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I'm giving betting odds on "Project Thor" (popularized by Jerry Pournelle) being one of them.

No conflict of interest in picking one that requires hauling a whole lotta tonnes of inert mass into orbit, hey?

#ProjectThor #Footfall #JerryPournelle #LarryNiven

Died this day: 09/08/2017 (b. 08/07/1933) Jerry Eugene Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. "The Mote in God's Eye" was Nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus Awards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle

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https://astralcomputing.com

Cover artwork by Robert Anthony

Jerry Pournelle, a polymath, used to say that a dark age was not when people forgot how to do a thing, but when they forgot that anyone was ever able to do it. I don't know where he got it from, if anywhere.

At a previous job just a few years ago, my team were mostly young and junior engineers. I remember showing them some photos of the new electronics workbench I'd built, because I was proud of it. I was having trouble getting this across - it eventually became clear that they all thought what I meant by "I built this" was "I assembled this".

They were flabbergasted when I said that no, I bought wood and sheetgoods and stain and varnish and designed it on a notepad and made it exactly what I wanted it to be. And they didn't ask me "why" - they asked me "how".

I sometimes get the impression that (in the West, at least) we are already living in the dark ages. Many young people are unaware that you can actually create things, and that it used to be common to do so. To them, it seems that civilization is something you pull out of a sea-can from China.

#DarkAge #DarkAges #China #SeaCan #container #cargo #civilization #maker #making #JerryPournelle

Recenzje fantastyczne:
»[Recenzja] „Pyłek w oku Boga” Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle«

„Pyłek w oku Boga” opowiada historię pierwszego kontaktu z Motami w narracji wiktoriańskiej z celebracją pozycji społecznej i posiadanego majątku. II Imperium Człowieka z porządkiem społecznym ustalanym przez cenzus urodzenia poważa naukę tylko o tyle, o ile służy ona politycznym i finansowym interesom oligarchii Imperium. Flota imperialna tego porządku strzeże i go utrwala. To czytelny i niekomplikowany motyw galaktycznej ekspansji...

https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/ksiazki/recenzje/fantastyczne/recenzja-pylek-w-oku-boga-larry-niven-jerry-pournelle/

#Fahrenheit_zin #recenzja #Vesper #LarryNiven #JerryPournelle #TomaszKokowski #PyłekwokuBoga #TomaszChyrzyński #TheMoteinGodsEye #UrszulaHorecka #UrszulaOkrzeja #MichałLoranc #Motowie #Wymiary

Fantastyka:
»Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle „Pyłek w oku Boga”«

Na początku czwartego tysiąclecia odrodzona i zjednoczona po latach wyniszczającej wojny domowej ludzkość skolonizowała setki systemów gwiezdnych. Nowa technologia umożliwia statkom szybkie przemieszczanie się po wszystkich znanych ludziom układach gwiazd... "Pyłek w oku Boga" Larry'ego Nivena i Jerry'ego Pournelle'a ukazał się w Polsce nakładem wydawnictwa Vesper.

https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/ksiazki/o-ksiazkach/fantastyka/larry-niven-jerry-pournelle-pylek-w-oku-boga/

#Fahrenheit_zin #sciencefiction #Vesper #książka #LarryNiven #JerryPournelle #PyłekwokuBoga #TomaszChyrzyński #TheMoteinGodsEye #UrszulaHorecka #UrszulaOkrzeja #MichałLoranc #Motowie #Wymiary

BEOWULF'S CHILDREN (1995)
Watercolor and Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 27" x 36"

This sequel to THE LEGACY OF HEOROT provided a fascinating opportunity to explore the alien ecology of Tau Ceti.

Cover illustration for the book by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes (TOR)

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/beowulfs-children/

#sciencefiction #sff #scifi #scifiart #illustration #larryniven #jerrypournelle #stevenbarnes #torbooks

BEOWULF'S CHILDREN (1995)
Watercolor and Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 27" x 36"

This sequel to THE LEGACY OF HEOROT provided a fascinating opportunity to explore the alien ecology of Tau Ceti.

Cover illustration for the book by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes (TOR)

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/beowulfs-children/

#sciencefiction #sff #scifi #scifiart #illustration #larryniven #jerrypournelle #stevenbarnes

#FinishedReading one of my absolute favourites as a child when I first got old enough to raid my parents' bookshelves, so a huge nostalgia hit for me in this. This is a classic 70s first contact #SciFi story and fortunately stands up great to re-reading as an adult, apart from the almost total lack of female characters, which I notice these days but I guess didn't concern me as a preteen boy. Still, inventive, surprising, and lots of fun. #Bookstodon @bookstodon #LarryNiven #JerryPournelle

https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/03/25/on-being-a-different-kind-of-sci-fi-guy/
Why I'm always out of sync with other sci fi fans: Lots and lots of books.
#ArthurClarke, #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce, #HalClement, #IsaacAsimov, #JerryPournelle, #LarryNiven, #RobertHeinlein, #SciFi, #ScienceFiction, #SF, #StarTrek, #TheDaniels, #TheExpanse, #ThePeripheral, #TheodoreSturgeon, #WilliamGibson, #LegendaryPinkDots

Oh yeah this one too for $2. Probably one of the most fun "aliens invade earth" reads.
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Ok, mostly old and dead, but I like what I like 🤓