Thanks for posting. Maybe you or your readers can solve a mystery for me: why are Pournelle's books almost exclusively collaborations? Not that they're bad - in particular I enjoyed Footfall and Lucifer's Hammer, but this aspect of his authorship always stuck out to me.
I've always wondered about that too. He writes a lot with Niven, sometimes with a third person thrown into the mix. I've never read a book written solely by Pournelle, although King David's Spaceship is on my to-read list. He's also edited a lot of military SF short story collections. But I'm as baffled as you are.
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Deconstructionism? Well, now let me see… You know, I don’t have any idea what that means. I know what you think it means, sonny. To me it’s just a made-up word. An ostentatious word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie and have a job. Deconstructionism? It’s just a bullshit word. So you go on and write your papers, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don’t give a shit.
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Thanks for posting. Maybe you or your readers can solve a mystery for me: why are Pournelle's books almost exclusively collaborations? Not that they're bad - in particular I enjoyed Footfall and Lucifer's Hammer, but this aspect of his authorship always stuck out to me.
I've always wondered about that too. He writes a lot with Niven, sometimes with a third person thrown into the mix. I've never read a book written solely by Pournelle, although King David's Spaceship is on my to-read list. He's also edited a lot of military SF short story collections. But I'm as baffled as you are.
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