Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl (1919-2013) Frederik Pohl had an extensive career as both a writer and editor spanning over seventy years. Using various pseudonyms, Pohl began writing in the late 1930s, his first published work being a poem titled "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna", which appeared in the October 1937 issue of Amazing Stories. Pohl edited both Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories between 1939 and 1943 and whilst many of his own stories appeared in these two pulp magazines they were never...See more
Frederik Pohl (1919-2013) Frederik Pohl had an extensive career as both a writer and editor spanning over seventy years. Using various pseudonyms, Pohl began writing in the late 1930s, his first published work being a poem titled "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna", which appeared in the October 1937 issue of Amazing Stories. Pohl edited both Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories between 1939 and 1943 and whilst many of his own stories appeared in these two pulp magazines they were never under his own name. After this period, from 1943 to 1945, Pohl served in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of sergeant as an air corps weatherman. Between the end of the war and the early '50s, Pohl was active as a literary agent, representing many successful writers of the genre including Isaac Asimov. The winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, Pohl became the SFWA Grand Master in 1993 and was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1998. He died in September 2013. See less
Frederik Pohl's Featured Books
Frederik Pohl book reviews
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Gateway
Sci-fi with a twist
by fishken, Oct 24, 2013
Gateway is about people, their successes and failures, their strengths and weaknesses, and set in an environment that tests them every moment. If there is a future for us, the key is from the past ... Read More
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Age of the Pussyfoot
"Knock [.]shall be opened; seek [..] shall find"
Every time I pick up and read a Frederik Pohl novel, I am reminded of why I like his writing (a remaking of himself, as his early collaborater had died). It satisfies; light; effervesent; clear; ... Read More
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Heechee Rendezvous
by Sumac, Nov 22, 2007
read it over 20 years ago, was a great book so purchased and re-read the series again. Read More