PREFERRED RISK

Pohl, Frederik & del Rey, Lester

ISBN 10: 0345285751 / ISBN 13: 9780345285751

Published by Ballantine, NY, 1980

About this Item

[1st printing] Jan. 1980. Cover art by Chris Barbieri. Creasing; edge and corner wear; tanning; bumps to rear.

Seller Inventory # A1729

Bibliographic Details

• Title: PREFERRED RISK
• Publisher: Ballantine, NY
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345285751
• ISBN 13: 9780345285751
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction Paperbacks

About this title

Synopsis

PREFERRED RISK first appeared in 1955. It won the Galaxy Magazine / Simon & Schuster contest for 1955's best work of science fiction. The Company, a powerful, efficient, and thoroughly monstrous insurance organization, controlled the entire world

About the Author

Frederik Pohl (1919-2013) was one of science fiction's most important authors. Among his many novels are "Gateway", which won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, the Locus SF Award, and the Nebula Award, "Beyond the Blue Event Horizon", which was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and "Jem", which won the 1980 National Book Award in Science Fiction. He also collaborated on classic science fiction novels including "The Space Merchants" with Cyril M. Kornbluth. Pohl was an award-winning editor of "Galaxy "and "If", a book editor at Bantam, and served as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by SFWA in 1993, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.