Woven into the wasteland tale contains a sweet lil homage to my favourite super-weapon ever and it’s creator Jerry Pournelle, Project Thor.

My young brain always said ‘PROJECTOR!!’ instead of ‘project thor’ 😂



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Art by John Harris for Footfall by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (1985)

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Jerry Pournelle, King David's Spaceship, Orbit, 1981. Cover: Peter Jones. Serialised as A Spaceship for the King in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact.

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Oh, it gets better!
Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven used that plastic model to design the MacArthur for their classic novel THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE
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"I, the Sun is a masterpiece of historical fiction. It tells a great story while accurately creating the world of the Hittites and their best known emperor." -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle https://t.co/WFfnNlooKG

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