THE GRAND MASTER OF HUGE IDEAS AND
STAR-SPANNING WONDER
For
half a century, Jerry Pournelle’s name has been synonymous with
hard-hitting, idea-driven, wonder-inducing science fiction. His
Falkenberg’s Legion stories and Janissaries series helped define the
military SF genre, his CoDominium universe is an SF standard for worldbuilding
and future history, and his novels with frequent collaborator Larry Niven are
some of the most important works science fiction has ever seen—and the
best-selling and most read.
Now, for
the first time, Pournelle’s best short work is collected together in a
single volume. Here are more than a dozen short stories, each with a new
introduction by editor and long-time Pournelle assistant John F. Carr. The book
also includes a cornucopia of Pournelle’s rampantly imaginative and
compelling essays, as well as great remembrances by Pournelle collaborators
Larry Niven, S.M. Stirling, and
more!
About The Best
of Jerry Pournelle:
“. . .
showcases a huge swath of [Pournelle’s] work, including much that were
previously unpublished. . . . Fans of Pournelle will love this collection of
stories, essays, and remembrances, and others will be glad to discover
him.”—Booklist
"This
thorough collection of short works from the late Pournelle (1933–2017),
interspersed with remembrances of his life from colleagues and collaborators, is
an engrossing retrospective of the half-century career of a defining author of
the military sci-fi genre. . . . Lovers of classic military speculative fiction
will enjoy this walk back through a brilliant career."—Publishers
Weekly
"[a] must-have for
Pournelle fans."—The Daily News of Galveston
County
About Jerry
Pournelle:
"Possibly the greatest
science fiction novel I have ever read."—Robert A. Heinlein on The
Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry
Pournelle
"Jerry Pournelle is one of
science fiction's greatest storytellers."—Poul
Anderson
"Jerry Pournelle's trademark
is first-rate action against well-realized backgrounds of hard science and
hardball politics."—David
Drake
"Rousing . . . The Best of the
Genre"—The New York
Times
"On the cover . . . is the
claim 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might
be."—Milwaukee
Journal 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