Quote of the day
All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.
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)