The Way the Future Was: A Memoir
by Frederik Pohl
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0345277147
- ISBN 13
- 9780345277145
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Del Rey, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 312 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Frederick Pohl (1919-2013) was one of the acknowledged masters of science fiction. In addition to being an award-winning author, he was an early whiz-kid editor, pioneering anthologist, and aggressive literary agent. In this autobiographical account, Pohl relates things like: what Isaac Asimov was at age 19; the truth behind the great World SF Convention War of 1939; how as a teenager he became a mover and shaker in the pulp magazine world (where authors often made 1/2 to 3-cents per word); the strange mating rites of the SF community; how to represent most of the best writers and still go broke.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E25717
- Title
- The Way the Future Was: A Memoir
- Author
- Frederik Pohl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0345277147
- ISBN 13
- 9780345277145
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- frederik pohl, science fiction, writing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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