Frederik Pohl è una figura altamente rispettata nel mondo della science fiction americana, con una carriera che dura da oltre 70 anni. È nato il 26 novembre 1919, a Brooklyn, New York City, e da allora è diventato un autore, editore e fan prolifico del genere. La carriera di Pohl è iniziata nel 1937 con la pubblicazione della sua prima poesia, "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna". Da allora, ha scritto numerose storie di fiction, articoli ed saggi, mantenendo la sua reputazione come una voce autorevole nella science fiction.
Le abilità di scrittura ed editing di Pohl gli hanno valso numerosi riconoscimenti nel corso degli anni. Ha vinto tre premi Hugo per la sua scrittura e tre premi Nebula. Nel 1993, gli è stato conferito il titolo di Nebula Grand Master ed è stato introdotto nella Science Fiction Hall of Fame nel 1998. Dal 1959 circa fino al 1969, Pohl ha editato la rivista Galaxy e la sua rivista sorella IF, vincendo il premio Hugo per IF tre anni di fila. Il suo romanzo del 1977, "Gateway", ha vinto quattro premi per il miglior romanzo dell'anno, tra cui il premio Hugo, Locus, Nebula e John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Nel 1979, ha vinto un National Book Award degli Stati Uniti nella categoria di un anno Science Fiction per il suo romanzo "Jem".
La carriera di Pohl ha anche incluso collaborazioni con altri scrittori di science fiction, come Cyril M. Kornbluth, Jack Williamson, Dirk Wylie e Robert A.W. Lownes. Ha anche acquisito e ha editato romanzi per Bantam Books negli anni '70. Nonostante i suoi molti successi, Pohl è rimasto umile e accessibile, mantenendo un forte contatto con i suoi fan. Ha vissuto nell'area di Chicagoland fino alla sua morte il 2 settembre 2013. L'eredità di Pohl continua ad ispirare e influenzare nuove generazioni di scrittori e fan di science fiction.
Space Merchants Books
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The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet
1952
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The Merchants' War
1981
Starchild Books (with Jack Williamson)
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The Reefs of Space
1963
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Starchild
1965
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Rogue Star
1969
Saga Of Cuckoo Books (with Jack Williamson)
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Farthest Star
1975
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Wall Around a Star
1983
Heechee Saga Books
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Gateway
1977
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Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
1980
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Heechee Rendezvous
1984
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The Annals of the Heechee
1987
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The Boy Who Would Live Forever
1990
Heechee Collections
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The Gateway Trip
1990
Eschaton Sequence Books
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The Other End of Time
1996
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The Siege of Eternity
1997
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The Far Shore of Time
1999
Man Plus Books
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Man Plus
1976
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Mars Plus
1994
Romanzi singoli
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Search the Sky
1954
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Gladiator-at-Law
1955
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A Town is Drowning
1955
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Preferred Risk
1955
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Presidential Year
1956
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Slave Ship
1957
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Wolfbane
1957
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Drunkard's Walk
1960
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A Plague of Pythons
1965
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The Age of the Pussyfoot
1969
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Jem
1979
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The Cool War
1981
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Starburst
1982
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Syzygy
1982
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The Years of the City
1984
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Demon in the Skull
1984
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Black Star Rising
1985
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The Coming of the Quantum Cats
1986
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Terror
1986
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Chernobyl
1987
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Land's End
1988
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Narabedla Ltd.
1988
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The Day The Martians Came
1988
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Homegoing
1989
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The World at the End of Time
1990
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Outnumbering the Dead
1990
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The Singers of Time
1991
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Mining the Oort
1992
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Stopping at Slowyear
1992
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The Voices of Heaven
1994
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O Pioneer!
1997
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The Last Theorem
2008
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All the Lives He Led
2011
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Virtual Nightmare
2017
Racconti brevi/Novelle
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The Tunnel Under the World
1955
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The Hated
1958
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The Knights of Arthur
1958
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Fermi and Frost
1985
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The Day of the Boomer Dukes
2011
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Midas Plague
2020
Raccolte di racconti
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Alternating Currents
1956
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The Case against Tomorrow
1956
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Tomorrow Times Seven
1959
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The Man Who Ate the World
1960
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The Wonder Effect
1962
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The Abominable Earthman
1963
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Digits and Dastards
1966
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Turn Left at Thursday
1969
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Day Million
1970
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The Gold at the Starbow's End
1972
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The Best of Frederik Pohl
1975
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In the Problem Pit
1976
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The Early Pohl
1976
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Survival Kit
1979
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Planets Three
1982
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BIPOHL
1982
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Midas World
1983
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Pohlstars
1984
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Platinum Pohl
2000
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The Hated and Other Stories
2010
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Works of Frederik Pohl [Illustrated]
2010
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The Works of Frederik Pohl
2012
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Adventures in Time and Space
2015
Fumetti
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The Merchants of Venus
1986
Libri di non-fiction
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Prince Henry Sinclair
1951
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Practical Politics 1972
1971
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The Viking settlements of North America
1972
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The Way the Future Was
1978
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Chasing Science
1980
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Science Fiction Studies in Film
1981
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The New Visions
1982
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Our Angry Earth
1991
C.M. Kornbluth Collections (with C.M. Kornbluth)
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The Mindworm
1955
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A Mile Beyond the Moon
1958
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The Marching Morons
1959
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The Wonder Effect
1962
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The Explorers.
