Frederick Paul ( Eng. Frederik Pohl ; November 26, 1919 , New York - September 2, 2013 ) is an American science fiction writer [2] , editor and activist of the fandom .
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| Date of Birth | November 26, 1919 |
| Place of Birth | New York , USA |
| Date of death | September 2, 2013 (93 years old) |
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| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | , , , , , |
| Genre | Fantasy |
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| Awards | Nebula Prize 1976, 1977, 1992 Locus 1973, 1978, 1979 Hugo 1973, 1978, 1986 Skylark 1966 |
| Awards | Nebula Award for Best Novel ( 1976 ) [d] ( 1980 ) Damon Knight Memorial Award Grandmaster of Fiction ( 1993 ) |
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Biography
He grew up and studied mainly in Brooklyn . First - a public school, then - a technical school, which dropped out at 17 years old [3] . In 1936 he participated in the First World Convention of Science Fiction ( Philadelphia ), at the age of 19, together with A. Azimov , S. Kornblat , D. Knight founded the Futurians society. At the same time, he began to publish and edit two scientific journals: Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories , where he published his own works under various pseudonyms. After serving in the US Air Force (1943–1945), he was a literary agent for a long time (in particular, Isaac Asimov and Hall Clement [4] ). Until 1969 he published If and Galaxy magazines. It has been published under its name since 1953 . At the same time, he created several works in collaboration with S. Kornblat (“Merchants of the Outer Space” [2] , 1953 - this novel has a continuation of “The War of Merchants”, 1984 - “Search for the Sky”, 1954, “Gladiator by Law”, 1955 , and etc.). The story “The Encounter,” written by Paul along with S. Kornblat , won the Hugo Prize in 1973 . As a rule, the novels of two authors are highly social satirical works that have now become classics of the genre.
From 1954 to 1991, Frederick Paul collaborated with Jack Williamson (their most famous works are the trilogy “The Child of the Stars”, 1969 and the dilogy “The Saga of the Cuckoo”, 1983 ). Until the beginning of the 70s, Paul’s stories were more successful than his novels, but after the cessation of active publishing he showed himself to be a talented novelist. The first novel, published by him after that, “Man Plus”, received the Nebula Prize in 1976 , the second - The Gate - Nebula, the Hugo and the 1977 Campbell Memorial Prize. Then he creates the novel “Jam”, as well as “Years of the City”, “Rise of the Black Star”, “Peace at the End of Time” and many others. He writes a sequel to The Gates.
Frederick Paul passed away on September 2, 2013. [5]
Computer Games
Several games based on Paul’s books were created.
- Frederick Pohl's Gateway
- Gateway 2: Homeworld
Prizes and Awards
- 1966, Skylark Award
- 1973, Hugo Award [2] in the Story category for The Meeting (1972)
- 1973, Locus Award [2] in the Tale category for The Gold at the Starbow's End (1972)
- 1976, Nebula Award in the category "Novel" for "Man Plus" (Man Plus) (1976)
- 1977, Nebula Award in the category "Novel" for " Gateway " (Gateway) (1977)
- 1978, Locus Award in the category “Roman NF” for “Gateway” (Gateway) (1977)
- 1978, Hugo Award in the category "Novel" for "Gateway" (Gateway) (1977)
- 1978, John Campbell Memorial Award in the category "Best NF-novel" for "Gateway" (Gateway) (1977)
- 1979, Apollo Award for the novel "The Gate"
- 1979, Locus Award [2] in the category “Reference Book” for “The Way the Future Was” (1979)
- 1985, John Campbell Memorial Award [2] in the category "Best NF-novel" "The Years of the City" (1984)
- 1986, Hugo Award [2] in the Story category for Fermi and Frost (1985)
- 1992, Nebula Award. Grandmaster
- 1996, SFRA Awards. Clareson award
- 1998, Introduced into the "Hall of Fame of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [2]
Notes
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Boris Nevsky. Frederick Paul Died (September 3, 2013). Date of treatment September 22, 2013.
- ↑ Frederick Paul My Life as Book Editor for Popular Science (English) (07.28.2011). Date of treatment September 3, 2013.
- ↑ Frederick Paul Hal Clement: Major Harry Stubbs (English) (03/01/2011). Date of treatment September 3, 2013.
- ↑ Farewell. . . . (English) (inaccessible link) . The Way the Future Blogs (09/02/2013). Date of treatment September 3, 2013. Archived on September 5, 2013.
Links
- Paul, Frederick in the library of Maxim Moshkov
- Bibliography on the Fantasy Lab website