Jerry Pournelle Passed Away!

I just saw a headline about his passing and it saddens me.

Here is the link to an article that describes him much better than I ever could..

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/11/science-fiction-writer-jerry-pournelle-offered-fact-based-hope-future-glenn-reynolds-column/651515001/

I can say that his novels Lucifer's Hammer and The Mote in God's Eye both permanently hooked me on science fiction. He had a lot of help from Heinlein, Clarke, and Asimov. But he was up there with the definite Master's of Science Fiction.

So if you get a chance read one of his books and understand why its a loss to us all.