Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017)
Autor(a) de The Mote in God's Eye
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Jerry Pournelle
Pournelle's PC Communications Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Productivity With a Modem (1992) 6 cópias
Reflex [short story] 3 cópias
Contrattacco su Marte 2 cópias
L'incognita dei Grendel 2 cópias
endless frontier 2 cópias
CoDominium The Prince (1-5) 1 exemplar(es)
His Truth Goes Marching On {short story} 1 exemplar(es)
Autograph, S.F. Writer, Signed Collector Card (Mine) (2) 1 exemplar(es)
Another Step Further Out 1 exemplar(es)
Another Step Farther Out: Jerry Pournelle's Final Essays on Taking to the Stars (2022) 1 exemplar(es)
Two Steps Farther Out 1 exemplar(es)
Girth of Fire 1 exemplar(es)
Space Viking 1 exemplar(es)
The Endless Frontier 1 exemplar(es)
The Endless Frontier vol II 1 exemplar(es)
The Craft of Science Fiction 1 exemplar(es)
In Appreciation: Robert A. Heinlein {essay} 1 exemplar(es)
The truth goes marching on 1 exemplar(es)
2020 Vision 1 exemplar(es)
Lucifer's Hammer Hardcover – July, 1977 1 exemplar(es)
From Inferno [Short Story] 1 exemplar(es)
From Oath Of Fealty [Short Story] 1 exemplar(es)
Excerpt From The Mote In God's Eye 1 exemplar(es)
the survival of freedom 1 exemplar(es)
Mote Lite 1 exemplar(es)
A Pegada II Livro 2 1 exemplar(es)
Jenseits des Gewissens. 1 exemplar(es)
Peace With Honor 1 exemplar(es)
In the Hall of the Mountain King — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Bind Your Sons To Exile 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
A History of Strategy: From Sun Tzu to William S. Lind (2015) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 33 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 5 (July 1974) (1974) — Contribuinte — 26 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 6 (August 1972) (1972) — Contribuinte — 21 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 8 (August 1975) (1975) — Contribuinte — 21 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 5 (July 1972) (1972) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 5 (January 1972) (1971) — Contribuinte — 19 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 4 (December 1971) (1971) — Contribuinte; Contribuinte — 19 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 1 (March 1974) (1974) — Contribuinte — 19 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 6 (February 1972) (1972) — Contribuinte — 18 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1974, Vol. 46, No. 6 (1974) — Contribuinte, algumas edições — 16 cópias
Evolution @ Intersection — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Pournelle, Jerry Eugene
- Outros nomes
- Curtis, Wade
Pournelle, J. E. - Data de nascimento
- 1933-08-07
- Data de falecimento
- 2017-09-08
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Causa da morte
- heart failure
- Locais de residência
- Shreveport, Louisiana, USA (birthplace)
Capleville, Tennessee, USA
Studio City, California, USA - Educação
- University of Washington (BS|Psychology and Mathematics)
University of Washington (MS|Experimental Statistics and Systems Engineering)
University of Washington (PhD|Psychology and Political Science) - Ocupação
- writer
essayist
journalist
author - Relacionamentos
- Pournelle, J. R. (daughter)
- Organizações
- 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 (mostrar todas 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 - Premiações
- 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)
Membros
Discussions
teotwawki, scientist with diabetes saves technology texts em Name that Book (Fevereiro 2016)
Inferno by Larry Niven / Return from Tomorrow by George G Ritchie....coincidence? em Science Fiction Fans (Abril 2013)
Science Fiction book about Space Colonization em Name that Book (Fevereiro 2012)
Based on Dante's inferno - man travels through hell, meets Mussolini? em Name that Book (Outubro 2011)
Niven and Pournelle em Science Fiction Fans (Agosto 2011)
fantasy dragon/phoniex tattoo em Name that Book (Dezembro 2010)
Resenhas
Listas
Best Dystopias (1)
1970s (2)
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 149
- Also by
- 42
- Membros
- 37,109
- Popularidade
- #492
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 487
- ISBNs
- 494
- Idiomas
- 15
- Favorito
- 32