Exile-and Glory (Hardcover)

~ Jerry Pournelle (Author)

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Earth was stagnating from a lack of resources, from corrupt governments that stayed in power by keeping their people in ignorance and poverty, and by the established power structures that stifled the creative technologies that could solve the planet’s problems. But the governments and power structures didn’t yet control space, where bold new techniques could freely be applied and the vast resources of the solar system could be utilized by such courageous men and women as:

 

* Aneas MacKenzie—he had believed in the man he had helped to reach the office of the presidency of the United States, and had tirelessly rooted out corruption wherever he found it, until the trail led straight back to the White House. After that, no place on Earth was safe for him.

 

* Laurie Jo Hansen—she controlled a multi-national corporation more powerful than many governments. Unlike those governments, she wanted to see Earth’s problems solved and reaching the high frontier was the only way to do that.

 

* Kevin Senecal—he had made the mistake of fighting back against a juvenile gang, and accidentally killing one of them while escaping. Both the gang and the law were after him, and on all of Earth there was no place to hide.

 

* Ellen MacMillan—a young employee of the Hansen Corporation who fascinated Kevin, she was on a secret mission, and the biggest secret was her real name.

 

Two complete novels—High Justice and Exiles to Glory—in one volume by a New York Times best-selling author, telling of an Earth sinking into a morass of corruption, red tape, and failure of nerve, while a dedicated few dare to reach for the stars

About the Author

Jerry Pournelle (right), a past winner of the John W. Campbell Award, has collaborated with Niven on numerous bestsellers. He has also written such successful solo novels as Janissaries and Starswarm. He lives in Studio City, California.

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were the joint winners of the 2005 Robert A. Heinlein Award.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Baen (August 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416555633
• ISBN-13: 978-1416555636
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Earlier Look at the Future, August 6, 2008

By	Arthur W. Jordin (Smyrna, GA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Exile-And Glory (2008) is an omnibus edition of the Hansen Enterprises stories, including High Justice and Exiles to Glory. They are set in a future in which the US government -- and the other nations -- have managed to create a condition of high unemployment and inflation. The People's Alliance has taken control of both houses and the presidency in the USA with a promise of reform. The new reform government promises much, but delivers little.

Much of the population is receiving welfare and the free colleges are flooded with students attracted mostly by the free lunch. Many college graduates immediately go on welfare or find themselves working at meaningless jobs without any future.

High Justice (1974) is a collection of short stories about the role of international corporations in an increasingly socialistic world. The first few stories aren't even about Hansen Enterprises, but are about the major corporations in an environment where their home governments are the enemy.

A Matter of Sovereignty tells of the cooperation of a minor nation with a major corporation to their mutual benefit.

Power to the People shows the fate of a transplanted socialist in Southern Africa.

Enforcer illustrates the role of International Security Systems in the enforcement of contracts.

High Justice conveys the story of a dedicated populist who finds himself the scapegoat of political machinations.

Extreme Prejudice depicts the agonies of a CIA assassin who is ordered to kill a traitor within his organization.

Consort relates the political deals of Hansen Enterprises to establish a foothold of the Moon.

Tinker reveals a scheme to strike back at the major corporations and the consequences.

Exiles to Glory (1977) is a novella about two young people -- Kevin Senecal and Ellen MacMillan -- and their experiences together in space. Kevin is fleeing Earth to avoid a group of homicidal kids and to find a useful career. Ellen is paying her own way to Ceres in hopes of finding a meaningful job. Yet they aren't being fully truthful with each other.

These short stories and novella are tales of politics and high finance as well as technological advances. They portray the same view of dedicated space entrepreneurs as Firestar, but were published two decades earlier. Of course, the same wrongheaded ideas about profits and technology existed in the 1970s as today.

The corporate world can be rapacious as any alley mugger, but governments are institutionalized theft. Unfortunately, governments seem to be necessary to put down the robber barons. Yet the USA was built on the concept of government as a great experiment. It will never be perfect, but it can be changed in the direction of more perfection.

These tales expose the vices of both corporations and governments, but the governments herein are the greater evil. They describe a socialist USA in great -- and hideous -- detail. Despite the failure of the Soviet Union, many diehard leftwing liberals still advocate taxing their way to a bright future. Read it and weep for our species!

Highly recommended for Pournelle fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of political intrigues, corporate advances, and true love.

-Arthur W. Jordin

15 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars OLD NOVELS RETITLED! SHAME ON BAEN!, August 2, 2008

By	Dennis R. Maccaskie "geologist" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Coming soon, August 2008! Exile - and Glory, by Jerry Pournelle! Sounds a lot like it's gonna be a new novel related to previously published ones, doesn't it? BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S "HIGH JUSTICE" and "EXILES TO GLORY", REPUBLISHED. They suckered me, because who'd think it would take them months to re-set type? People do that with computers, it's not manual any more... probably a ploy by their marketing department. SHAME ON YOU, BAEN!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back in print at half price!, August 4, 2008

By	Thomas A. Weaver - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This combines two long out of print novels from Jerry Pournells early years.
Great Read will add it to my library.