Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017)
Autor de La paja en el ojo de Dios
Sobre El Autor
Jerry Eugene Pournelle was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on August 7, 1933. During the Korean War, he served in the U. S. Army. He received a B.S. in psychology in 1955, an M.S. in psychology in 1958, and a Ph.D. in political science in 1964 from the University of Washington. He worked for Boeing mostrar más and NASA where he worked on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. He also advised the federal government on military matters and space exploration. He wrote science fiction and helped popularize the military science fiction genre. His first novel, Red Heroin, was published in 1969 under the pen name Wade Curtis. His other novels published under his own name included Janissaries, Starswarm, and The Mercenary. He also wrote novels with Larry Niven including Oath of Fealty, The Mote in God's Eye, Lucifer's Hammer, Inferno, Escape from Hell, and Footfall. Pournelle was widely credited as the first major author to write a published novel entirely on a computer. He wrote a witty advice columns for computer users in Byte magazine. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 1973. He died of heart failure on September 8, 2017 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Jerry Pournelle
Pournelle's PC Communications Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Productivity With a Modem (1992) 6 copias
Reflex [short story] 3 copias
Contrattacco su Marte 2 copias
L'incognita dei Grendel 2 copias
endless frontier 2 copias
CoDominium The Prince (1-5) 1 copia
Another Step Further Out 1 copia
Two Steps Farther Out 1 copia
Girth of Fire 1 copia
Space Viking 1 copia
The Endless Frontier 1 copia
The Endless Frontier vol II 1 copia
The Craft of Science Fiction 1 copia
The truth goes marching on 1 copia
2020 Vision 1 copia
From Inferno [Short Story] 1 copia
the survival of freedom 1 copia
Mote Lite 1 copia
A Pegada II Livro 2 1 copia
Jenseits des Gewissens. 1 copia
Peace With Honor 1 copia
In the Hall of the Mountain King — Autor — 1 copia
Bind Your Sons To Exile 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
A History of Strategy: From Sun Tzu to William S. Lind (2015) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones — 33 copias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 5 (July 1974) (1974) — Contribuidor — 26 copias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 6 (August 1972) (1972) — Contribuidor — 21 copias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 8 (August 1975) (1975) — Contribuidor — 21 copias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 5 (July 1972) (1972) — Contribuidor — 20 copias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 5 (January 1972) (1971) — Contribuidor — 19 copias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 4 (December 1971) (1971) — Contribuidor; Contribuidor — 19 copias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 1 (March 1974) (1974) — Contribuidor — 19 copias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 6 (February 1972) (1972) — Contribuidor — 18 copias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1974, Vol. 46, No. 6 (1974) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 16 copias
Evolution @ Intersection — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Pournelle, Jerry Eugene
- Otros nombres
- Curtis, Wade
Pournelle, J. E. - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1933-08-07
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2017-09-08
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- heart failure
- Lugares de residencia
- Shreveport, Louisiana, USA (birthplace)
Capleville, Tennessee, USA
Studio City, California, USA - Educación
- University of Washington (BS|Psychology and Mathematics)
University of Washington (MS|Experimental Statistics and Systems Engineering)
University of Washington (PhD|Psychology and Political Science) - Ocupaciones
- writer
essayist
journalist
author - Relaciones
- Pournelle, J. R. (daughter)
- Organizaciones
- United States Army
Pepperdine Research Institute (founding President)
Citizen's Advisory Council on National Space Policy (chair)
The Lunar Society, Inc. (chair)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
British Interplanetary Society (mostrar todos 14)
Royal Astronomical Society
Operations Research Society of America
American Astronautical Society
American Institute of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (past President)
Authors Guild
Society for Creative Anachronism
BYTE Magazine - Premios y honores
- John W. Campbell Award (1973)
American Security Council Bronze Medal (1964)
Robert A. Heinlein Award (2005)
Hubbard Writers/Illustrators of the Future (Lifetime Achievement, 2006)
Miembros
Debates
teotwawki, scientist with diabetes saves technology texts en Name that Book (Febrero 2016)
Inferno by Larry Niven / Return from Tomorrow by George G Ritchie....coincidence? en Science Fiction Fans (abril 2013)
Science Fiction book about Space Colonization en Name that Book (Febrero 2012)
Based on Dante's inferno - man travels through hell, meets Mussolini? en Name that Book (octubre 2011)
Niven and Pournelle en Science Fiction Fans (agosto 2011)
fantasy dragon/phoniex tattoo en Name that Book (diciembre 2010)
Reseñas
Listas
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1970s (2)
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- Obras
- 149
- También por
- 42
- Miembros
- 37,123
- Popularidad
- #492
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 487
- ISBNs
- 494
- Idiomas
- 15
- Favorito
- 32