Bøger af Jerry Pournelle

The year was 1977. Elon Musk was in First Grade. Jeff Bezos was in early puberty just reading SCIFI books, not selling them. The space shuttle was 4 years away and the last Apollo mission was 5 years past. Yet a wonky aerospace engineer and college professor was asking How Do We Get Back to Space and What Do We Do Once We Are Up There?Here in That Buck Rogers Stuff Jerry Pournelle lays out his fascination with technological solutions for the world's 1978 problems and beyond.Written on an IBM Selectric typewriter during an Analog time, these predictions will later be fully explored in classics like Starswarm which introduced Artificial Intelligence or The Mote in Gods Eye exploring the societal effects of a 1000 year library as a precursor for cloud computing.

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes: this powerhouse trio of science fiction greats unites to further explore the island paradise of Camelot from their classic novel, Legacy of Herorot. A new generation is growing up on the island paradise of Camelot, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars fought when their parents and grandparents first arrived on Earth. Setting out for the mainland, this group of young rebels feels ready to fight any grendels that get in their way. On Avalon, however, there are monsters which dwarf the ones their parents fought, and as the group will soon learn, monsters also dwell in the human heart.

Tells of the eternal struggle for independence on two colony worlds - Mars in the not-so-distant future, and a distant world circling another star in the far future, both threatened by powerful forces and faceless bureaucrats.

After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin--recast for the present day.

THE LONG-AWAITED CONCLUSION OF THE HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNESAvalon was thriving. The cold sleep colonists from Earth had settled on a verdant, livable world. The fast and cunning predators humans named "grendels" were under control, and the mainland outposts well established. Avalon's new mainland hydroelectric power station was nearly complete, and when on-line would compensate for the nuclear power systems lost in the Grendel Wars. Humans would have power, and with power came the ability to make all the necessities for life. They would survive. They would not survive as a spacefaring people. What they were losing faster than they knew was the ability to get to space. But unbeknownst to the planet-bound humans, something was moving out there in the stars, decelerating at a rate impossible for a natural object. And its destination was Avalon. The most probable origin was Earth's Solar System. This is a novel of first contact-between the human Starborn and the self-named Godsons who followed on, between the first generation of Avalon born humans and their descendants, and between humans and the almost ineffably alien species native to their new world.... About Starborn & Godsons: ". . . this work thoughtfully builds on the vision of the future . . . to the thrilling climax. This excellent series finale sticks the landing."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) ". . . gritty, realistic, and exciting storytelling from authors who matched Michael Crichton back in the day for page-turning suspense."-Booklist (starred review) ". . . a classic Pournelle story. Each group, Earthborn, Starborn, and Godsons have secrets they are keeping from the others, sometime deliberately, at other times inadvertently. Each group is blinded to some extent, by their biases and beliefs. Each has something the other groups need, but does not realize it. . . . a tale of the strengths and weaknesses of human societies."-Galveston County Daily News About prequel The Legacy of Heorot: "Page-turning action and suspense, good characterization and convincing setting . . . may be the best thing any of those authors has written."-The Denver Post "Outstanding! …The best ever, by the best in the field . . . the ultimate combination of imagination and realism."-Tom Clancy "Well written, action-packed, and tension filled … makes Aliens look like a Disney nature film."-The Washington Post "Spine-tingling ecological tale of terror."-Locus About prequel Beowulf's Children: "Few writers have a finer pedigree than those here . . . As one might suspect, Beowulf's Children is seamless . . . absorbing, substantial . . . masterful novel."-Los Angeles Times "Panoramic SF adventure at its best."-Library Journal About Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle: "Possibly the greatest science fiction novel I have ever read."-Robert A. Heinlein on The Mote in God's Eye About Larry Niven: "Larry Niven's Ringworld remains one of the all-time classic travelogues of science fiction - a new and amazing world and fantastic companions."-Greg Bear "Our premier hard SF writer."-The Baltimore Sun "The scope of Larry Niven's work is so vast that only a writer of supreme talent could disguise the fact as well as he can."-Tom Clancy "Niven is a true master."-Frederik Pohl About Jerry Pournelle: "Jerry Pournelle is one of science fiction's greatest storytellers."-Poul Anderson "Jerry Pournelle's trademark is first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science and hardball politics."-David Drake "Rousing. . . . The Best of the Genre"-The New York Times "On the cover . . . is the claim 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might be."-Milwaukee Journal on Janissaries About Steven Barnes: "Brilliant, surprising, and devastating."-David Mack "Sharp, observant and scary."-Greg Bear "Profound and exhilarating."-Maurice Broaddus, author of The Knights of Breton Court "Barnes gives us characters that are vividly real people, conceived with insight and portrayed with compassion and rare skill?and then he stokes the suspense up to levels that will make the reader miss sleep and be late for work."-Tim Powers "[Barnes] combines imagination, anthropology and beautiful storytelling as he takes readers to the foot of the Great Mountain, today known as Mount Kilimanjaro."-Durham Triangle Tribune on Great Sky Woman

In the near future, Los Angeles is an all but uninhabitable war zone, racked by crime, violence, and poverty. But above the blighted city, a Utopia has arisen: Todos Santos, a thousand-foot high single-structured city. But there are those who want to see the utopia destroyed, whose answer to tomorrow's best and brightest hope is mindless violence.

A modern soldier is transported by aliens to a world filled with warriors through the ages including medieval knights and Roman soldiers. His task: survival.

"1001 Computer Words You Need To Know" is a comprehensive guide to the language of modern computing for the layperson. Terms are defined in plain English, using the Oxford core-and-subsense arrangement that crystallizes understanding. Sidebars make dry topics (such as wireless networking and computer security) entertaining.