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Jerry Eugene Pournelle (born August 7, 1933) is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973.
Pournelle was born in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana, and educated in Capleville, Tennessee. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Afterwards, he studied at the University of Washington and received a BS in psychology on June 11, 1955; an M.S. in psychology on March 21, 1958; and a PhD in political science in March 1964. The thesis for his M.S. is titled "Behavioural observations of the effects of personality needs and leadership in small discussion groups", and is dated 1957.
His thesis for Pournelle's PhD in political science is titled "The American political continuum; an examination of the validity of the left-right model as an instrument for studying contemporary American political 'isms'" and is dated 1964.
Laurence van Cott Niven (/ˈnɪvən/; born April 30, 1938) — known as Larry Niven — is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.
Niven was born in Los Angeles. He briefly attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, in 1962. He did a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles. On September 6, 1969, he married Marilyn Joyce "Fuzzy Pink" Wisowaty, a science fiction and Regency literature fan. He is an agnostic.
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Thomas James "Tom" Snyder (May 12, 1936 – July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s. Snyder was also the pioneer anchor of the primetime NBC News Update, in the 1970s and early 1980s, which was a one-minute capsule of news updates in primetime.
Snyder was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to parents of German, Cornish, and Irish descent, Frank and Marie Snyder. He received a Catholic upbringing, attending St. Agnes Elementary School and graduating from Jesuit–run Marquette University High School. He then attended Marquette University, after which he had originally planned to study medicine and become a doctor.
Snyder had loved radio since he was a child and at some point changed his field of study from pre-med to journalism. He once told Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Tim Cuprisin that broadcasting became more important to him than attending classes, and he skipped a lot of them. Snyder began his career as a radio reporter at WRIT (unrelated to the present-day FM station) in Milwaukee and at WKZO in Kalamazoo (where he was fired by John Fetzer) in the 1950s. For a time he worked at Savannah, Georgia, AM station WSAV (now WBMQ).
Dr. Jerry Pournelle's Acceptance Speech for the National Space Society 2016 Robert E Heinlein Award. See https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/dr-pournelle-wins-heinlein-award/ for details.
In honor of Tom Snyder and for the sake of historical interest. An interesting recording from early 1979 during which Tom Snyder discusses life extension techniques with Durk Pearson and Jerry Pournelle. This information could save your life! Or maybe not. I was only able to record the second half of the show at the time. The benefits of Choline and Lecithin are discussed, as well as the need for Thymosin to battle immune deficiencies. Durk describes how he fights baldness. The benefits of B12 are described. Life extension is described as a battle against evolution.
Science fiction writer and technology journalist, Jerry Pournelle, is today's guest. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Jerry Pournelle Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tri. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.
Part 2 with science fiction writer and technology journalist, Jerry Pournelle.
This is audio commentary by Jerry Pournelle on global warming. This is a modified excerpt from TWiT (This Week in Technology), show number 223. This show is from the TWiT (This Week in Technology) network which can be found at www.twit.tv -- This audio and video is NOT placed into the Public Domain; this is licensed under a Creative Commons license which can be found at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5
Rods from God was a space weapon concept that involved dropping 'Telephone pole' size tungsten projectiles onto target on earth.... The original concept was attributed to Jerry Pournelle who went on to be a successful sci-fi author, and also an investor in Rotary Rockets Inc. Sal has uploaded the mod! http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/39645-The-Rod-From-God-Mod?p=443218#post443218 Fixed all the audio, not sure how that happened, but since you had to see it I'm going to offer up a prize of a free game (on steam) from my collection if gifts to the person that can guess the book that I'm thinking of which features a weapon system like this. Winner has been picked! The Book I'd been thinking of was Footfall by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Today's guest is Jerry Pournelle, science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973. Each Tuesday and Friday Author Hank Garner brings you the story behind the stories and the story tellers. Be sure to check out the archives for more than 2 years worth of the best author interviews available anywhere. If you haven’t already, take a moment to subscribe to the show in iTunes here, and when you do, please leave a comment. About Jerry Pournelle: I write science fact and fiction. Themes range from trivial amusements to how to save the world. In 1980 I predicted that by the year 2000 anyone in Western Civilization would be able to get t...
