[TChad]

Pournelle is still alive and still writing, at least for Byte.

http://www.byte.com/documents/s=9502/byt1119296749209/0620_pournelle.html

I loved "The Mote in God's Eye," but probably more for Niven than Pournelle.

[brazzaville]

Good afternoon.

Thanks for the info. Yes Niven is very good.

Michael Frazier