Frederik Pohl has died
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:34 pm
Frederik Pohl, who was one of the last living legends of the Golden Age of science fiction from the last century, although he made his biggest impacts from the 1950s all the way to the late '70s and up till 2000s, died aged 93 on September 2nd, according to one of his granddaughters.
His full biography is maybe too much to get into here, but his novel Gateway in the late 70s written when he was in his 40s? combined new-waveish elements with classical sf and was a great favorite of mine when reissued in the late 80s when sequels came out.
Anyone else read this great writer and his Hugo-winning blog in the last few years of his life. Don't know how to link to it but it's The Way The Future Blogs. I've loved reading it these last couple years as a memoire of his friendship with Asimov and other figures of the 1930s until 2000s, I think when he semi-retired, only writing a collaboration with Arthur C. Clarke and his blog.
His full biography is maybe too much to get into here, but his novel Gateway in the late 70s written when he was in his 40s? combined new-waveish elements with classical sf and was a great favorite of mine when reissued in the late 80s when sequels came out.
Anyone else read this great writer and his Hugo-winning blog in the last few years of his life. Don't know how to link to it but it's The Way The Future Blogs. I've loved reading it these last couple years as a memoire of his friendship with Asimov and other figures of the 1930s until 2000s, I think when he semi-retired, only writing a collaboration with Arthur C. Clarke and his blog.
