Frederik Pohl (1919–2013)
Author of Gateway
About the Author
Frederik Pohl was born in New York City on November 26, 1919. More interested in writing than in school, he dropped out of high school in his senior year and took a job with a publishing company. After serving as a public relations officer in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945, he returned to show more publishing as copywriter for Popular Science, a literary agent for several sci-fi writers, and the editor for the magazines Galaxy and If from 1959 until 1969, with If winning three successive Hugo awards. His first published work, a poem entitled Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna, was printed in Amazing Stories magazine in 1937 under the pen name Elton Andrews. His first science fiction novels were published in the mid 1960's, some written in collaboration with other writers, others created alone. During his lifetime, he won over 16 major awards for his writing (much of which was published pseudonymously) including six Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. His works include Gateway, which won the Campbell Memorial, Hugo, Locus SF, and Nebula Awards, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, and Jem, which won the National Book Award in 1979. He also embraced blogging in his later years, using his online journal as an ongoing sequel to his autobiography, The Way the Future Was. He died on September 2, 2013 at the age 93. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
The SF writer Frederik Pohl is not Frederick J. Pohl, who died in 1991 and wrote controversial books on exploration.
Series
Works by Frederik Pohl
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3: Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. van Vogt, and Jack Vance (2001) 99 copies
The Census Takers 10 copies
Doomship [short fiction] 9 copies
Hatching the Phoenix 6 copies
The Quaker Cannon [short fiction] 5 copies
Wapshot's Demon [short story] 5 copies
In the Problem Pit 5 copies
Punch (short story) 5 copies
The Merchants of Venus 5 copies
Short Science Fiction Collection 011 4 copies
A Gentle Dying 4 copies
Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus 4 copies
Mute Inglorious Tam [short fiction] 4 copies
Para além da porta das estrelas - 1 4 copies
Para além da porta das estrelas - 2 4 copies
Three Vintage SF Novels of Pohl and Kornbluth: The Syndic, Plague of Pythons, and Wolfbane (2009) 4 copies
Os cantores do tempo - 2 4 copies
As vozes do céu - 2 4 copies
Um Demónio no Cérebro 4 copies
As vozes do céu - 1 4 copies
The Candle Lighter [short story] 4 copies
The Greening of Bed-Stuy 3 copies
The Hated 3 copies
Millemondi Estate 1989 3 copies
Os cantores do tempo - 1 3 copies
Third Offense 3 copies
Critical Mass [short story] 3 copies
We Never Mention Aunt Nora 3 copies
O dia em que o sol desapareceu 3 copies
Three Portraits and a Prayer 3 copies
The Kindly Isle 3 copies
Day Million 3 copies
The Engineer 3 copies
The World of Myrion Flowers 3 copies
Nightmare with Zeppelins 3 copies
Servant of the People [short story] 3 copies
Para Além do Acontecer 1 2 copies
Las llaves de diciembre 2 copies
Super Science Stories, Vol 1, No 4, September 1940 — Editor — 2 copies
The house of the spirit 2 copies
Short Fiction 2 copies
The Science Fiction Novel Super Pack No. 1: Fifteen hundred pages of fiction (Positronic Super Pack Series Book 15) (2016) 2 copies
Proiectul Omul Plus 2 copies
Astonishing Stories [1940-04] 2 copies
Star Science Fiction Jan 1958 2 copies
Gladiator-at-law, etc 2 copies
Para Além do Acontecer 2 2 copies
O mundo de Midas 2 copies
Trouble in Time 2 copies
Best Friend 2 copies
Red Moon of Danger [novella] 2 copies
Mars-Tube 2 copies
A porta das estrelas - 2 2 copies
A porta das estrelas - 1 2 copies
Os possuídos 2 copies
Ultimato à Terra 2 copies
The Treasures of Chujo [short story] 2 copies
Marinia 2 copies
The Reunion at the Mile-High 2 copies
I Remember a Winter 2 copies
Swanilda's Song 2 copies
We Servants Of The Stars 2 copies
Generations 2 copies
Super Science Novels Magazine, Vol 2, No 3, March 1941 — Editor — 2 copies
Regresso a casa - vol. 2 1 copy
O projecto Oort 1 copy
O projecto Oort - vol. 2 1 copy
What Dreams Remain 1 copy
Regresso a casa 1 copy
Heechee Saga 1 copy
סף האירוע 1 copy
זאב זאב 1 copy
Syzgy 1 copy
A Visit To Belindia 1 copy
Los hombres de Gor 1 copy
Los inmortales 1 copy
The Hated [short story] 1 copy
O Projecto Oort II Livro 1 1 copy
Regresso a Casa II 1 copy
If February 1965 1 copy
Galaxy 90 1 copy
Fenix 1 1 copy
Star: Short Novels 1 copy
Mars Masked 1 copy
The Little Man On The Subway 1 copy
Best Sci Fi of 1972 1 copy
Figurehead [short story] 1 copy
All About the Future 1 copy
Some Joys Under the Star 1 copy
I Mercanti dello spazio 1 copy
Os possuídos 1 copy
Planète à Gogo 1 copy
Corrietes alternas 1 copy
A través del tiempo 1 copy
Star 5 Science Fiction 1 copy
Part Ten In The Core 1 copy
Earth Farewell! 1 copy
How To Count On Your Fingers 1 copy
To Whomall Things Concern 1 copy
A Variety Of Excellence 1 copy
Highwayman Of The Void 1 copy
The King's Eye 1 copy
Elegy To A Dead Planet: Luna 1 copy
Afterword [short story] 1 copy
Part One The Visit 1 copy
The Heechee Saga (4 books) (Gateway, Beyond the Blue Event, Heechee Rendezvous, The Annals of the Heechee) (1990) 1 copy
Mission Toolbox 1 copy
Part Nine The Age Of Gold 1 copy
Mission Stinkpot 1 copy
Mission Food Factory 1 copy
The Martians {novelette} 1 copy
Mission Heater 1 copy
Part Seven Heechee Treasures 1 copy
Part Four The Starseekers 1 copy
Mission Burnout 1 copy
Mission Pretty Poison 1 copy
