The Way The Future Was: A Memoir

by Frederik Pohl

Book Overview

Award-winning writer, whiz-kid editor, wide-eyed fan, pioneering anthropologist and demon literary agent - Frederick Pohl's been all over the science fiction field, including a stretch as President of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345277147
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A long time ago,Frederik Pohl saw tomorrow

Science-fiction fan(member of the FUTURIANS),boy-editor(editor of ASTONISHING STORIES & SUPER SCIENCE STORIES when he was only 19 years old) ,great anthologist and successful literary agent,award-winning writer,FREDERIK POHL(1919)is one of the giants of the american science-fiction scene.In this briliant autobiography,Pohl tells us about his life,his association with SF writer and fellow Futurian Cyril Kornbluth[read their sensational novel "THE SPACE MERCHANTS(1953)] ,his solo stories(like "THE GOLD AT THE STARBOW'S END") , his mature editorships(GALAXY and IF), his many friends(Isaac Asimov was one of them),his travels,and, above all,his undying love for science-fiction.Isaac Asimov after reading this book,said:"There was a magic world once that no one knew but us.Fred Pohl recreats it now for everyone to see". I couldn't stop reading "THE WAY THE FUTURE WAS".It's a really marvelous book.With lots of wonderful and enlightening photos.

Important genre history work

I can safely recommend Frederik Pohl's _The Way the Future Was_ to everyone with an interest in the history of science fiction and science fiction fandom. Pohl tells with a great eye to relevant detail about being a pulp editor, a fan, and an author and agent. The photos are great: especially the photo of Pohl with Gene Roddenberry and an acretts in a kind of Star Trek swimsuit had me cracking up. The non-SF, autobiographical detail is also interesting.