1963
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Thirteen O'clock And Other Zero Hours
1970
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The Best of C. M. Kornbluth
1976
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Critical Mass
1977
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Before the Universe
1980
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Our Best
1987
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His Share of Glory
1997
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The Cosmic Expense Account
2009
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Eight Worlds of C.M. Kornbluth
2010
Undersea Eden Books (with Jack Williamson)
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Undersea Quest
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Undersea Fleet
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Undersea City
1958
Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
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Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies
2007
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Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language
2007
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Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction
2007
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The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture
2007
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The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth
2007
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Dreams and Nightmares: Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction
2008
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H. Beam Piper: A Biography
2008
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Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities
2009
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The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination
2009
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The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction
2009
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The Twilight Mystique: Critical Essays on the Novels and Films
2010
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Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy
2011
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Of Bread, Blood and the Hunger Games: Critical Essays on the Suzanne Collins Trilogy
2012
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Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy
2013
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The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction
2013
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Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature
2014
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Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works
2014
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An Asimov Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries
2016
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Science Fiction and Futurism: Their Terms and Ideas
2017
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Patricia A. McKillip and the Art of Fantasy World-Building
2017
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A Dune Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in Frank Herbert's Original Six Novels
2018
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The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction: Charles Fort and the Evolution of the Genre
2020
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Arab and Muslim Science Fiction: Critical Essays
2022
The Space Merchants Books (with C.M. Kornbluth)
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The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet
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The SFWA Grand Masters Books (with Alfred Bester, with L. Sprague de Camp)
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The SFWA Grand Masters 2
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Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
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Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction
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Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far
1981
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Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own
1983
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Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!
1985
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Isaac Asimov's Aliens
1991
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Isaac Asimov's Robots
1991
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Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite
1993
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Isaac Asimov's War
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Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams
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Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep
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Isaac Asimov's Ghosts
1995
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Isaac Asimov's Christmas
1997
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Isaac Asimov's Camelot
1998
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Isaac Asimov's Detectives
1998
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Isaac Asimov's Werewolves
1999
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Isaac Asimov's Solar System
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Isaac Asimov's Utopias
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Isaac Asimov's Father Day
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Isaac Asimov's Halloween
2001
Frederik Pohl Anthologies
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Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1
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Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2
1953
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Star Science Fiction Stories No. 6
1953
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Star Science Fiction Stories 3
1955
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Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4
1958
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Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963
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Connoisseur's Science Fiction
1964
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New Writings In SF-3
1964
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The Eighth Galaxy Reader
1965
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Science Fiction Oddities
1966
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Dangerous Visions
1967
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Backdrop of Stars
1968
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Worlds of If, February 1969
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The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3
1970
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Alpha 3
1972
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Orbit 11
1972
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Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5
1972
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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series
1973
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Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader
1973
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Wondermakers 2
1974
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Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology
1974
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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series
1976
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The Late Great Future
1976
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Science Fiction Discoveries
1976
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Algol The Magazine About Science Fiction - Winter 1977 / 1978
1977
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Perilous Planets
1978
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Galaxy Science Fiction, September-October 1979
1979
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The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction
1980
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Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction
1980
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Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far
1981
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
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Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own
1983
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Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!
1985
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Tales from the Planet Earth
1986
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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987
1987
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The Monster Book of Monsters
1988
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Mississippi Review 47 / 48
1988
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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1988
1988
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1989
1989
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Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories
1990
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Isaac Asimov's Aliens
1991
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Isaac Asimov's Robots
1991
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The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
1992
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Murasaki
1992
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Inside the Funhouse
1992
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Invaders!
1993
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Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite
1993
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Isaac Asimov's War
1993
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Omni Visions Two
1994
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Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams
1994
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Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep
1995
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Isaac Asimov's Ghosts
1995
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The Necronomicon
1996
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Isaac Asimov's Christmas
1997
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Isaac Asimov's Camelot
1998
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Isaac Asimov's Detectives
1998
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Far Horizons
1999
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Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about The End of The World
1999
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The SFWA Grand Masters 1
1999
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Isaac Asimov's Werewolves
1999
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Armageddons
1999
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Isaac Asimov's Solar System
1999
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The Furthest Horizon
2000
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Isaac Asimov's Utopias
2000
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American Body in Context
2001
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Isaac Asimov's Father Day
2001
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The SFWA Grand Masters 3
2001
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Isaac Asimov's Halloween
2001
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DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction
2002
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DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies