BettyBlue (157):
Paul, Jerry Pournelle is a science fiction writer.
His job is spinning fantasies, not studying society.
Er, what part of “ Ph.D. degrees in both psychology and political science, all from the University of Washington” doesn’t qualify as “studying society”?
Actually, you’ll find that most science fiction writers have advanced credentials and have quite a few things to say about society and science in the tales that they spin.
In the particular article from Baen cited previously, Jim Baen was commenting on Mr. Pournelle’s analysis as real-world, not as SF. The context, of course, is how Mr. Pournelle fits this real-world context into his writing in an effort to make it more realistic, as well as having valid things to say about the real world.
