Frederik Pohl
Born in 1919, Frederik Pohl was a contributor to science fiction's Golden Age. He was a prolific writer won contributed to fanzines and pulp magazines as well as publishing his own novels, sometimes solo, sometimes in collaboration.
Frederik Pohl's work is replete with satire, often exploring consumerism, advertising, and the soul of humanity. Pohl is now in his ninth decade of life and remains the dean of science fiction long after his contemporaries have died. He continues to write and edit non-fiction, anthologies, and novels.
The original Futurian club began in New York in the late 1930s. Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Pohl and a host of other fans who were coincidentally the best and brightest of the future science fiction genre taking shape in America. Other members included future Nebula winner Richard Wilson and renowned illustrator Hannes Bok. The Futurians met regularly through the mid 1940s, sometimes marrying or living together. Pohl edited two small magazines in addition to his writing and became a favorite of the group. Damon Knight, another member who later became the first president of the SFWA, is quoted as saying that Pohl published fifteen stories by group members in their first year.
After World War II, Pohl returned to America and became an agent and editor, again representing many of his old friends. The Futurians, once considered Marxist and by some accounts, living a bohemian lifestyle, became the establishment with breakout sales and increasing power in publishing circles. Pohl remained at the center of this group, and in 1950, took the editorial reins of Galaxy, one of the most famous of all science fiction magazines ever.
Bibliography
A Plague of Pythons |
Starchild |
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon |
Stopping at Slowyear |
Syzygy |
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Chernobyl |
Tales from the Planet Earth |
Drunkard's Walk |
The Abominable Earthman |
Fair Shore of Time |
The Age of the Pussyfoot |
Farthest Star |
The Annals of Heechee |
Gateway |
The Coming of the Quantum Cats |
Gladiator-at-Law |
The Cool War |
Heechee Rendezvous |
The Day the Martians Came |
Homegoing |
The Gateway Trip |
Jem |
The Merchant War |
Land's End |
The Other End of Time |
Man Plus |
The Reefs of Space |
Mars Plus |
The Siege of Eternity |
Midas World |
The Singers of Time |
Mining the Oort |
The Space Merchants |
Narabedla, Ltd. |
The Voices of Heaven |
O Pioneer! |
The World at the End of Time |
Outnumbering the Dead |
The Years of the City |
Preferred Risk |
Undersea City |
Rogue Star |
Undersea Fleet |
Search the Sky |
Undersea Quest |
Slave Ship |
Wall Around A Star |
Starburst |
Wolfbane |
