News August 7th, 1933 was the birthday of Jerry Pournelle. by admin 9 months ago August 7th, 1933 was the birthday of Jerry Pournelle. He, along with Larry Niven authored the survivalist classic Lucifer’s Hammer. — Today’s feature article is a review and how-to piece written by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson. FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinEmail