Born November 26, 1919, in New York, NY; son of Fred George (a salesman) and Anna Jane Pohl; married Doris Baumgardt, 1940 (divorced, 1944); married Dorothy LesTina, August, 1945 (divorced, 1947); married Judith Merril, 1948 (divorced, 1952); married Carol M. Ulf Stanton, September 15, 1952 (divorced, 1983); married Elizabeth Anne Hull (a professor of English), July, 1984; children: Ann (Mrs. Walter Weary), Karen (Mrs. Robert Dixon), Frederik III (deceased), Frederik IV, Kathy. Education: Attended public schools in Brooklyn, NY, "dropped out in senior year." Politics: Democrat. Religion: Unitarian. Military/Wartime Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 1943-45; received seven battle stars. Memberships: Science Fiction Writers of America (president, 1974-76), Authors Guild (Midwest area representative; member of council, 1975--), British Interplanetary Society (fellow), American Astronautical Society, World Science Fiction (president, 1980-82), American Association for the Advancement of Science (fellow), World Future Society, American Civil Liberties Union (trustee, Monmouth County, NJ, 1968-71), New York Academy of Sciences. Addresses: Homeoffice: 855 S. Harvard Dr., Palatine, IL 60067.

• (Under pseudonym James McCreigh) Danger Moon, American Science Fiction (Sydney, Australia), 1953.
• (With Lester del Rey, under joint pseudonym Edson McCann) Preferred Risk, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1955.
• Alternating Currents (short stories), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1956.
• (Under pseudonym Donald Stacy) The God of Channel 1, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1956.
• (With Walter Lasly) Turn the Tigers Loose, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1956.
• Edge of the City (novel; based on screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1957.
• The Case against Tomorrow, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1957.
• Slave Ship, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1957.
• Tomorrow Times Seven: Science Fiction Stories, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1959.
• The Man Who Ate the World, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1960.
• Drunkard's Walk (also see below), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1960.
• (Under pseudonym Ernst Mason) Tiberius (biography), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1960.
• Turn Left at Thursday: Three Novelettes and Three Stories, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1961.
• The Expert Dreamers, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1962.
• The Abominable Earthman, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1963.
• The Case against Tomorrow: Science Fiction Short Stories, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1965.
• A Plague of Pythons, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1965.
• The Frederik Pohl Omnibus, Gollancz (London, England), 1966, portions published as Survival Kit, Panther (London, England), 1979.
• Drunkard's Walk, Penguin (Harmondsworth, England), 1966.
• Digits and Dastards, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1968.
• The Age of the Pussyfoot (also see below), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1969.
• Day Million (short stories), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1970.
• Practical Politics, 1972 (nonfiction), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1971.
• The Gold at the Starbow's End, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1972.
• (With wife, Carol Pohl) Jupiter, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1973.
• The Best of Frederik Pohl, introduction by Lester del Rey, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1975.
• The Early Pohl, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1976.
• In the Problem Pit, Bantam (New York, NY), 1976.
• Man Plus, Random House (New York, NY), 1976.
• Gateway, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1977, reprinted, Ballantine (New York, NY), 2004.
• The Way the Future Was: A Memoir, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1978.
• JEM: The Making of a Utopia, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1979.
• Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1980.
• Syzygy, Bantam (New York, NY), 1981.
• The Cool War, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1981.
• Planets Three, Berkley (New York, NY), 1982.
• Bilpohl, Two Novels: Drunkard's Walk and The Age of the Pussyfoot, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1982.
• Starburst, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1982.
• Starbow, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1982.
• (Author of introduction) New Visions: A Collection of Modern Science Fiction Art, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1982.
• Midas World, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1983.
• Heechee Rendezvous, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1984.
• The Years of the City, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1984.
• The Merchant's War, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1984.
• Pohlstars, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1984.
• Black Star Rising, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1985.
• The Coming of the Quantum Cats, Bantam (New York, NY), 1986.
• Terror, Berkley (New York, NY), 1986.
• Chernobyl, Bantam (New York, NY), l987.
• The Annals of the Heechee, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1987.
• Narabedla Ltd., Del Rey (New York, NY), 1988.
• The Day the Martians Came, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1988.
• Homegoing, Del Rey (New York, NY), 1989.
• The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee, illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas, Easton Press (Norwalk, CT), 1990.
• The World at the End of Time, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1990.
• Outnumbering the Dead, illustrated by Steve Crisp, Century, 1990.
• (With Isaac Asimov) Our Angry Earth, Tor (New York, NY), 1991.
• Stopping at Slowyear, illustrated by Rob Alexander, Axolotl Press (Seattle, WA), 1991.
• Mining the Oort, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1992.
• (With Thomas T. Thomas) Mars Plus, Baen (New York, NY), 1994.
• The Voices of Heaven, Tor (New York, NY), 1994.
• The Other End of Time, Tor (New York, NY), 1996.
• The Siege of Eternity, Tor (New York, NY), 1997.
• O Pioneer!, Tor (New York, NY), 1998.
• The Far Shore of Time, Tor (New York, NY), 1999.
• Chasing Science: Science As a Spectator Sport (nonfiction), Tor (New York, NY), 2000.
• The Boy Who Would Live Forever: A Novel of Gateway, Tor (New York, NY), 2004.
• Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories, Tor (New York, NY), 2005.
• (With Arthur C. Clarke) The Last Theorem, Del Rey (New York, NY), 2008.

