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Frederik Pohl

USA  (1919 - )
(Husband of Elizabeth Anne Hull)
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Edson McCann, James MacCreigh
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About Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl has been about everything that it is possible to be in the field of science fiction, from consecrated fan and struggling poet to critic, literary agent, teacher, book and magazine editor and, above all, writer.

 He is a past president of both World SF and the Science Fiction Writers of America and is currently Midwest Area Representative to the Authors Guild, having served for nine years as a member of the Guild Council before moving to the midwest. He currently makes his home in Palatine, Illinois, with his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull, who is a past president of the Science Fiction Research Association and a noted scholar in the field.
 
Novels
Search the SkyGladiator-at-LawPreferred RiskPresidential Year
Slave ShipWolfbaneDrunkard's WalkA Plague of Pythons
The Age of the PussyfootMan PlusJemThe Cool War
SyzygyStarburstThe Years of the CityBlack Star Rising
The Coming of the Quantum CatsTerrorTales from the Planet Earth: A Novel with Nineteen AuthorsChernobyl
Narabedla, Ltd.Land's EndThe Day the Martians CameHomegoing
Outnumbering the DeadThe World at the End of TimeThe Singers of TimeStopping at Slowyear
Mining the OortMars PlusThe Voices of HeavenO Pioneer!
The Last TheoremAll the Lives He Led
 
Omnibus
The Frederik Pohl OmnibusMan Plus / JemA Frederik Pohl Sci Fi Collection Vol  1
 
Collections
Alternating CurrentsThe Case Against TomorrowThe Knights of ArthurTomorrow Times Seven
The Man Who Ate the WorldTurn Left at ThursdayThe Wonder EffectThe Abominable Earthman
Digits and DastardsDay MillionGold at the Starbow's EndThe Best of Frederik Pohl
In the Problem Pit: And Other StoriesThe Early PohlCritical MassSurvival Kit
Before the UniversePlanets ThreeMidas WorldPohlstars
BipohlOur Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C.M. KornbluthThe Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042Platinum Pohl
The Hated and Other StoriesThe Works of Frederik Pohl (5 Stories)Lest Darkness Fall & Related Stories
 
Chapbooks
Merchants of Venus
 
Novellas
The Tunnel Under The WorldPythiasThe Midas PlagueFermi and Frost
 
Series contributed to
Nebula Winners 14
 
Anthologies edited
Beyond the End of TimeStar Science Fiction Stories No. 1Shadow of TomorrowStar Science Fiction Stories No. 2
Assignment in TomorrowStar Science Fiction Stories No. 3Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 6The Expert DreamersStar Short NovelsThe Eleventh Galaxy Reader
The Eighth Galaxy ReaderStar FourteenNightmare AgeBest Science Fiction for 1972
JupiterScience Fiction : The Great YearsThe Science Fiction Roll of HonorScience Fiction Discoveries
Science Fiction of the 40sGalaxy : Thirty Years of Innovative Science FictionThe Great Science Fiction Series: Stories from the Best of the Science Fiction Series from 1944 to 1980 by All-Time Favorite WritersGalaxy 2
Yesterday's Tomorrows: Favorite Stories from Forty Years As a Science Fiction EditorWorlds of If: A Retrospective AnthologyThe SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2
The SFWA Grand Masters
 
Non fiction
Practical PoliticsThe Way the Future Was: A MemoirScience Fiction Studies in FilmOur Angry Earth
Chasing Science: Science as Spectator SportPrince Henry Sinclair: His Expedition to the New World in 1398
 
