson Scott Card 1979 - Stephen R. Donaldson 1980 - Barry B. Longyear 1981 - Somtow Sucharitkul 1982 - Alexis Gilliland 1983 - Paul O. Williams 1984 - R. A. MacAvoy 1985 - Lucius Shepard 1986 - Melissa Scott 1987 - Karen Joy Fowler 1988 - Judith Moffett 1989 - Michaela Roessner 1990 - Kristine Kathryn Rusch 1991 - Julia Ecklar 1992 - Ted Chiang 1993 - Laura Resnick 1994 - Amy Thomson 1995 - Jeff Noon 1996 -.
The War of the Worlds (novel) - as a famous radio play, as a movie, and as a bestselling record album, all of which have played some part in maintaining the public's interest in the original novel. This theme of an alien invasion has remained a popular one ever since, some recent examples being Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, the "Worldwar" series by Harry Turtledove, and the film Independence Day. External Link The book is public domain, and can be downloaded here or from any other Project Gutenberg archive under the filename warw12.txt or warw12.zip Study Guide for The War of the Worlds.
CoDominium - history (now alternate history) setting for the books in the CoDominium Series by Jerry Pournelle. The CoDominium series: A Spaceship for the King (1973) (also titled King David's Spaceship) West of Honor (1976) The Mercenary (1977) The Prince Go Tell the Spartans The Mote in God's Eye (with Larry Niven) The Gripping Hand (with Larry Niven) (also titled The Mote around Murcheson's Eye) Several collaborative works entitled War World A History of the CoDominium Universe The point of departure of Pournelle's history is the establishment of the CoDominium, a political alliance and union between the United States of America and a revitalized USSR. This union, achieved in the name of planetary stablility, reigns over the Earth for over a hundred years. In that time, it achieves peace of a sort, as.
The Legacy of Heorot - of Heorot is a science fiction novel written in 1987 by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes. Noted reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien protagonists, the grendels. This is the first book in the Heorot Series. It concerns the establishment of the first human colony on an uncharted, seemingly peaceful planet. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
The Mote in God's Eye - The Mote in God's Eye Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's, The Mote in God's Eye, called "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read" by Robert A. Heinlein, is set in the distant future and charts contact between Humanity and an alien species. The book is notable for the complex alien civilisation which the authors have developed - the Moties are believably different both physically and psychologically in a way that becomes more clearly explained as we progress through the book. The Human characters range from the typical hero type in Captain Blaine to the much more ambiguous merchant and traitor Bury. On a technical level the book allows itself only two impossible scientific leaps - the faster than light Alderson drive and the Langston Field shield system. Even.
The Gripping Hand - Hand The Gripping Hand is a novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It is a sequel to their landmark work The Mote in God's Eye. The Gripping Hand revolves primarily around two minor characters of the first book, Captain Sir Kevin Renner (ISN, Reserve) and His Excellency Horace Bury, Imperial Trader Magnate. It also resolves many of the conflicts and tension remaining from the preceding novel. To understand the story, knowledge of the plot of Mote is absolutely required. The Gripping Hand is, chronologically, the last novel of the CoDominium Series. In the United Kingdom, The Gripping Hand was released as The Mote around Murcheson's Eye. Warning: Spoilers follow At the end of Mote, Renner and Bury were secretly enlisted into Imperial Naval Intelligence. For twenty-five years, they acted as.
S. M. Stirling - Wehrstein) Saber and Shadow (1992) (with Shirley Meier) The Rose Sea (1994) (with Holly Lisle) Draka series Marching Through Georgia (1988) Under the Yoke (1989) The Stone Dogs (1990) Drakon (1995) General series (with David Drake) The Forge (1991) The Hammer (1992) The Anvil (1993) The Steel (1993) The Sword (1995) The Chosen (1996) The Reformer (1999) Falkenberg's Legion series (with Jerry Pournelle) Go Tell the Spartans (1991) Prince of Sparta (1993) Flight Engineer series (with James Doohan) The Rising (1996) The Privateer (1999) The Independent Command (2000) Nantucket series Island in the Sea of Time (1997) Against the Tide of Years (1998) On the Oceans of Eternity (2000) Terminator 2 series T2: Infiltrator (2001) T2: Rising Storm (2002) T2: The Future War (2003) Non-series Novels The Children's Hour (1991) (with.
Strategy of technology - technology was clearly enunciated in a book of the same name by Stephan Poissony and Jerry Pournelle. The book was required reading in the U.S. service academies during the latter half of the Cold War. It is available on the net at [1], free, with a suggested contribution. The basic doctrine is for a technically-advanced country to use its asymmetric advantage in technology to create and deploy weapons of sufficient power and numbers so as to overawe or beggar its opponents. The classic example of the successful deployment of this strategy was the nuclear build-up between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cold War. Some observers believe that the Vietnam War was a necessary attritive component to this war (Soviet industrial capacity was diverted to conventional arms in N. Vietnam, rather.
Steven Barnes - (with Larry Niven) The Barsoom Project (1989) (with Larry Niven) The Legacy of Heorot (1989) (with Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle) Achilles' Choice (1991) (with Larry Niven) Fusion a comic book series This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Prometheus Award - The Rainbow Cadenza 1985 - No Winner ("None of the Above") 1986 - Victor Milan, Cybernetic Samurai 1987 - Vernor Vinge, Marooned in Realtime 1988 - Victor Koman, The Jehovah Contract 1989 - Brad Linaweaver, Moon of Ice 1990 - Victor Koman, Solomon's Knife 1991 - Michael Flynn, In the Country of the Blind 1992 - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn, Fallen Angels 1993 - James P. Hogan, The Multiplex Man 1994 - L. Neil Smith, Pallas 1995 - Poul Anderson, The Stars are also Fire 1996 - Ken MacLeod, The Star Fraction 1997 - Victor Koman, Kings of the High Frontier 1998 - Ken MacLeod, The Stone Canal 1999 - John Varley, The Golden Globe 2000 - Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky 2001 - L. Neil.
