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Title:	Arcana Caelestia
Notice:	Directory listings are in topic 2
Moderator:	NETRIX::thomas

Created:	Thu Dec 08 1983
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1300
Total number of notes:	18728

1297.0. "Science Fiction Writers Whereabouts?" by SWAM1::MASTROMAR_JO () Mon Jun 10 1996 10:48

    
    
    Hi,
    
       I was wondering if anyone out there knew the home/mailing address
       of phone/fax number to Larry Niven and/or Jerry Pournelle.
    
       Even just the city would be helpful.
    
       They are science fiction writers who co-wrote the book "Inferno".
       They also co-wrote "The Mote in God's Eye", and Larry Niven wrote
       the Ringworld series.
    
       I'm looking to contact them directly, not an agent.
    
       Can anyone help me?
    
    Thanks,
    
    john...

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1297.1		TOHOPE::TOHOPE::VORE_S	Steven [email protected]	`Mon Jun 10 1996 12:28`	9
	Jerry Pournelle also writes for BYTE magazine, from which I get the following which may be of some assistance: ...Jerry welcomes readers' comments and opinions. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Jerry Pournelle, c/o BYTE, One Pheonix Mill Lane, Peterborough, NH 03458. Please put your address on the letter as well as on the enevlope. ... You can also contact him onthe Internet or BIX at [email protected]
1297.2	Other Books to get	BRAT::MONBLEAU		`Mon Jun 10 1996 13:24`	11
	If you enjoy these two together, you missed a couple of excellent books they have written. (I automatically buy anything they collaborate on.) "Legacy of Herot" is a rapid page turner; "Footfall" is a clever view of individualism as seen from a herd mentality - wrapped in a great story. Don't forget "Lucifer's Hammer", the first, and very best of the comet genre. And if you liked "The Mote in God's Eye", then you need to get the recently released sequel, "The Gripping Hand". They have written other books but these mentioned here plus "Mote" are their very best, IMHO.
1297.3		CHEFS::HANDLEY_I	Per Ardua Ad Alcohol	`Wed Jun 19 1996 05:24`	16
	Actually, I tend to avoid the collaborations now. I like Larry Niven writing on his own, and the collaborations are fine if Stephen Barnes is involved (see "dream park") but if Jerry Pournelle is the co-writer, the books tend to be very heavy and concentrate on the interaction of the characters too much leaving the plot pace a little slow. I believe "legacy of herot" involved stephen Barnes too (I may be mistaken, there's a first time for everything) and I loved it. Couldn't put it down. I thought "footfall" was a little slow paced and over-long but still a good read and "the mote in god's eye" was readable at best. IMO of course. I.
1297.4	Niven, Barnes _and_ Pournelle	BICYCL::RYER	Don't give away the home world....	`Wed Jun 19 1996 10:41`	3
	Actually "The Legacy of Heorot" was written by all three! -Patrick
1297.5	new Niven out there... Ringworld 3	WMOIS::CARROLL		`Wed Jun 19 1996 20:20`	5
	FWIW - Ringworld Throne available in bookstore now - haven't read it just yet... - Jimbo
1297.6		CHEFS::HANDLEY_I	Per Ardua Ad Alcohol	`Thu Jun 20 1996 05:01`	9
	re .4 I thought it was. I wasn't sure if all three or just two of them as I read it such a long time ago. I.
1297.7	I'll buy	BRAT::MONBLEAU		`Fri Jun 21 1996 12:22`	2
	Thanks for the tip - loved the first two.