Anthologies containing stories by Frederik Pohl
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 6th Series (1957)
Spectrum (1962)
17 x Infinity (1963)
Connoisseur's S.F. (1964)
New Writings in SF 3 (1965)
The Weird Ones (1965)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Best SF 6 (1966)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1966)
Nebula Award Stories 2 (1966)
World's Best Science Fiction 1967 (1967)
     aka World's Best SF 3rd Series
Dangerous Visions 1 (1967)
Worlds of If 128 (1968)
Worlds of If 129 (1969)
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction (1969)
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
     aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
Best SF 7 (1970)
The Edge of Never (1973)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two B (1973)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
Nebula Award Stories 8 (1973)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 (1973)
Fellowship of the Stars (1974)
Final Stage (1974)
The Best from Galaxy, Volume III (1975)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 (1975)
Galaxy Science Fiction Vol. 37 No. 8 (1976)
The Hugo Winners 1971-1975 (1977)
The Hugo Winners Volume 3, Part 2: 1973 (1977)
To Follow a Star (1977)
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series (1977)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
Aliens! (1980)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 (1983)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 (1984)
Random Access Messages of the Computer Age (1984)
Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Politics (1984)
Top Science Fiction (1985)
Nebula Awards 20 (1985)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Robots (1989)
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992)
Inside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SF (1992)
Aliens and UFO's: Extraterrestrial Tales from Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Invaders! (1993)
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994)
Omni Visions Two (1994)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Worlds of Fear (1994)
The Williamson Effect (1996)
Cybersex (1996)
The Necronomicon (1996)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
Intergalactic Mercenaries (1996)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
My Favorite Science Fiction Story (1999)
Far Horizons (1999)
Bangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World (1999)
Technohorror: Tales of Terror, Suspense, and Intrigue (1999)
Armageddons (1999)
The Furthest Horizon (2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)
Genometry (2001)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 6th SeriesSpectrum17 x InfinityConnoisseur's S.F.
New Writings in SF 3The Weird OnesAn ABC of Science FictionThe Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Nebula Award Stories 2World's Best Science Fiction 1967Dangerous Visions 1Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction
Best SF: 1969The Edge of NeverScience Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two BThe Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Nebula Award Stories 8The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2Fellowship of the StarsFinal Stage
The Best from Galaxy, Volume IIIThe Best Science Fiction of the Year 4To Follow a StarThe Best Science Fiction Stories
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series100 Great Science Fiction Short Short StoriesScience Fiction of the FiftiesAliens!
The Golden Age of Science FictionThe Science Fiction Weight-Loss BookThe Best Science Fiction of the Year 12The Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
Random Access Messages of the Computer AgeElection Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of PoliticsNebula Awards 20The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection
A Treasury of American Horror StoriesGreat Science Fiction of the 20th CenturyRobotsThe Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
Inside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SFAliens and UFO's: Extraterrestrial Tales from Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and FactThe Norton Book of Science FictionInvaders!
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science FictionThe Ascent of WonderWorlds of FearThe Williamson Effect
CybersexThe NecronomiconVisions of WonderIntergalactic Mercenaries
The Playboy Book of Science FictionMy Favorite Science Fiction StoryFar HorizonsBangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World
Technohorror: Tales of Terror, Suspense, and IntrigueArmageddonsThe Furthest HorizonThe Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection
Genometry
 
