Speaking of your review, I must say I am very glad I got to enjoy the experience of watching the story unfold before reading your review/essay. You do such a wonderful job of gliding around the themes that you may get a little carried away with exposition for someone going into the movie. But it is great reading as post-viewing musings. Keep up the good work, I’ll be back.

Time police, alternate histories focusing on warfare and a bunch of other stuff, as anyone reading it for longer than eight seconds with the comprehension of a ten year old literate child could tell.

Anyway, I’m done. I don’t have a horse in this race and you obviously do so I am clearly trying to teach a pig to play piano.

What exact themes? Mostly what I’ve read from Pournelle is military SF (There Will Be War) and collaborations with Larry Niven. And Piper’s friends did do what they could to help him out.

Again: you got no proof. You’re just throwing poo.

Pournelle (and others) waited until after Beam’s death… The suddenly amazingly began writing on his exact themes. That in itself is prima facie evidence to rational people. Also why didn’t the great friend and editor help the guy out in practical ways? With friends like Pournelle…

In other words, you got nothing; and you are sneaking around the Internet spreading lies.

Pournelle’s publisher has the right of it . . . SJWs Always Lie.

stick with your theories, they’re bound to be much more satisfying for you than the simple unvarnished truth.

You have proof that Pournelle stole anything? Or is this a whisper-campaign against him? I have theories as to why people would want to blacken Pournelle’s name, but I want to hear your evidence first.

Omnilingual is great, and beautifully simple.

H. Beam Piper “contributed” a lot to later writers, especially his executor / editor / IP thief Jerry Pournelle etc.

Exactly. Soooo original. At least it was in Darmok.

Actually, I recommend reading every one of Dozois’ annual collections. They stretch back to the 80s and have hundreds of excellent sci fi stories in them. I’ve been buying them every summer when they come out and have over thirty years’ worth. Currently reading the latest edition. Many of the stories would make excellent movies.