Just saw that SF author (and one of my favorites) passed away yesterday.

http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6559  and 
http://travellersandbox.blogspot.com/2017/09/rest-in-peace-dr-pournelle.html

Sad day.  Thoughts and prayers for him and his family.  He will be missed.  Loved his Chaos Manor columns in years past and of course his works with Larry Niven.

Rob