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> [So, I guess the answer to your question is very few people can bring off a novel of the future because it's just so damn hard to make it look like the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/so-i-guess-the-answer-to-your-question-is-very-few-people-can-bring/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

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## More by Jerry Pournelle

> [I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/i-think-it-takes-about-a-million-words-to-make-a-writer-i-mean-that/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [The American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/the-american-way-of-war-is-to-build-an-army-then-another-then-a-third/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/you-see-i-used-to-do-a-certain-amount-of-market-research-by-going-to/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [What man has done, man can aspire to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/what-man-has-done-man-can-aspire-to-do/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [A Dark Age is not just a period in which people no longer know how to do things. The real key is that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/a-dark-age-is-not-just-a-period-in-which-people-no-longer-know-how-to/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/asimov-was-the-reason-why-we-changed-some-rules-in-the-sfwa-and-i-m/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [We have for years been building a society in which everybody plunders everybody, and while we are weary of being plundered, we enjoy the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/we-have-for-years-been-building-a-society-in-which-everybody-plunders/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [It's not only possible, but likely that the Nobel Prize in economics will go in alternate years to people who disagree on nearly everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/it-s-not-only-possible-but-likely-that-the-nobel-prize-in-economics/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [So, I guess the answer to your question is very few people can bring off a novel of the future because it's just so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/so-i-guess-the-answer-to-your-question-is-very-few-people-can-bring/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [Of course most people underestimate the warrior characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman peoples anyway. It takes a heap of piety to keep a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/of-course-most-people-underestimate-the-warrior-characteristics-of/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [Gates has always understood Moore's Law better than anyone else in the industry. If you can make something run at all, get it out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/gates-has-always-understood-moore-s-law-better-than-anyone-else-in/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [“Funny thing about this world,” Adams said carefully. “Legally, a sovereign government can protect its interests pretty well as long as it doesn’t start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/funny-thing-about-this-world-adams-said-carefully-legally-a-sovereign/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control, and those dedicated to the goals the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/in-any-bureaucracy-the-people-devoted-to-the-benefit-of-the/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [If you submit a search of the following phrase on Google, you get over four hundred returns, and they are often very strange ones:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/if-you-submit-a-search-of-the-following-phrase-on-google-you-get-over/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

> [The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/the-hard-part-of-writing-at-all-is-sitting-your-ass-down-in-a-chair/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

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