Jerry Pournelle RIP

Posted: 9/19/2017 11:28:29 PM EDT

Science fiction author Jerry Pournelle, co-author of the book, "Lucifer's Hammer", died Sep. 8th. He was 84. Full obituary was in the New York Times this past Sunday. I DO NOT read or get the NYT, I saw posting about his death and followed the link.

I posted this in this particular forum since probably 99% of who post here have read "Lucifer's Hammer" at least once. I have read it cover to cover at least twice.

Posted: 9/20/2017 10:41:52 AM EDT

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Have the MP3 in the car right now.

Trying to figure out when exactly it was written- the time frame seems to be mid to late 70's. Not a lot of survival tidbits in there, the gas was probably the most inventive thing, everything else was pretty blase. Pretty typical of the genre- last minute preparations and dumb luck manage to get people through....

And then we wonder why new preppers get the bad ideas like last minute "rushes" to get things they should be putting back slowly all along, etc.

Posted: 9/20/2017 10:45:24 AM EDT

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I want to say "Lucifer's Hammer" was written in 1977.

Posted: 9/20/2017 9:04:51 PM EDT

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Published in 1977, so probably written in 1975 - 76.

One of my favorite books. I had some emails back and forth with Jerry several years ago, and he published some correspondence from me on the Mail page of his website, Chaos Manor. He'll be missed.

Posted: 9/23/2017 2:00:14 PM EDT

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RIP

... One of my favorite books in high school, along with First Blood.

Posted: 9/25/2017 2:04:56 PM EDT

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Lucifer's Hammer made me want an International Travelall for a BOV.

Posted: 9/25/2017 8:16:18 PM EDT

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I never quite pictured what that was, was it an RV?

Posted: 9/25/2017 9:00:06 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/26/2017 7:16:16 AM EDT

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Oh ok! It was hard from the way they were describing it.

Posted: 9/26/2017 8:27:23 AM EDT

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Hammer was of course a collaboration with Niven, and not even their best collaboration. That honor falls on The Mote in God's Eye.

Those two collaborated on a number of novels.

Posted: 9/26/2017 8:28:42 AM EDT

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My best childhood friend's family had one, so I knew exactly what they were talking about. Think of a Scout on steroids.

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