I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport. Frederik Pohl bookchasepleasure 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
Stories where the author has known very little, but run a computer program that tells him how to construct a planet, and looked up specific things about rocketry and so on, really suck. Frederik Pohl authorcomputerconstruct Change image and share on social
A large fraction of the most interesting scientists have read a lot of SF at one time or another, either early enough that it may have played a part in their becoming scientists or at some later date just because they liked the ideas. Frederik Pohl dateearlyfraction share on social
A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction. Frederik Pohl astrophysicistcosmologistfiction Change image and share on social
The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring. Frederik Pohl bigdaydecide Change image and share on social
The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he was ten. Frederik Pohl astonishfermilabhead Change image and share on social
It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations. Frederik Pohl clearfictionoverlap Change image and share on social
If you don't care about science enough to be interested in it on its own, you shouldn't try to write hard science fiction. You can write like Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison as much as you want. Frederik Pohl bradburycareellison Change image and 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
