Frederik Pohl





Frederik Pohl

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November 26, 1919 in The United States

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Frederik George Pohl, Jr. (b. 11/26/1919) is an American science fiction writer, editor & fan, with a career spanning over seventy years. From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited Galaxy magazine & its sister magazine IF, winning the Hugo for IF three years in a row. His writing also won him three Hugos & multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993.


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Despite having lived within easy driving distance of Gene Wolfe’s home for the last quarter century — and having read compulsively in those seriously addictive novels he keeps writing — I hesitate to say I know Gene Wolfe. He’s one of those people whom you think you know really well, and then, without warning, some [...] read more »
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Average rating: 3.76 · 21,536 ratings · 1,099 reviews · 264 distinct works
Gateway
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 6,857 ratings — published 1976 — 28 editions
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Beyond the Blue Event Horiz...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,132 ratings — published 1980 — 17 editions
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The Space Merchants
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,535 ratings — published 1953 — 35 editions
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Heechee Rendezvous
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,389 ratings — published 1984 — 9 editions
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Man Plus
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,254 ratings — published 1976 — 13 editions
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The Annals of the Heechee (...
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions
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Jem
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions
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The World at the End of Time
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions
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The Gateway Trip
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions
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The Boy Who Would Live Fore...
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
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Gateway Beyond the Blue Event Horizon Heechee Rendezvous The Annals of the Heechee The Gateway Trip The Boy Who Would Live Fore...
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The Other End of Time The Siege of Eternity The Far Shore of Time
Eschaton Sequence (3 books)
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“They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind.”
Frederik Pohl, Gateway

“I was worried about sex," he went on. "But you know what, Sulie? It's like being told I can't have any caviar for the next couple years. I don't even like caviar. And when you come right down to it, I don't want sex right now. I supposed you punched that into the computer? 'Cut down sex drive, increase euphoria'? Anyway, it finally penetrated my little brain that I was just making trouble for myself, worrying about whether I could get along without something I really didn't want. It's a reflection of what I think other people think I should want.”
Frederik Pohl, Man Plus

“On this day I want to tell you about, which will be about a thousand years from now, there were a boy, a girl and a love story.”
Frederik Pohl, The Best of Frederik Pohl

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