Science fiction writer Frederik Pohl dies at 93

[diasdegalvan]

Frederik Pohl, a prolific American science fiction author who published scores of stories including the acclaimed 1977 novel Gateway and collaborated with some of the genre's leading figures, has died, according to his literary agent. He was 93.

Pohl died on Monday at a hospital near his home in Palatine, Ill., a suburb northwest of Chicago, his agent Mitchell Waters said.

"We're saddened to tell his friends and readers that Fred went to the hospital in respiratory distress this morning and died this afternoon," according to a statement posted late on Monday on the author's website.

Pohl, who also published poetry and served as a literary editor, is best known for his 1977 novel Gateway, which told the story of a space station hidden in an asteroid. The novel won four top science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award, and was later adapted into a computer game.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/09/03/author-frederik-pohl-dies.html

[alfie]

I am just reading the Space Merchants he wrote with Kornbluth, gutted. Another great gone

[Pure Rock Casey]

huh weird, I just started reading Gateway the other day. Well yeah that sucks. Space Merchants is the only other thing I've read by him though. Really enjoyed it - would make a great movie I think. Only a few chapters into Gateway but digging it quite a bit already.