Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017)
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Sull'Autore
Jerry Eugene Pournelle was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on August 7, 1933. During the Korean War, he served in the U. S. Army. He received a B.S. in psychology in 1955, an M.S. in psychology in 1958, and a Ph.D. in political science in 1964 from the University of Washington. He worked for Boeing mostra altro and NASA where he worked on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. He also advised the federal government on military matters and space exploration. He wrote science fiction and helped popularize the military science fiction genre. His first novel, Red Heroin, was published in 1969 under the pen name Wade Curtis. His other novels published under his own name included Janissaries, Starswarm, and The Mercenary. He also wrote novels with Larry Niven including Oath of Fealty, The Mote in God's Eye, Lucifer's Hammer, Inferno, Escape from Hell, and Footfall. Pournelle was widely credited as the first major author to write a published novel entirely on a computer. He wrote a witty advice columns for computer users in Byte magazine. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 1973. He died of heart failure on September 8, 2017 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Jerry Pournelle
Life Among the Asteroids (The Endless Frontier, Vol. 4) (1992) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 35 copie
Reflex [short story] 3 copie
Contrattacco su Marte 2 copie
L'incognita dei Grendel 2 copie
endless frontier 2 copie
Two Steps Farther Out 1 copia
Girth of Fire 1 copia
Space Viking 1 copia
The Endless Frontier 1 copia
The Endless Frontier vol II 1 copia
CoDominium The Prince (1-5) 1 copia
The Craft of Science Fiction 1 copia
The truth goes marching on 1 copia
Another Step Further Out 1 copia
Mote Lite 1 copia
From Inferno [Short Story] 1 copia
the survival of freedom 1 copia
A Pegada II Livro 2 1 copia
Jenseits des Gewissens. 1 copia
Peace With Honor 1 copia
In the Hall of the Mountain King — Autore — 1 copia
Bind Your Sons To Exile 1 copia
Opere correlate
A History of Strategy: From Sun Tzu to William S. Lind (2015) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 33 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 5 (July 1974) (1974) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 8 (August 1975) (1975) — Collaboratore — 25 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 6 (August 1972) (1972) — Collaboratore — 22 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 5 (July 1972) (1972) — Collaboratore — 21 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 5 (January 1972) (1971) — Collaboratore — 19 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 4 (December 1971) (1971) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 19 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 1 (March 1974) (1974) — Collaboratore — 19 copie
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 6 (February 1972) (1972) — Collaboratore — 18 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1974, Vol. 46, No. 6 (1974) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 16 copie
Evolution @ Intersection — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Pournelle, Jerry Eugene
- Altri nomi
- Curtis, Wade
Pournelle, J. E. - Data di nascita
- 1933-08-07
- Data di morte
- 2017-09-08
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Causa della morte
- heart failure
- Luogo di residenza
- Shreveport, Louisiana, USA (birthplace)
Capleville, Tennessee, USA
Studio City, California, USA - Istruzione
- University of Washington (BS|Psychology and Mathematics)
University of Washington (MS|Experimental Statistics and Systems Engineering)
University of Washington (PhD|Psychology and Political Science) - Attività lavorative
- writer
essayist
journalist
author - Relazioni
- Pournelle, J. R. (daughter)
- Organizzazioni
- United States Army
Pepperdine Research Institute (founding President)
Citizen's Advisory Council on National Space Policy (chair)
The Lunar Society, Inc. (chair)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
British Interplanetary Society (mostra tutto 14)
Royal Astronomical Society
Operations Research Society of America
American Astronautical Society
American Institute of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (past President)
Authors Guild
Society for Creative Anachronism
BYTE Magazine - Premi e riconoscimenti
- John W. Campbell Award (1973)
American Security Council Bronze Medal (1964)
Robert A. Heinlein Award (2005)
Hubbard Writers/Illustrators of the Future (Lifetime Achievement, 2006)
Utenti
Discussioni
teotwawki, scientist with diabetes saves technology texts in Name that Book (Febbraio 2016)
Inferno by Larry Niven / Return from Tomorrow by George G Ritchie....coincidence? in Science Fiction Fans (Aprile 2013)
Science Fiction book about Space Colonization in Name that Book (Febbraio 2012)
Based on Dante's inferno - man travels through hell, meets Mussolini? in Name that Book (Ottobre 2011)
Niven and Pournelle in Science Fiction Fans (Agosto 2011)
fantasy dragon/phoniex tattoo in Name that Book (Dicembre 2010)
Recensioni
Liste
Best Dystopias (1)
1970s (2)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 148
- Opere correlate
- 42
- Utenti
- 37,209
- Popolarità
- #491
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 487
- ISBN
- 495
- Lingue
- 15
- Preferito da
- 32
Il romanzo è di gran lunga inferiore al primo, come idee, sviluppo e ritmo: nella prima parte è lento e prolisso, talvolta noioso, nella seconda gli eventi si fanno più emozionati ma anche terribilmente ingarbugliati e confusi, una sorta di politik-risico sullo sfondo del sistema stellare motie... Le idee ci sarebbero anche ma forse i due autori hanno calcato un po' la mano e si sono persi nella loro stessa creazione. Almeno in parte, direi. In realtà è un romanzo un po' inutile, alla fin fine poco porta alla storia originale... insomma siamo al limite inferiore della sufficienza, consigliato solo per concludere la vicenda Motie.… (altro)