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Post by Scott Anderson on Sept 8, 2017 17:32:29 GMT -6
SF author Jerry Pournelle died today from complications due to his previous stroke. He was at his home in Studio City, CA. He was in good spirits and had a good time at DragonCon this year. His family reports that he did not suffer when he passed earlier today. Here was his last post from yesterday. He was always thinking. www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/category/view/ |
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Post by foxroe on Sept 8, 2017 18:19:21 GMT -6
Very sad news. He will be missed.
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Post by DungeonDevil on Sept 8, 2017 21:34:28 GMT -6
Sad news. The Mote in God's Eye is required reading for any earth-human with eyeballs. If you haven't yet read it, you are denying yourself some literary awesomeness.  |
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Post by foxroe on Sept 9, 2017 5:33:59 GMT -6
Sad news. The Mote in God's Eye is required reading for any earth-human with eyeballs. If you haven't yet read it, you are denying yourself some literary awesomeness. Agreed. It's one of my favorite SF novels. The Gripping Hand is excellent as well. |
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Post by Finarvyn on Sept 10, 2017 8:08:05 GMT -6
I loved his Janissaries books and always wished that he had come back to write another one. Some of his military scifi was pretty good, as well. I read Mote and liked it, but not enough to re-read it.
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