I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction. Frederik Pohl catholicconstitutefiction Change image and share on social
You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens. Frederik Pohl componentplugstart Change image and share on social
I did that for 40 years or more. I never had any writer's block. I got up in the morning, sat down at the typewriter - now, computer - lit up a cigarette. Frederik Pohl blockcigarettecomputer Change image and share on social
My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method. Frederik Pohl buddyenglishfiction Change image and share on social
I don't think the scientific method and the science fictional method are really analogous. The thing about them is that neither is really practiced very much, at least not consciously. But the fact that they are methodical does relate them. Frederik Pohl analogousconsciouslyfact share on social
Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great). Frederik Pohl cambridgecouplefiction Change image and share on social
In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it. Frederik Pohl buyfictionfuture Change image and share on social
The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction. Frederik Pohl dissectionfictionmethod Change image and share on social
I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time. Frederik Pohl basechangeforeword Change image and share on social
My first thought was always a cigarette. It still is, but I haven't cheated. Frederik Pohl cheatcigarettethink Change image and share on social
