Frederik Pohl Quotes

A collection of quotes by Frederik Pohl.

Frederik Pohl was an American science fiction writer, editor, and literary agent, born on November 26, 1919, in New York City. He became one of the most influential figures in the science fiction genre, known for his captivating storytelling and innovative ideas.

Pohl began his writing career in the late 1930s, contributing to various science fiction magazines. However, his writing was interrupted by World War II, where he served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945. After the war, he resumed his writing career, and in the 1950s, he formed a highly successful writing partnership with Cyril M. Kornbluth, producing several notable works together.

Aside from writing, Pohl also had a significant impact on science fiction as an editor. He served as the editor of various science fiction magazines, such as Galaxy Science Fiction and If, where he discovered and promoted many talented authors. His editorial work helped shape the genre and the careers of numerous sci-fi writers.

Pohl's own literary achievements include several award-winning novels and short stories. His notable works include "The Space Merchants," written with Kornbluth, and solo novels like "Gateway," which won the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards.

Frederik Pohl passed away on September 2, 2013, leaving behind a rich legacy in science fiction literature and a lasting impact on the genre as a whole.

If you don't care about science enough to be interested in i

If you don't care about science enough to be interested in it on its own, you shouldn't try to write hard science fiction. You can write like Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison as much as you want.

Frederik Pohl

Science

I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction.

I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction.

Frederik Pohl

Science

The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction.

The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction.

Frederik Pohl

Science Method

In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazi

In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it.

Frederik Pohl

Science Places

People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The

People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research.

Frederik Pohl

Science People

I don't think the scientific method and the science fictiona

I don't think the scientific method and the science fictional method are really analogous. The thing about them is that neither is really practiced very much, at least not consciously. But the fact that they are methodical does relate them.

Frederik Pohl

Science Method

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what m

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method.

Frederik Pohl

Science Literature Method

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.

Frederik Pohl

Science Sports

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of ye

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great).

Frederik Pohl

Science Reading

A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had be

A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction.

Frederik Pohl

Science Reading

I did that for 40 years or more. I never had any writer's bl

I did that for 40 years or more. I never had any writer's block. I got up in the morning, sat down at the typewriter - now, computer - lit up a cigarette.

Frederik Pohl

Morning