He and Pournelle repeatedly hit it out of the park in the 1970's and 1980's by taking cliched SF tropes like giant asteroids (Lucifer’s Hammer), alien invasion (Footfall), and first contact (The Mote in God’s Eye)and handling them in a grounded, realistic, detailed, modern, way.

I’ve mentioned my love of his collaborations with Larry Niven on another list. I think that Lucifer’s Hammer was among the first science fiction novels I read. It was a great introduction to the genre.

A sad day for all citizens of the CoDominium.

I would love to make this call...

I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.

Every time I see that name spelled with an X.

I can already tell 2020 is going to be a tight race

Yearly testing for senior citizens and affordable mass transit. Until then, stories like this one will be all too common.

Poor Pete. Gone and forgotten. :(

Dr. Who: Punching privilege in the face for 2,000 years.   

Nope, they are running the Trump empire.

They’re traveling for free on a employee pass... There’s different standards when you get it free from the an employee (which then you do represent the company even if you don’t know it) rather than when you paid for your seat.

Why do I need gifs to watch?

Harrison Ford can fly, but he has problems when he lands.

This was great. You know why? Because, for all of 2 minutes, I wasn’t thinking about the next four years.

“Anybody you’d like to nominate?”

An endorsement by Dr. Oz isn’t exactly a glowing recommendation...

"Lol!"