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Slave Ship
Frederick Pohl. Slave Ship. New York: Ballantine Books, [1957]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 148 pages.
Mass Market Paperback, 0 pages
Published
September 12th 1969
by Ballantine Books
(first published 1957)
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Why I Read This Book: I'm a big fan of Frederik Pohl (and have an amusing story of the first time I met him; perhaps I'll tell it sometime). Pohl's first solo novel in 13 years came out last month (April 12th according to his publisher's website). Baen released a bundle of ten (!) classic Pohl books on the 19th; I bought it within minutes of reading the emailed announcement (and quickly got sucked back into
Jem
; only the fact I had to finish
Great Apes
for our SF reading group forced me to put...more
God bless our local library for stocking such a silly book. At this point i'd read anything by Pohl, although this beauty from 1957 does push it a little with humans talking to puppies and the dastardly Glotch burning espers to death...pure class obviously.
I read this many years ago, but could not remember the author nor title. Finally tracked it down.
Frederik Pohl writes some really strange fun stuff. This little book is funny.
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Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor & fan, with a career spanning over seventy years. From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited "Galaxy" magazine and its sister magazine "IF", winning the Hugo for "IF" three years in a row. His writing also won him three Hugos and multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993.
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