Autobiography - One of the grand-masters of Essef tells about his rewarding life as a writer.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First British Edition. Award-winning writer, whiz-kid editor, wide-eyed fan, pioneering anthologist, and demon literary agent - Frederik Pohl's been all over the science-fiction field, including a stretch as President of the Science Fiction Writers of America. Here is his story of how he get to all those places and what it was like getting there. In it you will find. What Isaac Asimov was like at 19. The truth behind the great World SF Convention War of 1939. How a teenager became a mover and shaker in the bizarre world of the pulp magazines. The strange mating rites of the sf community. How to represent most of the best sf writers and go broke. The dreams of new worlds and universes behind a body of completely original writing that has enlarged the horizons of three generations of readers.and netted the writers 1/2c to 3c per word. It's been a long road from the scruffy Ivory Tower where the Futurians denned to a time when much that was science fiction is now reality - and Fred Pohl retraces it all with candor, wit, and abiding love. Includes sixteen pages of black-and-white photos. Fine (with sm lower rear corner bump) first British edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or pricw-clipped} A70. Seller Inventory # 023507
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Autobiography of Science Fiction author Frederik Pohl. As a fan, writer, SF magazine editor and agent, Pohl has had an influential role in shaping modern Science Fiction. A fascinating and very readable account of the Science Fiction genre from an insider. First UK publication. Ex-library book. Slight surface damage to front endpaper, where the issuing form has been removed. Withdrawn stamp on same page and a small piece missing on the top of this page. Library coding sticker attached to the pastedown, on the reverse of the back board. Library coding marks on publishing details page. Slight marking on page edges. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Slight wear on dust jacket edges. Location: X30. Seller Inventory # 017528
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