Requiescat, Jerry Pournelle

[tuftears]

Sad to see one of the big-name science fiction authors of my youth pass. I may not agree with some of his conservative stances of the later years but I don't think many people will argue that he helped shape science fiction and its readers.

I took some pictures of his books:





I liked his collaborative works with Larry Niven best, I think.

Comments

[okojosan]

Oooh Tim Powers, good choices!

I am not sure I've ever read any Jerry Pournelle. I was always more of a Clarke/Asimov/Niven/McCaffrey reader. :D

[tuftears]

I do enjoy Tim Powers's books, except for "Three Days to Never". That one just didn't work for me for some reason.

I mostly remember Pournelle for his collaboration with Niven, especially the Mote in God's Eyes, but Janissaries is sort of one of the founding keystones of the 'military men get thrown back in time, change the course of history' genre. There are a lot more books in that venue than you'd expect from how specific it sounds.