Anecdotes

Famous American science fiction novelist, editor and literary agent. A lifelong friend of Isaac Asimov and Cyril M. Kornbluth, with whom he collaborated on such popular novels as "The Space Merchants" (1953). He was barely into his twenties when he became the first editor of the magazines "Astounding Stories" and "Super Science Stories" and was later respected as editor of "Galaxy Science Fiction" and of its companion publications, "If," "Worlds of Tomorrow," and "Magabook."

Won Nebula Awards for his novels "Man Plus" and "Gateway".

Won Hugo Awards for his novel "Gateway" and for his short stories "The Meeting" and "Fermi and Frost"

Guest of honor at UNICON I science-fiction convention (University of Maryland, April 11-13, 1975).

In August 2009, Mr. Pohl received an Honorary Degree from Brooklyn Technical High School. He attended the school for three years some 75 years before but did not graduate.

He dropped out of high school, and later served in the US Army during WWII as a weatherman in Italy. After the war, he wrote advertising copy for a mail-order publisher.

Despite being a high school dropout, he was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and often spoke to military groups and NASA scientists.

He is considered a pioneer of the "anti-utopian" branch of science fiction, in which an outwardly well-organized society collapses from internal rivalries and greed.

In the 1930s, he helped organize the Futurians, a group of sci-fi fans that included several future authors.

Father of actor, writer and producer Frederik Pohl IV with Carol M. Ulf Stanton.