News August 7th, 1933 was the birthday of Jerry Pournelle. by admin 10 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