I review Larry Niven's alien invasion novel Footfall, and comment on the likelyhood of alien invasion and interstellar conquest. Links and sources: Footfall (1985) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle http://www.amazon.com/Footfall-Larry-Niven/dp/0345323440 Alien invasion on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_invasion How Self-Healing Spacecraft Will Work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/self-healing-spacecraft.htm Iain M. Banks' "Culture" Universe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture Oblivion (2013 Movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013/
NASA TV International Space Centre - 14th October 2008 1. Astronauts and cosmonauts inside space craft 2. STILL image of US astronaut Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and space tourist Richard Garriott (man with beard) AP Television Los Angeles - 17th July 2008 3. Medium tilt down IS3C new suit 4. Close up Orbital Outfitters logo 5. Medium shot of two space suits ( IS3C and standard NASA suit) 6. Set up Chris Gilman, owner of Orbital Outfitters and Global Effects 7. Space Cowboys poster 8. Deep Impact poster 9. Armageddon poster 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Gilman, owner Orbital Outfitters and Global Effects " The new space movement, which is the opportunity for private individuals you and I to go into space, is something that has gathered huge amou...
Get this audiobook title in full for free: http://dpar.us/h/117195 Narrated by Tom Weiner Duration 5 hours 45 minutes After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. Feeling he's landed in a great opportunity for a book, he attempts to follow Dante's road map. Determined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks through the Nine Layers of Hell, led by Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical tortures. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin'recast for the present day. Attn: Author/Narrator If you have any queries please contact me at info19782 @ gmail.com. I will reply as soon as possible, usually within 24 hours. Th...
Today's guest is Jerry Pournelle, science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973. Each Tuesday and Friday Author Hank Garner brings you the story behind the stories and the story tellers. Be sure to check out the archives for more than 2 years worth of the best author interviews available anywhere. If you haven’t already, take a moment to subscribe to the show in iTunes here, and when you do, please leave a comment. About Jerry Pournelle: I write science fact and fiction. Themes range from trivial amusements to how to save the world. In 1980 I predicted that by the year 2000 anyone in Western Civilization would be able to get t...
In honor of Tom Snyder and for the sake of historical interest. An interesting recording from early 1979 during which Tom Snyder discusses life extension techniques with Durk Pearson and Jerry Pournelle. This information could save your life! Or maybe not. I was only able to record the second half of the show at the time. The benefits of Choline and Lecithin are discussed, as well as the need for Thymosin to battle immune deficiencies. Durk describes how he fights baldness. The benefits of B12 are described. Life extension is described as a battle against evolution.
In honor of Tom Snyder, and for the sake of historical interest. Tom is fascinated by Durk's and Jerry's prognostications about the(ir) future of publishing, computers and technology in general. Jerry describes his amazing Cromemco Z80-based computerized "glass screen" that allows him to edit his novels with ease, recording them on "magnetic records" before printing the manuscripts on paper using an "automatic typewriter" and mailing them to the publisher. Durk describes the theory behind flat panel TVs. Speculation regarding the connection of wavelength to holographic television ensues which leaves Tom flabbergasted. Jerry predicts the demise of old-fashioned newsprint. Jerry then tells the story of how much computer technology had shrunk since the old days of the Iliac. Somehow ...
Interview with Writers of the Future Judge Jerry Pournelle following the Writers of the Future Volume 25 Awards celebration held in the Los Angeles.
In honor of Tom Snyder, and for the sake of historical interest. The final segment of that night's show includes Durk's description of how computers are going to change everyone's lives, how much better computerized cars are and how everyone will have interactive general purpose computers in just ten years. Durk and Jerry then boldly makes the assertion that within twenty to thirty years mankind will be able to control computers merely by thought, and any question the answer of which is known or calculable will be instantly answered, revolutionizing education. Durk points out that a computer has already passed the Turing Simulation Test as of 1979. Tom worries about computers running our lives, but is reassured by Durk and Jerry otherwise. Mind you, this was at a time when persona...
