The Mercenary
Novella · 1972
Hugo recognition
Why Has John Christian Falkenberg Thrown Millions of People on Dozens of Planets into Turmoil? Because he's given up the brilliant military career he's known since age fifteen to fight on his own.
AUTHOR
Jerry Pournelle: award-recognized science fiction books
Jerry Pournelle has 4 science fiction books recognized by the Hugo, Locus and Nebula Awards.
The Mote In God's Eye
by Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven
Novel · 1974
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Science fiction classic about the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a civilization where the peak catastrophe is known as the "crazy eddy point".
Lucifer's Hammer
by Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven
Novel · 1977
Hugo recognition
Lucifer's Hammer is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1977. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978.
Footfall
by Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven
Novel · 1985
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet. Their intent is conquest of the planet Earth.
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