Quote of the day
I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be
A pleasant road.
I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me
Aught of its load;
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)