Interview with Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, promoting The Gripping Hand. Part 1.
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle discuss their most recent novel.
Dr. Jerry Pournelle's Acceptance Speech for the National Space Society 2016 Robert E Heinlein Award. See https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/dr-pournelle-wins-heinlein-award/ for details.
Science fiction writer and technology journalist, Jerry Pournelle, is today's guest. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Jerry Pournelle Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tri. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.
My review of Lucifer's Hammer #96 on NPR's top 100 list. A classic about the end of the world. Check out my blog: http://nicolepoweleit.wordpress.com/ Follow me on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8002810-nicole On Tumblr: http://nicolepoweleit.tumblr.com/ Or twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolePoweleit
Dr. Jerry Pournelle's Acceptance Speech for the National Space Society 2016 Robert E Heinlein Award. See https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/dr-pournelle-wins-heinlein-award/ for details.
In honor of Tom Snyder and for the sake of historical interest. An interesting recording from early 1979 during which Tom Snyder discusses life extension techniques with Durk Pearson and Jerry Pournelle. This information could save your life! Or maybe not. I was only able to record the second half of the show at the time. The benefits of Choline and Lecithin are discussed, as well as the need for Thymosin to battle immune deficiencies. Durk describes how he fights baldness. The benefits of B12 are described. Life extension is described as a battle against evolution.
Science fiction writer and technology journalist, Jerry Pournelle, is today's guest. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Jerry Pournelle Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tri. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.
Part 2 with science fiction writer and technology journalist, Jerry Pournelle.
This is audio commentary by Jerry Pournelle on global warming. This is a modified excerpt from TWiT (This Week in Technology), show number 223. This show is from the TWiT (This Week in Technology) network which can be found at www.twit.tv -- This audio and video is NOT placed into the Public Domain; this is licensed under a Creative Commons license which can be found at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5
Rods from God was a space weapon concept that involved dropping 'Telephone pole' size tungsten projectiles onto target on earth.... The original concept was attributed to Jerry Pournelle who went on to be a successful sci-fi author, and also an investor in Rotary Rockets Inc. Sal has uploaded the mod! http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/39645-The-Rod-From-God-Mod?p=443218#post443218 Fixed all the audio, not sure how that happened, but since you had to see it I'm going to offer up a prize of a free game (on steam) from my collection if gifts to the person that can guess the book that I'm thinking of which features a weapon system like this. Winner has been picked! The Book I'd been thinking of was Footfall by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Today's guest is Jerry Pournelle, science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973. Each Tuesday and Friday Author Hank Garner brings you the story behind the stories and the story tellers. Be sure to check out the archives for more than 2 years worth of the best author interviews available anywhere. If you haven’t already, take a moment to subscribe to the show in iTunes here, and when you do, please leave a comment. About Jerry Pournelle: I write science fact and fiction. Themes range from trivial amusements to how to save the world. In 1980 I predicted that by the year 2000 anyone in Western Civilization would be able to get t...
I review Larry Niven's alien invasion novel Footfall, and comment on the likelyhood of alien invasion and interstellar conquest. Links and sources: Footfall (1985) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle http://www.amazon.com/Footfall-Larry-Niven/dp/0345323440 Alien invasion on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_invasion How Self-Healing Spacecraft Will Work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/self-healing-spacecraft.htm Iain M. Banks' "Culture" Universe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture Oblivion (2013 Movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013/
NASA TV International Space Centre - 14th October 2008 1. Astronauts and cosmonauts inside space craft 2. STILL image of US astronaut Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and space tourist Richard Garriott (man with beard) AP Television Los Angeles - 17th July 2008 3. Medium tilt down IS3C new suit 4. Close up Orbital Outfitters logo 5. Medium shot of two space suits ( IS3C and standard NASA suit) 6. Set up Chris Gilman, owner of Orbital Outfitters and Global Effects 7. Space Cowboys poster 8. Deep Impact poster 9. Armageddon poster 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Gilman, owner Orbital Outfitters and Global Effects " The new space movement, which is the opportunity for private individuals you and I to go into space, is something that has gathered huge amou...
