When Ronald Reagan gave the 1983 speech announcing what became the Strategic Defense Initiative, much of the policy framework behind it had been worked out at a science fiction writer’s house in Studio City, California.
These in-depth articles on writers are well written and fascinating to read.
I've read some of these books, but never realized that Pournelle was in the Aerospace/Defense industry. I certainly didn't know he wrote the technical part of the SDI speech.
Societies that know what to do with the Jerry Pournelles of the world gain a big, consistent advantage over those that don't.
That, too, is a key takeaway as we face a Clown World system that hasn't the faintest idea.
These in-depth articles on writers are well written and fascinating to read.
I've read some of these books, but never realized that Pournelle was in the Aerospace/Defense industry. I certainly didn't know he wrote the technical part of the SDI speech.
I wonder if you could an in-depth of David Weber?
Pournelle deserves to be up there with Heinlein, Asimov, and Clarke. Mote in God’s Eye is truly one of the greats.