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Author:Frederik Pohl
Title:The Way The Future Was
Subtitle:A Memoir
Publisher:  Del Rey
Country:USA
Date:Aug 1978
Format:Hardcover
Genre:Non-Fiction, Biography, Science Fiction
Total Editions:4
Rating:10.0  Rate
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A Del Rey Book
Published by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

1st edition: Aug 1978
©1978 Frederik Pohl
SBN 345-27714-7

cover art by Joseph Lombardero (credited on back flap of d-j)
320pp bound, in end-papers, between boards, in printed paper dust-jacket
cover price $8.95 (front flap of d-j)

autobiography of major sf author, major sf writers’ agent, major sf (& fantasy) sf magazine editor (galaxy, if, worlds of tomorrow, worlds of fantasy), major sf book editor (fairly briefly) and again major sf author - fitting World War II service into his busy life when the U.S. Army dictated his orders.

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ppint.
26th Jun 2021
 thanks, jimess
 

 
JimEss SUBS
26th Jun 2021
 Added covers.
 

 
ppint.
30th Aug 2018
 Rated 10/10
9-digit number in the isbn10 field: the sbn the dust-jacket of this book bears, is arithmetically compatible

highly entertaining account of the first half of his life by one of the movers and shakers of merkin, and hence also to a very considerable extent world, sf, especially during the 1950s, 60s & 70s, as fan, professional writer, member of the merkin armed services in ww2 in europe, literary agent, editor of a repeatedly hugo award-winning magazine "stable", editor of the sf line of a major book publishers, and always through this time a professional writer and fan.

and very highly recommended if you're interested in the worlds of sf, and also if you enjoy an excellently well-told entertainment.

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ppint.
4th Apr 2024
 granada publishing in (or just wm. collins sons; check°) granada imprint first printing, first uk p/b edition

cover art by ean taylor
cover price £2.50
320pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. index
four unnumbered pages b+w photograph section between pp. 167-168

° - wm. collins sons bought granada publishing from the granada group in 1983
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
2nd Apr 2024
 random house group ballantine books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by joseph lombadero (shared from the ballantine books h/cvr first edition)
cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.95 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia , table-of-contents (chapters) etc, photo section, end pp.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first paperback printing: may, 1979
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 

 
ppint.
2nd Apr 2024
 victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition

cover (d-j) art by terry oakes framing a photo of frederik pohl
cover (d-j) price £6.95
320pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters) etc, 16 (check) unnumbered pp. photographic section, etc, end pp. index, bound with endpapers between covered boards
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Other Editions

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Frederik Pohl - The Way The Future Was - Granada - Paperback - UK - 0586052119 (1983)
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Frederik Pohl - The Way The Future Was - Victor Gollancz - Hardcover - UK - 0575026723 (1979)
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Frederik Pohl - The Way The Future Was - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1979)

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