Quote of the day
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
Jerry Pournelle
Born: August 7, 1933
Died: September 8, 2017 (aged 84)
Bio: Jerry Eugene Pournelle was an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973.
Known for:
- The Mote in God's Eye (1974)
- Lucifer's Hammer (1977)
- Footfall (1985)
- Inferno (1976)
- The Gripping Hand (1993)