It wasn't a magazine I bought or read with any regularity, but he was entertaining.

But he always came across as somehow a bit disconnected from the same computing reality I saw. Maybe it was because he was in the US and I was not. On the other hand, without having encountered Pournelle, I would not have discovered the works of Niven who I thought was a rather better story-teller and had some genuinely interesting ideas.

Wade.