Short stories
DUMMY1
A Life and a Half
Small Lords
The Mantle of Graag (1941) (with Harry Dockweiler and Robert A W Lowndes)
Wings of the Lightning Land (1941) (with James MacCreigh (Frederik Pohl))
Legal Rites (1950) (with Isaac Asimov)
The Little Man on the Subway (1950) (with Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh (Frederik Pohl))
The Midas Plague (1954)
The Tunnel Under the World [short story] (1954)
What to Do Until the Analyst Comes (1955)
The Census Takers (1956)
Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus (1956)
The Man Who Ate the World [short story] (1956)
Survival Kit [short story] (1957)
The Snowmen (1958)
The Wizards of Pung's Corners (1958)
The Bitterest Pill (1959)
The Day the Icicle Works Closed (1959)
The Seven Deadly Virtues (1959)
The Waging of the Peace (1959)
The Quaker Cannon (1961) (with C M Kornbluth)
The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass (1962)
The Martian Star-Gazers (1962)
Punch (1963)
The Children of the Night (1964)
The Fiend (1965)
Under Two Moons (1965)Nebula (nominee)
Day Million [short story] (1966)
The Day After the Day the Martians Came (1967)
Speed Trap (1967)
Rogue Star (part 2) (1968) (with Jack Williamson)
Rogue Star (part 3) (1968) (with Jack Williamson)
The Schematic Man (1969)
The Gold at Starbow's End (1972)Hugo (nominee)
Nebula (nominee)
The Meeting (1972) (with C M Kornbluth)Hugo
The Merchants of Venus (1972)
Shaffery Among the Immortals (1972)Nebula (nominee)
Enjoy, Enjoy (1974)
The Gift of Garigolli (1974) (with C M Kornbluth)
Mute Inglorious Tam (1974) (with C M Kornbluth)
Rem the Rememberer (1974)
We Purchased People (1974)
Growing Up in Edge City (1975)Nebula (nominee)
The Mother Trip (1975)
A Day in the Life of Able Charlie (1976)
Gateway (part 1) (1976)
The Way It Was (1977)
Mars Masked (1979)Nebula (nominee)
Farmer on the Dole (1982)
The High Test (1983)
Second Coming (1983)
Servant of the People (1983)Hugo (nominee)
Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair (1983)
Criticality (1984)
The Greening of Bed-Stuy (1984)Nebula (nominee)
The Sweet, Sad Queen of the Grazing Isles (1984)
Fermi and Frost (1985)Hugo
Iriadeska's Martians (1986)
Adeste Fideles (1987)
At the Summit (1989)
The Reunion at the Mile-High (1989)
Stopping at Slowyear [short story] (1992)Hugo (nominee)
Redemption in the Quantum Realm (1994)
The Mayor of Mare Tranq (1996)
Hatching the Phoenix (1999)


Awards
Nebula Best Novella nominee (1966) : Under Two Moons
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1973) : The Gold at Starbow's End
Hugo Best Short story winner (1973) : The Meeting
Nebula Best Novella nominee (1973) : The Gold at Starbow's End
Nebula Best Short story nominee (1973) : Shaffery Among the Immortals
Nebula Best Short story nominee (1976) : Growing Up in Edge City
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1977) : Man Plus
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1977) : Man Plus
Nebula Best Novel winner (1977) : Man Plus
Hugo Best Novel winner (1978) : Gateway
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (1978) : Gateway
Nebula Best Novel winner (1978) : Gateway
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1980) : Jem
Nebula Best Novel nominee (1980) : Jem
Nebula Best Novella nominee (1980) : Mars Masked
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1981) : Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Nebula Best Novel nominee (1981) : Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Hugo Best Short story nominee (1984) : Servant of the People
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (1985) : The Years of the City
Nebula Best Novella nominee (1985) : The Greening of Bed-Stuy
Hugo Best Short story winner (1986) : Fermi and Frost
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1993) : Stopping at Slowyear [short story]


Books about Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl (1987) by Thomas D Clareson
Frederik Pohl (1989) by Phil Stephensen-Payne
 
Links to other websites
frederikpohl.com


Frederik Pohl recommends
Who Goes There?
Who Goes There? (1938)
John W Campbell
"He was the greatest editor science fiction ever had. Take away John Campbell and the whole scene changes; others have contributed to the growth of modern science fiction, John caused it."
The Black Flame
The Black Flame (1939)
Stanley G Weinbaum
"Stanley G. Weinbaum's name deserves to rank with those of Wells and Heinlein - and no more than a handful of others - as among the great shapers of modern science fiction. Sadly, most of the marvelous works he produced in his all too brief career were in the form of short stories and novelettes, and so are overlooked by many of today's readers. Which is all the more reason to rejoice that Tachyon Publications has brought his novel, The Black Flame, back into print for us to read - and moreover, for the first time, it is published just as Weinbaum wrote it. "
The World Swappers
The World Swappers (1959)
John Brunner
"Very enjoyable, very competent."
Driftglass: Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction
Driftglass: Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction (1971)
Samuel R Delany
"Delany may be the only authentic genius among us."
For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs
For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs (2003)
Robert Heinlein
"The wonderful thing about For Us, The Living is that in it we can see the seeds of many of Robert Heinlein's great later works, starting with the first notion for 'The Roads Must Roll' and going on to cover much of his lifelong thinking on politics and society. I'm very glad I read it."
Transcendental
Transcendental (2013)
James E Gunn
"His best yet."



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