Frederik Pohl (1919-2013)

[J-Sun]

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Really sad. I kinda couldn't believe it when I saw it. He excelled at about every facet of the field there is: fan, writer, editor, agent. Several classic books and stories. And the last star of that magnitude of that era.

 

[dask]

Sad sad news indeed. Another great gone. Benefitted the field like few others for a very long time.

 

[gully_foyle]

Sad to hear, I only just re-read Gateway. He was a great humanist and left a vast legacy as writer, editor and SF activist. Thanks Fred.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Wow, that's a big hole that will probably never be filled again. RIP.

 

[Boneman]

And still writing until the day he died. The heechee saga, and particularly Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, were favourites of mine, and I'm going to have to find them in the attic and re-read them. RIP Frederick.

 

[Rodders]

Another great writer gone. RIP Frederik.

 

[antiloquax]

Yes, he's one of the true greats. My favourite of his is "Man Plus".
R.I.P.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

My fave too.

RIP Mr Pohl.

 

[J-Sun]

There have been many write-ups around the web, of course, but I thought this was a particularly good one, if anyone hasn't already seen it:

On learning of the death of Frederik Pohl (Jo Walton from tor.com)

 

[Vince W]

Sad news about Mr. Pohl and a great loss.

 

[J-Sun]

His blog's been posthumously updated with Obituaries and tributes to Frederik Pohl. Some nice stuff there, including a quote from the article linked to above: "Frederik Pohl was almost the last of his generation, one of the last people to remember the birth of science fiction as a genre with an identity and a community. We felt colder and closer to the grave, the way you do when you lose a grandparent or a parent." As I've said elsewhere, there's his intrinsic personality and great stories but there's also the generational dimension.

 

[BigBadBob141]

He was one of a kind, he wrote so many good books & short stories over such a long period.
Along with the likes of Jack Williamson he was in at the birth of modern SF.
Both him and Williamson's passing leave a huge gap in the SF firmament.
RIP Fred.

 

[Parson]

This is sad indeed. The Heechee saga has few peers, and Gateway has to be on any list of my 10 favorite SF books.