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| 1297.1 | | TOHOPE::TOHOPE::VORE_S | Steven Vore@alf.dec.com | Mon Jun 10 1996 16:28 | 9 |
| Jerry Pournelle also writes for BYTE magazine, from which I get the
following which may be of some assistance:
...Jerry welcomes readers' comments and opinions. Send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to Jerry Pournelle, c/o BYTE, One Pheonix Mill Lane,
Peterborough, NH 03458. Please put your address on the letter as well as
on the enevlope. ... You can also contact him onthe Internet or BIX at
jerryp@bix.com
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| 1297.2 | Other Books to get | BRAT::MONBLEAU | | Mon Jun 10 1996 17:24 | 11 |
| If you enjoy these two together, you missed a couple of excellent
books they have written. (I automatically buy anything they collaborate
on.) "Legacy of Herot" is a rapid page turner; "Footfall" is a clever
view of individualism as seen from a herd mentality - wrapped in a
great story. Don't forget "Lucifer's Hammer", the first, and very best
of the comet genre. And if you liked "The Mote in God's Eye", then you
need to get the recently released sequel, "The Gripping Hand".
They have written other books but these mentioned here plus "Mote" are
their very best, IMHO.
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| 1297.3 | | CHEFS::HANDLEY_I | Per Ardua Ad Alcohol | Wed Jun 19 1996 09:24 | 16 |
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Actually, I tend to avoid the collaborations now. I like Larry Niven
writing on his own, and the collaborations are fine if Stephen Barnes
is involved (see "dream park") but if Jerry Pournelle is the co-writer,
the books tend to be very heavy and concentrate on the interaction of
the characters too much leaving the plot pace a little slow. I believe
"legacy of herot" involved stephen Barnes too (I may be mistaken,
there's a first time for everything) and I loved it. Couldn't put it
down. I thought "footfall" was a little slow paced and over-long but
still a good read and "the mote in god's eye" was readable at best.
IMO of course.
I.
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| 1297.4 | Niven, Barnes _and_ Pournelle | BICYCL::RYER | Don't give away the home world.... | Wed Jun 19 1996 14:41 | 3 |
| Actually "The Legacy of Heorot" was written by all three!
-Patrick
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| 1297.5 | new Niven out there... Ringworld 3 | WMOIS::CARROLL | | Thu Jun 20 1996 00:20 | 5 |
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FWIW - Ringworld Throne available in bookstore now - haven't read it
just yet...
- Jimbo
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| 1297.6 | | CHEFS::HANDLEY_I | Per Ardua Ad Alcohol | Thu Jun 20 1996 09:01 | 9 |
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re .4
I thought it was. I wasn't sure if all three or just two of them as I
read it such a long time ago.
I.
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| 1297.7 | I'll buy | BRAT::MONBLEAU | | Fri Jun 21 1996 16:22 | 2 |
| Thanks for the tip - loved the first two.
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