Also coauthor, with Marion Zimmer Bradley, of Elbow Room. Contributor, sometimes under pseudonyms, to Galaxy, Worlds of Fantasy, Science Fiction Quarterly, Rogue, Impulse, Astonishing, Imagination, If, Beyond, Playboy, Infinity, and other magazines.

WITH CYRIL M. KORNBLUTH

• (Under joint pseudonym Cyril Judd) Gunner Cade, Simon & Schuster, 1952.
• (Under joint pseudonym Cyril Judd) Outpost Mars, Abelard Press (New York, NY), 1952.
• The Space Merchants (also see below), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1953, 2nd edition, 1981.
• Search the Sky, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1954.
• Gladiator-at-Law, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1955.
• A Town Is Drowning, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1955.
• Presidential Year, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1956.
• (Under joint pseudonym Jordan Park) Sorority House, Lion Press (New York, NY), 1956.
• (Under joint pseudonym Jordan Park) The Man of Cold Raaes, Pyramid Publications (New York, NY), 1958.
• Wolfbane, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1959.
• The Wonder Effect (short stories), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1962, revised edition published as Critical Mass, Bantam (New York, NY), 1977.
• Before the Universe and Other Stories: The Best of the Early Work of Science Fiction's Most Famous Team of Collaborators, Bantam (New York, NY), 1980.
• Venus, Inc., (includes The Space Merchants and The Merchants' War), Doubleday (New York, NY), 1985.
• Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth, Baen (New York, NY), 1987.

• Undersea Quest (also see below), Gnome Press (New York, NY), 1954.
• Undersea Fleet (also see below), Gnome Press (New York, NY), 1956.
• Undersea City (also see below), Gnome Press (New York, NY), 1958.
• The Reefs of Space (also see below), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1963.
• Starchild (also see below), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1965.
• Rogue Star (also see below), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1969.
• Farthest Star: The Saga of Cuckoo, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1975.
• The Starchild Trilogy: The Reefs of Space, Starchild, and Rogue Star, Doubleday, 1977.
• Wall around a Star, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1983.
• Land's End, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1988.
• The Singers of Time, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1991.
• The Undersea Trilogy (contains Undersea Quest, Undersea Fleet, and Undersea City), Baen (New York, NY), 1992.

• Beyond the End of Time, Permabooks (Garden City, NY), 1952.
• Star Science Fiction Stories, six volumes, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1953-1959.
• Shadow of Tomorrow, Permabooks (Garden City, NY), 1953.
• Star Short Novels, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1954.
• (And author of introduction) Assignment in Tomorrow: An Anthology, Hanover House (Garden City, NY), 1954.
• Star of Stars, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1960, published as Star Fourteen, Whiting & Wheaton (London, England), 1966.
• The Expert Dreamer, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1962.
• Time Waits for Winthrop and Four Other Short Novels from "Galaxy," Doubleday (New York, NY), 1962.
• The Best Science Fiction from "Worlds of If" Magazine, Galaxy Publishing, 1964.
• The Seventh Galaxy Reader, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1964.
• The Eighth Galaxy Reader, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1965, published as Final Encounter, Curtis Books (New York, NY), 1965.
• The If Reader of Science Fiction, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1966.
• The Ninth Galaxy Reader, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1966.
• The Tenth Galaxy Reader, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1967, published as Door to Anywhere, Curtis Books (New York, NY), 1967.
• The Second If Reader of Science Fiction, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1968.
• The Eleventh Galaxy Reader, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1969.
• Nightmare Age, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1970.
• Best Science Fiction for 1972, Ace Books (New York, NY), 1973.
• (With Carol Pohl) Jupiter, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1973.
• (With Carol Pohl) Science Fiction: The Great Years, Ace Books (New York, NY), Volume 1, 1973, Volume 2, 1976.
• The Science Fiction Roll of Honor: An Anthology of Fiction and Nonfiction by Guests of Honor at World Science Fiction Conventions, Random House (New York, NY), 1975.
• (And author of introduction) The Best of C.M. Kornbluth, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1976.
• (With Carol Pohl) Science Fiction Discoveries, Bantam (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Best of C.M. Kornbluth, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1976.
• (With Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander) Science Fiction of the Forties, Avon (New York, NY), 1978.
• (With Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander) Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction, Playboy Press (Chicago, IL), 1980.
• Nebula Winners Fourteen, Harper (New York, NY), 1980.
• (With Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander) The Great Science Fiction Series: Stories from the Best of the Series from 1944 to 1980, Harper (New York, NY), 1980.
• (With son, Frederik Pohl IV) Science Fiction: Studies in Film, Ace Books (New York, NY), 1981.
• Yesterday's Tomorrows: Favorite Stories from Forty Years As a Science Fiction Editor, Berkley (New York, NY), 1982.
• (With wife, Elizabeth Anne Hill) Tales from the Planet Earth, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1986.
• (With others) Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology, Bluejay Books, 1986.
• Asimov, Isaac, Our Angry Earth, Tor (New York, NY), 1991.
• The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1, Tor (New York, NY), 1999.
• The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2, Tor (New York, NY), 2000.
• The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3, Tor (New York, NY), 2001.