Author: Frederik Pohl

Quotes

I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.

I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.

- Frederik Pohl

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

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

- Frederik Pohl

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

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

- Frederik Pohl

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).

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

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

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

- Frederik Pohl

It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations.

It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations.

- Frederik Pohl

The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring.

The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring.

- Frederik Pohl

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

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

I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction.

I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction.

- Frederik Pohl

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