The Best of Jerry Pournelle
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1982125004
ISBN-13
9781982125004
Publisher
Baen Books
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Baen Books
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US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 16th, 2020
Print length
768 Pages
Weight
324 grams
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10.70 x 17.10 x 3.50 cms
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Anthologies (non-poetry)War & combat fictionScience fiction
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THE GRAND MASTER OF HUGE IDEAS ANDSTAR-SPANNING WONDER Forhalf a century, Jerry Pournelle’s name has been synonymous withhard-hitting, idea-driven, wonder-inducing science fiction. HisFalkenberg’s Legion stories and Janissaries series helped define themilitary SF genre, his CoDominium universe is an SF standard for worldbuildingand future history, and his novels with frequent collaborator Larry Niven aresome of the most important works science fiction has ever seen—and thebest-selling and most read. Now, forthe first time, Pournelle’s best short work is collected together in asingle volume. Here are more than a dozen short stories, each with a newintroduction by editor and long-time Pournelle assistant John F. Carr. The bookalso includes a cornucopia of Pournelle’s rampantly imaginative andcompelling essays, as well as great remembrances by Pournelle collaboratorsLarry Niven, S.M. Stirling, andmore! About The Bestof Jerry Pournelle:“. . . showcases a huge swath of [Pournelle’s] work, including much that werepreviously unpublished. . . . Fans of Pournelle will love this collection ofstories, essays, and remembrances, and others will be glad to discoverhim.”—Booklist"Thisthorough collection of short works from the late Pournelle (1933–2017),interspersed with remembrances of his life from colleagues and collaborators, isan engrossing retrospective of the half-century career of a defining author ofthe military sci-fi genre. . . . Lovers of classic military speculative fictionwill enjoy this walk back through a brilliant career."—PublishersWeekly"[a] must-have forPournelle fans."—The Daily News of GalvestonCountyAbout JerryPournelle:"Possibly the greatestscience fiction novel I have ever read."—Robert A. Heinlein on TheMote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and JerryPournelle"Jerry Pournelle is one ofscience fiction's greatest storytellers."—PoulAnderson"Jerry Pournelle's trademarkis first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science andhardball politics."—DavidDrake"Rousing . . . The Best of theGenre"—The New YorkTimes"On the cover . . . is theclaim 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it mightbe."—MilwaukeeJournal on Janissaries
THE GRAND MASTER OF HUGE IDEAS ANDSTAR-SPANNING WONDER
Forhalf a century, Jerry Pournelle’s name has been synonymous withhard-hitting, idea-driven, wonder-inducing science fiction. HisFalkenberg’s Legion stories and Janissaries series helped define themilitary SF genre, his CoDominium universe is an SF standard for worldbuildingand future history, and his novels with frequent collaborator Larry Niven aresome of the most important works science fiction has ever seen—and thebest-selling and most read.
Now, forthe first time, Pournelle’s best short work is collected together in asingle volume. Here are more than a dozen short stories, each with a newintroduction by editor and long-time Pournelle assistant John F. Carr. The bookalso includes a cornucopia of Pournelle’s rampantly imaginative andcompelling essays, as well as great remembrances by Pournelle collaboratorsLarry Niven, S.M. Stirling, andmore!
About The Bestof Jerry Pournelle:
“. . .showcases a huge swath of [Pournelle’s] work, including much that werepreviously unpublished. . . . Fans of Pournelle will love this collection ofstories, essays, and remembrances, and others will be glad to discoverhim.”—Booklist
"Thisthorough collection of short works from the late Pournelle (1933–2017),interspersed with remembrances of his life from colleagues and collaborators, isan engrossing retrospective of the half-century career of a defining author ofthe military sci-fi genre. . . . Lovers of classic military speculative fictionwill enjoy this walk back through a brilliant career."—PublishersWeekly
"[a] must-have forPournelle fans."—The Daily News of GalvestonCounty
About JerryPournelle:
"Possibly the greatestscience fiction novel I have ever read."—Robert A. Heinlein on TheMote in God''s Eye by Larry Niven and JerryPournelle
"Jerry Pournelle is one ofscience fiction''s greatest storytellers."—PoulAnderson
"Jerry Pournelle''s trademarkis first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science andhardball politics."—DavidDrake
"Rousing . . . The Best of theGenre"—The New YorkTimes
"On the cover . . . is theclaim ''No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.'' And well it mightbe."—MilwaukeeJournal on Janissaries
Forhalf a century, Jerry Pournelle’s name has been synonymous withhard-hitting, idea-driven, wonder-inducing science fiction. HisFalkenberg’s Legion stories and Janissaries series helped define themilitary SF genre, his CoDominium universe is an SF standard for worldbuildingand future history, and his novels with frequent collaborator Larry Niven aresome of the most important works science fiction has ever seen—and thebest-selling and most read.
Now, forthe first time, Pournelle’s best short work is collected together in asingle volume. Here are more than a dozen short stories, each with a newintroduction by editor and long-time Pournelle assistant John F. Carr. The bookalso includes a cornucopia of Pournelle’s rampantly imaginative andcompelling essays, as well as great remembrances by Pournelle collaboratorsLarry Niven, S.M. Stirling, andmore!
About The Bestof Jerry Pournelle:
“. . .showcases a huge swath of [Pournelle’s] work, including much that werepreviously unpublished. . . . Fans of Pournelle will love this collection ofstories, essays, and remembrances, and others will be glad to discoverhim.”—Booklist
"Thisthorough collection of short works from the late Pournelle (1933–2017),interspersed with remembrances of his life from colleagues and collaborators, isan engrossing retrospective of the half-century career of a defining author ofthe military sci-fi genre. . . . Lovers of classic military speculative fictionwill enjoy this walk back through a brilliant career."—PublishersWeekly
"[a] must-have forPournelle fans."—The Daily News of GalvestonCounty
About JerryPournelle:
"Possibly the greatestscience fiction novel I have ever read."—Robert A. Heinlein on TheMote in God''s Eye by Larry Niven and JerryPournelle
"Jerry Pournelle is one ofscience fiction''s greatest storytellers."—PoulAnderson
"Jerry Pournelle''s trademarkis first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science andhardball politics."—DavidDrake
"Rousing . . . The Best of theGenre"—The New YorkTimes
"On the cover . . . is theclaim ''No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.'' And well it mightbe."—MilwaukeeJournal on Janissaries
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