Editing Jerry Pournelle (section)

==Fiction==
Beginning during his tenure at Boeing Company, Pournelle submitted science fiction short stories to [[John W. Campbell]], the editor of ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Astounding Science Fiction]]'' (later called ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''), but Campbell did not accept any of Pournelle's submissions until shortly before Campbell's death in 1971, when he accepted for publication Pournelle's novelette "Peace with Honor."<ref>Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1971 pp 137-58</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/jerry-pournelle-and-personal-computer/|title= Jerry Pournelle and the Personal Computer|website=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>  From the beginning, Pournelle's work has engaged strong military themes. Several books are centered on a fictional mercenary infantry force known as ''Falkenberg's Legion''. There are strong parallels between these stories and the ''[[Childe Cycle]]'' mercenary stories by [[Gordon R. Dickson]], as well as Heinlein's ''[[Starship Troopers]]'', although Pournelle's work takes far fewer technological leaps than either of these.

Pournelle was one of the few close friends of [[H. Beam Piper]] and was granted by Piper the rights to produce stories set in Piper's Terro-Human Future History. This right has been recognized by the Piper estate.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Pournelle worked for some years on a sequel to ''[[Space Viking]]'' but abandoned this in the early 1990s, however [[John F. Carr]] and Mike Robertson completed this sequel, entitled ''[[The Last Space Viking]]'', and it was published in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/john-f-carr/last-space-viking.htm|title=The Last Space Viking (Terro-Human Future History) by John F Carr and Mike Robertson|website= Fantastic fiction |access-date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>

In 2013, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that motion picture rights to Pournelle's novel [[Janissaries (novel)|''Janissaries'']] had been acquired by the newly formed Goddard Film Group, headed by [[Gary Goddard]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2013/film/news/goddard-forms-film-production-unit-819703/ "Goddard Forms Film Production Unit"].</ref> The [[IMDb]] website reported that the film was in development, and that husband-and-wife writing team, [[Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens]], had written the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt3113724/|publisher=[[IMDb]] pro |title= Janissaries}}</ref>

===Pseudonyms and collaborations===
Pournelle began fiction writing non-SF work under a pseudonym in 1965. His early SF was published under the name "Wade Curtis", in ''[[Astounding (magazine)|Analog]]'' and other magazines. Some works were also published under the name "J.E. Pournelle".

In the mid-1970s, Pournelle began a fruitful collaboration with [[Larry Niven]]; he has also collaborated on novels with [[Roland J. Green]], [[Michael F. Flynn]], and [[Steven Barnes]], and collaborated as an editor on an anthology series ''The Endless Frontier'' with [[John F. Carr]].

In 2010, his daughter Jennifer R. Pournelle (writing as J.R. Pournelle), an archaeology professor, e-published a novel ''Outies'', an authorized sequel to the ''Mote in God's Eye'' series.<ref>The View From Chaos Manor, [http://www.jerrypournelle.com/view/2011/Q1/view668.html View 668 March 28 - April 3, 2011], Jerry Pournelle.</ref><ref>Amazon.com, [https://www.amazon.com/J.R.-Pournelle/e/B004HATW9E J.R. Pournelle].</ref>