Quote of the day
Don't pity me now,
Don't pity me never;
I'm going to do nothing
For ever and ever.
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)