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 .showcases a huge swath of [Pournelle’s] work, including much that werepreviously unpublished.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
- ISBN10 1982125004
- ISBN13 9781982125004
- Publish Date 16 November 2020 (first published 5 November 2019)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Baen Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 800
- Language English