Frederik Pohl is a highly respected figure in the world of American science fiction, with a career spanning over 70 years. He was born on November 26, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York City, and went on to become a prolific writer, editor, and fan of the genre. Pohl's career began in 1937 with the publication of his first poem, 'Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna'. Since then, he has written numerous fiction stories, articles, and essays, and has maintained his reputation as a leading voice in science fiction.
Pohl's writing and editing skills have earned him numerous accolades over the years. He won three Hugo Awards for his writing and three Nebula Awards. In 1993, he was named a Nebula Grand Master and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1998. From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine IF, winning the Hugo for IF three years in a row. His 1977 novel Gateway won four 'year's best novel' awards, including the Hugo, Locus, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Memorial Award. In 1979, he won a U.S. National Book Award in the one-year category Science Fiction for his novel Jem.
Pohl's career also involved collaborations with other science fiction writers, such as Cyril M. Kornbluth, Jack Williamson, Dirk Wylie, and Robert A.W. Lownes. He also acquired and edited novels for Bantam Books in the 1970s. Despite his many achievements, Pohl remained humble and approachable, maintaining a strong connection with his fans. He lived in the Chicagoland area until his death on September 2, 2013. Pohl's legacy continues to inspire and influence new generations of science fiction writers and fans.
Space Merchants Books
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Title
Year
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1
The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet (With: C.M. Kornbluth)
1952
2
The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet
1952
3
The Merchants' War
1981
Starchild Books (with Jack Williamson)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Reefs of Space
1963
2
Starchild
1965
3
Rogue Star
1969
Saga Of Cuckoo Books (with Jack Williamson)
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Title
Year
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1
Farthest Star
1975
2
Wall Around a Star
1983
Heechee Saga Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Gateway
1977
2
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
1980
3
Heechee Rendezvous
1984
4
The Annals of the Heechee
1987
5
The Boy Who Would Live Forever
1990
Heechee Collections
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Title
Year
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1
The Gateway Trip
1990
Eschaton Sequence Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Other End of Time
1996
2
The Siege of Eternity
1997
3
The Far Shore of Time
1999
Man Plus Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Man Plus
1976
2
Mars Plus ( By: Thomas T. Thomas)
1994
3
Mars Plus
1994
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Search the Sky
1954
2
Search the Sky (With: C.M. Kornbluth)
1954
3
Gladiator-at-Law
1955
4
Gladiator-at-Law (With: C.M. Kornbluth)
1955
5
A Town is Drowning
1955
6
A Town is Drowning (With: C.M. Kornbluth)
1955
7
Preferred Risk (With: Lester del Rey)
1955
8
Preferred Risk
1955
9
Presidential Year (With: C.M. Kornbluth)
1956
10
Presidential Year
1956
11
Slave Ship
1957
12
Wolfbane (With: C.M. Kornbluth)
1957
13
Wolfbane
1957
14
Drunkard's Walk
1960
15
A Plague of Pythons
1965
16
The Age of the Pussyfoot
1969
17
Jem
1979
18
The Cool War
1981
19
Starburst
1982
20
Syzygy
1982
21
The Years of the City
1984
22
Demon in the Skull
1984
23
Black Star Rising
1985
24
The Coming of the Quantum Cats
1986
25
Terror
1986
26
Chernobyl
1987
27
Land's End
1988
28
Land's End (With: Jack Williamson)
1988
29
Narabedla Ltd.
1988
30
The Day The Martians Came
1988
31
Homegoing
1989
32
The World at the End of Time
1990
33
Outnumbering the Dead
1990
34
The Singers of Time
1991
35
The Singers of Time (With: Jack Williamson)
1991
36
Mining the Oort
1992
37
Stopping at Slowyear
1992
38
The Voices of Heaven
1994
39
O Pioneer!
1997
40
The Last Theorem
2008
41
The Last Theorem (With: Arthur C. Clarke)
2008
42
All the Lives He Led
2011
43
Virtual Nightmare
2017
Short Stories/Novellas
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Year
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The Tunnel Under the World
1955
2
The Hated
1958
3
The Knights of Arthur
1958
4
Shaffery among the Immortals
1972
5
Fermi and Frost
1985
6
The Day of the Boomer Dukes
2011
7
Midas Plague
2020
Short Story Collections
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Year
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1
Alternating Currents
1956
2
The Case against Tomorrow
1956
3
Tomorrow Times Seven
1959
4
The Man Who Ate the World
1960
5
The Wonder Effect (With: C.M. Kornbluth)
1962
6
The Wonder Effect
1962
7
The Abominable Earthman
1963
8
Digits and Dastards
1966
9
Turn Left at Thursday
1969
10
Day Million
1970
11
The Gold at the Starbow's End
1972
12
The Best of Frederik Pohl
1975
13
The Early Pohl
1976
14
In the Problem Pit
1976
15
Survival Kit
1979
16
Planets Three
1982
17
BIPOHL
1982
18
Midas World
1983
19
Pohlstars
1984
20
Platinum Pohl
2000
21
The Hated and Other Stories
2010
22
Works of Frederik Pohl [Illustrated]
2010
23
The Works of Frederik Pohl
2012
24
Adventures in Time and Space
2015
Graphic Novels
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Merchants of Venus
1986
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Prince Henry Sinclair
1951
2
Practical Politics 1972
1971
3
The Viking settlements of North America
1972
4
The Way the Future Was
1978
5
Chasing Science
1980
6
Science Fiction Studies in Film
1981
7
Science Fiction Studies in Film (With: Frederik Pohl IV)
1981
8
The New Visions
1982
9
Galaxy Magazine: The Dark and the Light Years (By: David L. Rosheim)
1986
10
Our Angry Earth
1991
Best Science Fiction of the Year Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
1972
2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2
1973
3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
1974
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
1975
5
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5
1976
6
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6
1977
7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7
1978
8
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8
1979
9
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
1980
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
1981
11
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
1982
12
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
13
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
1984
14
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
1984
15
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
1986
16
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16
1987
C.M. Kornbluth Collections (with C.M. Kornbluth)
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Title
Year
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1
The Mindworm
1955
2
A Mile Beyond the Moon
1958
3
The Marching Morons
1959
4
The Wonder Effect
1962
5
The Explorers.
