Quote of the day
Now it is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it...
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)