See, there's a bit of a problem here. It's true that editor… - Frederik Pohl

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See, there's a bit of a problem here. It's true that editors are always begging for something new and different, but if you're dumb enough to try to give it to them they don't recognize it. When they ask for 'different,' what they mean is something right down the good old 'different' groove.

Frederik Pohl

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Frederik George Pohl, Jr. (November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an award-winning science fiction writer and editor, with a career spanning over seventy-five years.

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Birth Name: Frederik George Pohl, Jr.

Alternative Names: Frederik Pohl II • Edson McCann • Jordan Park • Elton V. Andrews • Paul Fleur • Lee Gregor • Warren F. Howard • Scott Mariner • Ernst Mason • James McCreigh • Dirk Wilson • Donald Stacy

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