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Frederik Pohl Quotes

Frederik Pohl quotes

American Writer November 26, 1919

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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
Frederik Pohl quote: "A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been..."
A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction. Frederik Pohl
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
Frederik Pohl quote: "In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction..."
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
Frederik Pohl quote: "The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he..."
The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he was ten. Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl quote: "People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The..."
People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research. Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl quote: "I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction."
I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction. Frederik Pohl
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
Frederik Pohl quote: "It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping..."
It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations. Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl quote: "The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction."
The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction. Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl quote: "My first thought was always a cigarette. It still is, but I..."
My first thought was always a cigarette. It still is, but I haven't cheated. Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl quote: "That's the method: restructure the world we live in in some..."
That's the method: restructure the world we live in in some way, then see what happens. Frederik Pohl

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