Part Six Other Worlds 1 copy
Part Five The Home Planet 1 copy
Mission Naked Black Hole 1 copy
Mission Halo 1 copy
Mission Pulsar 1 copy
A Frederik Pohl Collection Vol I: Pythias,The Hated, The Knight's of Arthur, The Tunnel Under the World, The Day… (2010) 1 copy
Para além do acontecer - 1 1 copy
Cyril M. 1 copy
Short Stories 1 copy
Robot 14 1 copy
Frugate il cielo 1 copy
Los sodores expertos 1 copy
Para além do acontecer - 2 1 copy
Kapija 3: Susret sa Hičijima 1 copy
A Hint of Henbane 1 copy
On Velocity Exercises 1 copy
Brain Drain 1 copy
Search the Sky 1 copy
Galaxy bk 2 1 copy
Galaxy bk 8 1 copy
Confounding SF 1 copy
Podmorsko traganje 1 copy
Our Angry Earth 1 copy
Кометы Оорта / Рассказы 1 copy
Associated Works
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Contributor — 1,920 copies
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Contributor — 796 copies
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contributor — 315 copies
The Best of the Best, Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels (2007) — Contributor — 201 copies
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown: A Treasury of Bizarre Tales Old and New (1993) — Contributor — 194 copies
What Might Have Been, Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires, Alternate Heroes (1989) — Contributor — 184 copies
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Robots (1989) — Contributor — 114 copies
Bodyguard and Four Other Short Science Fiction Novels from Galaxy (1960) — Introduction; Contributor — 80 copies
Nebula Awards 28: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year (1994) — Contributor — 63 copies
Lovers & Other Monsters: A Collection of Amorous Tales of Fantasy, Old and New (1992) — Contributor — 57 copies
Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Short Stories for Young Adults (1986) — Contributor — 40 copies
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Contributor — 30 copies
A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About the Christ (2007) — Contributor — 28 copies
Nebula Awards 20: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1984 (1985) — Contributor — 28 copies
Maailma mielen mukaan : yksitoista tieteisnovellia kolmeltatoista sci-fi -sarjan kirjailijalta (1986) — Contributor — 22 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961, Vol. 21, No. 4 (1961) — Contributor — 20 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 1 (March 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1976, Vol. 50, No. 6 (1976) — Contributor — 16 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 10 [October 1985] (1985) — Contributor — 14 copies
Orbit: The Best of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (Graphic Science Fiction, No 1) (1990) — Contributor; Contributor — 14 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 3, No. 12 [December 1979] (1979) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1988, Vol. 75, No. 4 (1988) — Author — 13 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 1 [January 1985] (1985) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1983, Vol. 64, No. 5 (1983) — Contributor — 12 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CIV, No. 12 (December 1984) (1984) — Contributor — 12 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 3, No. 3 [March 1979] (1979) — Contributor — 12 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 161, July/August 1972 (Vol. 21, No. 6) (1972) — Contributor — 11 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 11 [November 1986] (1986) — Author — 11 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1973 November, Vol. 34, No. 2 (1973) — Contributor, some editions — 10 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1989, Vol. 77, No. 4 (1989) — Author — 10 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1963, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1963) — Contributor — 7 copies
Galerij der giganten 5 de beste science-fiction verhalen — Contributor — 7 copies
Tider skal komme : 15 langtidsvarsler : en science fiction-antologi — Contributor — 4 copies
Otte Science Fiction Noveller — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Science Fiction Stories July 1956 — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Pohl, Frederik George, Jr.
- Other names
- Pohl, Fred
McCann, Edson (with Lester del Rey)
MacCreigh, James
Mason, Ernst
Satterfield, Charles (with Lester del Rey)
Park, Jordan (with C. M. Kornbluth) (show all 7)
Flehr, Paul - Birthdate
- 1919-11-26
- Date of death
- 2013-09-02
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Palatine, Illinois, USA
- Cause of death
- Respiratory failure
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Palatine, Illinois, USA
Middletown, New Jersey, USA - Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
literary agent
editor
advertising copywriter - Relationships
- Pohl-Weary, Emily (granddaughter)
LesTina, Dorothy (wife, 1945-1947|divorced)
Merril, Judith (wife, 1949-1952|divorced)
Hull, Elizabeth A. (wife, 1984-his death)
Perri, Leslie (wife, 1940-1944|divorced) - Organizations
- Futurians
Young Communist League (1936)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) - Awards and honors
- SFWA Grand Master (1992)
SF Hall Of Fame (Living Inductee, 1998)
E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1966)
Hugo Nominee (Professional Editor, Retro-Hugo, [1954], 2004) - Disambiguation notice
- The SF writer Frederik Pohl is not Frederick J. Pohl, who died in 1991 and wrote controversial books on exploration.
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