“On this day I want to tell you about, which will be about a thousand years from now, there were a boy, a girl and a love story.” WantYearsStoriesGirlBoysThousandLove StoryThis DayThousand Years Book:The best of Frederik Pohl Source: The best of Frederik Pohl
“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.” ShouldStoriesAbleFictionScience FictionTrafficAutomobileJamTraffic JamGood ScienceFiction Stories Author:Frederik Pohl
“The future depicted in a good SF story ought to be in fact possible, or at least plausible. That means that the writer should be able to convince the reader (and himself) that the wonders he is describing really can come true... and that gets tricky when you take a good, hard look at the world around you.” WorldShouldLooksMeanHardFactsStoriesAbleWonderOughtReaderConvinceDescribingTrickyPlausible Author:Frederik Pohl
“In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it.” IfsStoriesMightTermFictionScience FictionMagazines Author:Frederik Pohl
