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Jerry Pournelle
American science fiction writer, journalist, and scientist (1933-2017).
Born August 7th, 1933 in Shreveport.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 84 years old in Studio City (myocardial infarction).
Occupations
essayist, journalist, novelist, political scientist, prosaist, prose, science fiction writer, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner