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'''Jerry Eugene Pournelle''' (August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine ''Byte''.
'''Jerry Eugene Pournelle''' (August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine ''Byte''.


He has a reputation for writing [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|the hardest of hard science fiction]], and did some of his best fiction work in collaboration with [[Larry Niven]].
He has a reputation for writing [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|hard science fiction]], and did some of his best fiction work in collaboration with [[Larry Niven]].


Pournelle served as President of the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] in 1973.
Pournelle served as President of the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] in 1973.

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Jerry Pournelle in May 2006. Photo by "null0".

Jerry Eugene Pournelle (August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte.

He has a reputation for writing hard science fiction, and did some of his best fiction work in collaboration with Larry Niven.

Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973.

Jerry Pournelle provides examples of the following tropes: