About the Author

Frederik Pohl has been everything one man can be in the world of science fiction: fan (a founder of the fabled Futurians), book and magazine editor, agent, and, above all, writer. As editor of Galaxy in the 1950s, he helped set the tone for a decade of SF-including his own memorable stories such as The Space Merchants (in collaboration with Cyril Kornbluth). His latest novel is The Cool War. He has also written The Way the Future Was~. a memoir of his forty-five years in science fiction. Frederik Pohl was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1919, and now lives in New York City.