On 09/15/2017 11:54 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > Never understood why Byte kept him around, unless for his humor > value. And, even being a long time SciFi fan I didn't like his books > either.
I recall that he was a bit of a pompous a** on his Usenet postings, but you have to realize that the tenor of online conversation was very much different back then than it is today. Even using a relatively mild obscenity could get your censured. I never cared for Pournelle's SF either. --Chuck
