Talk:Frederik Pohl

message: : Section heading inserted 2013-09-03 -P64
Moved from article:
"His missing word here??? work is the biography of the Roman emperor Tiberius for the Encyclopedia Britannica."
I moved it because it looks as though someone was copying another document, and made a mistake. Vicki Rosenzweig
: Pohl is the "primary contributor" of the "Tiberius" entry in Britannica Academic Edition.
: I suppose he covered Tiberius for a print edition years ago and "primary contributor" indicates that it has been revised by staff, perhaps in consultation with an expert but not so much to merit a co-author.
: If the missing word is a superlative such as "first published" or "favorite", that is something we should very much desire to know.
: At AbeBooks.com one seller lists 5 copies of (Ballantine, 1960) by Ernst Mason --"science fiction author Frederik Pohl under a pseudonym!"
: --P64 (talk) 14:50, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Tiberius

message: Fred Pohl did not attend Bronx Science, nor did isaac Asimov, as was implied. According to the intro to an interview done with Pohl in Locus Magazine in 2000(http://www.locusmag.com/2000/Issues/10/Pohl.html), Pohl attended Brooklyn Tech and dropped out before graduating.  He may indeed have started a lifelong friendship with Isaac Asimov during that time, but Asimov went to Boys High in Brooklyn. I reworded the paragraph accordingly.  Unfortunately this misinformatin has been picked up in other places on the web - hopefully it wil be corrected.Tvoz 19:42, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just corrected the article again.  Though this time it said that both Pohl and Asimov went to Brooklyn Tech.  I changed it to note that he started his friendship with Asimov as a Teenage.  I think somebody may have tried to clean it up once, but got mixed up and said that they both went to the same high school.  Hopefully it stays fixed.  David Reiss (talk) 20:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: youth

message: Frederik Pohl did not father Karen, as stated. She was the daughter of Carol Ulf Stanton and her father was L. Jerome Stanton, whom I married after his divorce from Carol.  So Karen was Fred's stepdaughter. Harriet Stanton-Leaffer Tealstar (talk) 14:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This is confirmed by Pohl on his blog. I've removed her from the entry. 75.56.54.171 (talk) 19:58, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Karen

message: There's a video game called  Gateway, based on Frederik Pohl's novels. Not sure if that should be listed on his page. --C1782T919ML (talk) 00:51, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video game 

message: According to Pohl's blog, at "The Trapdoor Spiders", he was not a member.  I have taken out the statement that he was.
Goldfarbdj (talk) 06:04, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a member of the Trap Door Spiders 

message: I have some information about Fred that isn't known, since of the coherent witnesses, only Fred and myself are still alive. I'll be happy to supply my write up to Wikipedia after Fred has passed along, and the issue is no longer 'contentious.' I don't know whether Fred would consider it contentious, though I suspect not. He doesn't know me, other than meeting me that once, twenty years ago. He knew that I was in the room at the time, and didn't consider my presence an issue. There were complications which meant that I was incapable of leaving, when I tell the full story you will understand. Contact me and I'll pass the write up on to Wikipedia. UrbanTerrorist (talk) 03:08, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unknown Information about Fred 

message: Jem did not win the National Book Award (or even receive a nomination) according to Wikipedia's list of NBA winner.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.242.132.66 (talk) 18:52, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it did, in the one-year category Science Fiction (1980, the year after publication). Visit the given reference or our List of winners of the National Book Award and search 'Jem'. -P64
 promptly with long delay reporting here. --P64 (talk) 21:26, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Book Award ? 

message: NNDB says Pohl was born in Brooklyn, NY.
LCCN cites that source but it also cites Wikipedia.
--P64 (talk) 21:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of birth 

message: : last of multiple new sections in one session
Evidently Pohl (as our caption implies) and Ray Bradbury were featured at the 2008 conference. At the 2008 and 2009 conferences, Bradbury received the first and and Pohl the second (as our text says) received the first and second Eaton Awards for their career contributions to science fiction. So 2008 and 2009 are both correct here. 
Our linked Eaton article needs update for the new award.  
It's now biennial: 2009, 2011, and April 2013. --P64 (talk) 23:35, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eaton Conference and Award, 2008 and 2009 

message: According to his granddaughter on Twitter, Fred Pohl has passed away. I expect someone will try to make this article reflect that soon, and just wanted to point out that whereas I see no reason to mistrust the linked tweet, making sure we don't pronounce someone dead while still alive is important, and we should wait until this has been confirmed by other sources than Twitter. /Julle (talk) 21:07, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's in the news today, so I think it's confirmed.  Here are two citations: The Guardian, Frederik Pohl, grandmaster of science fiction, dies aged 93; SFWA: In Memorium Frederik Pohl Geoffrey.landis (talk) 14:11, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Passed away, but wait 

message: Please see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 December 25#Gosh Numbers. John Vandenberg (chat) 16:42, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gosh Numbers 

message: The web site www.frederikpohl.com appears to be defunct. 208.81.28.208 (talk) 21:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Web Site 

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