The Best of Jerry Pournelle

John F Carr

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BAEN BOOKS
27 October 2020

Anthologies (non-poetry); War & combat fiction; Science fiction; Short Stories Sci-Fi; Science; Aliens; Space Exploration; Military

"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 .showcases a huge swath of [Pournelle’s] work, including much that werepreviously unpublished.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"

Edited by: John F Carr
Imprint: BAEN BOOKS
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 102mm,
ISBN: 9781982125004
ISBN 10: 1982125004
Pages: 800
Publication Date: 27 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jerry Pournelle was a master of military science fiction. He is the author of the series of novels about John Christian Falkenberg and his legion of interstellar mercenaries, as well as many other works, including Janissaries, Exiles to Glory, High Justice, King David's Spaceship, and Starswarm. With Larry Niven, he collaborated on a string of best-selling novels, including Lucifer's Hammer, The Mote in God's Eye, Footfall, and the Legacy of Heorot series with Niven and Barnes. He held advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science, and was actively involved professionally in all these fields.