Get this audiobook title in full for free: http://dpar.us/h/117195 Narrated by Tom Weiner Duration 5 hours 45 minutes After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. Feeling he's landed in a great opportunity for a book, he attempts to follow Dante's road map. Determined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks through the Nine Layers of Hell, led by Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical tortures. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin'recast for the present day. Attn: Author/Narrator If you have any queries please contact me at info19782 @ gmail.com. I will reply as soon as possible, usually within 24 hours. Th...
Science fiction writer and technology journalist, Jerry Pournelle, is today's guest. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Jerry Pournelle Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tri. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.
Part 2 with science fiction writer and technology journalist, Jerry Pournelle.
Today's guest is Jerry Pournelle, science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973. Each Tuesday and Friday Author Hank Garner brings you the story behind the stories and the story tellers. Be sure to check out the archives for more than 2 years worth of the best author interviews available anywhere. If you haven’t already, take a moment to subscribe to the show in iTunes here, and when you do, please leave a comment. About Jerry Pournelle: I write science fact and fiction. Themes range from trivial amusements to how to save the world. In 1980 I predicted that by the year 2000 anyone in Western Civilization would be able to get t...
This is audio commentary by Jerry Pournelle on Jerry Pournelle. This is a modified excerpt from Triangulation, show number 90. This show is from the TWiT (This Week in Technology) network which can be found at www.twit.tv -- This audio and video is NOT placed into the Public Domain; this is licensed under a Creative Commons license which can be found at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5
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This is audio commentary by Jerry Pournelle on Jerry Pournelle. This is a modified excerpt from TWiT (This Week in Technology), show number 223. This show is from the TWiT (This Week in Technology) network which can be found at www.twit.tv -- This audio and video is NOT placed into the Public Domain; this is licensed under a Creative Commons license which can be found at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5
MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention, was held in Kansas City in 1976. Featuring Jerry Pournelle, Arsen Darnay, Jim Baen, Karl T. Pflock, and Spider Robinson, this discussion is structured with the panelists describing their favorite future and then discussing and taking questions. The future visions range from the mystic to the moral to the technological. Jerry Pournelle moderates, with Jim Baen taking the editor's role and commenting only. Note that the recording is damaged in parts . All thanks to David Dyer-Bennet and the Video Archeology Project for making it so viewable. If you enjoy this, please subscribe to the FANAC Youtube channel.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Dwight Silverman, and Jerry Pournelle CES secrets, self publishing, AppleTV strategy, Kodak's decline, walking safely, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twit. For additional show notes, visit the wiki page for this episode. Links to stories we covered (and then some) are available from Delicious or in our Friendfeed Room. Audio bandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by the new Winamp for Android... featuring wireless sync and one-click iTunes import. Now with FREE daily music downloads and full length CD listening parties. Download it for free at Winamp.com/Android. Running time: 02:04:21
MidAmeriCon (1976) Worldcon - Speech by George Barr (Fan Guest of Honor) plus tributes to Robert Heinlein (Professional Guest of Honor) along with his response. MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention, was held in Kansas City in 1976. This video of the Guest of Honor Banquet includes tributes to Robert A. Heinlein from Bob Tucker, Alfred Bester, Frederik Pohl, George Scithers, Jerry Pournelle, L. Sprague de Camp, Larry Niven and others. There's a lot of respect and love evident in these tributes, and not a little humor. The video is part of the Video Archeology project coordinated by Geri Sullivan, with technical work by David Dyer-Bennet. If you want to see more like this, please subscribe to the FANAC Fanhistory Project Youtube Channel.