Frederik George Pohl , Jr. ( ; November 26 , 1919 -- September 2 , 2013 ) was an American science fiction writer , editor and fan , with a career spanning more than seventy-five years -- from his first published work , the 1937 poem `` Elegy to a Dead Satellite : Luna '' , to the 2011 novel `` All the Lives He Led '' and articles and essays published in 2012 .
Frederik George Pohl , Jr. ( November 26 , 1919 -- September 2 , 2013 ) was an American science fiction writer , editor and fan . His career has spanned over seventy-five years -- from his first published work , the 1937 poem `` Elegy to a Dead Satellite : Luna '' , through the 2011 novel `` All the Lives He Led '' and articles and essays published in 2012 .