Frederik Pohl Bio
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.
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Science Fiction Grandmaster Frederik Pohl
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Called by Kingsley Amis, (in "New Maps of Hell") "the most consistently able writer science fiction, in its modern form, has yet produced", Frederik Pohl has won most of the awards the science fiction field has to offer, including the "Grand Master" for lifetime contributions to the field.
Many of Frederik Pohl's works have been adapted for radio, television or film, beginning with the two-part Columbia Workshop of the Air version of the classic "The Space Merchants" in 1953. In Europe, a number of his stories have been televised by the BBC and his famous novella, "The Midas Plague", became a three-hour special on German television. His novelette, "The Tunnel Under the World", became a feature film in Italy; and his novels, "Man Plus" and "Gateway", are currently in development in America as feature films.
"Day Million" is his favorite story.
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