1963
6
Thirteen O'clock And Other Zero Hours
1970
7
The Best of C. M. Kornbluth
1976
8
Critical Mass
1977
9
Before the Universe
1980
10
Our Best
1987
11
His Share of Glory
1997
12
The Cosmic Expense Account
2009
13
Eight Worlds of C.M. Kornbluth
2010
Undersea Eden Books (with Jack Williamson)
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Title
Year
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1
Undersea Quest
1954
2
Undersea Fleet
1956
3
Undersea City
1958
Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
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Title
Year
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1
Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies
2007
2
Worlds Apart? Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias (By: Dunja M. Mohr)
2005
3
Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language
2007
4
Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films (By: Tony M. Vinci, Carl Silvio)
2007
5
Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction
2007
6
Tolkien and Shakespeare (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Janet Brennan Croft)
2007
7
Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction (By: Gary Westfahl)
2007
8
The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture
2007
9
The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture (By: Lincoln Geraghty)
2007
10
The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth
2007
11
Dreams and Nightmares: Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction
2008
12
The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Elizabeth A. Whittingham)
2007
13
Dreams and Nightmares (By: Mordecai Roshwald)
2008
14
H. Beam Piper: A Biography
2008
15
Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities
2009
16
H. Beam Piper (By: John F. Carr)
2008
17
The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination
2009
18
Science Fiction and the Two Cultures (By: George Edgar Slusser, Gary Westfahl)
2009
19
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction
2009
20
Stephen R. Donaldson and the Modern Epic Vision (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Christine Barkley)
2009
21
The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science (By: Neil Gaiman, Frank McConnell, Gary Westfahl, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III)
2009
22
The Twilight Mystique: Critical Essays on the Novels and Films
2010
23
The Inter-Galactic Playground (By: Farah Mendlesohn)
2009
24
Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy
2011
25
Portals of Power (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Lori M. Campbell)
2010
26
Of Bread, Blood and the Hunger Games: Critical Essays on the Suzanne Collins Trilogy
2012
27
Illuminating Torchwood (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Andrew Ireland)
2010
28
Comics as a Nexus of Cultures (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Jochen Ecke, Mark Berninger, Gideon Haberkorn)
2010
29
Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy
2013
30
The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Bruce Shaw)
2010
31
The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction
2013
32
Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature
2014
33
The Twilight Mystique (By: Donald E. Palumbo, Amy M. Clarke, Marijane Osborn)
2010
34
The Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Bradford Lyau)
2010
35
Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works
2014
36
An Asimov Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries
2016
37
Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future (By: Gary Westfahl, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Wong Kin Yuen, Amy Kit-sze Chan)
2011
38
Science Fiction and Futurism: Their Terms and Ideas
2017
39
Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film (By: unknown author)
2011
40
The Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock (By: Donald E. Morse, Kalman Matolcsy)
2011
41
Patricia A. McKillip and the Art of Fantasy World-Building
2017
42
British Science Fiction Film and Television (By: Derek Johnston, James Leggott, Rebecca Williams, Tobias Hochscherf)
2011
43
A Dune Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in Frank Herbert's Original Six Novels
2018
44
The Postnational Fantasy (By: Masood Ashraf Raja, Donald M. Hassler, Jason W. Ellis, Swaralipi Nandi)
2011
45
The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction: Charles Fort and the Evolution of the Genre
2020
46
Arab and Muslim Science Fiction: Critical Essays
2022
47
Cult Telefantasy Series (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Sue Short)
2011
48
Heinlein's Juvenile Novels (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III)
2011
49
Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture (By: Kristin Noone, Audrey Becker)
2011
50
Of Bread, Blood and the Hunger Games (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Mary F. Pharr, Leisa A. Clark)
2012
51
The Sex Is Out of This World (By: Michael G. Cornelius, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Sherry Ginn)
2012
52
I See You (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Ellen Grabiner)
2012
53
Orbiting Ray Bradbury's Mars (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Gloria McMillan)
2013
54
Girls Transforming (By: Sanna Lehtonen)
2013
55
The Worlds of Farscape (By: Sherry Ginn)
2013
56
Lois McMaster Bujold (By: Sylvia Kelso, Linda Wight, Amy H. Sturgis, Shannan Palma, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Regina Yung Lee, Sandra J. Lindow, Janet Brennan Croft, David D. Oberhelman, Virginia Bemis, Andrew Hallam, John Lennard)
2013
57
Doctor Who in Time and Space (By: Racheline Maltese, J.M. Frey, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Janet Brennan Croft, Gillian I. Leitch, Dunja M. Mohr)
2013
58
The Past That Might Have Been, the Future That May Come (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Lauren J. Lacey)
2013
59
The Heritage of Heinlein (With: Thomas D. Clareson, Joe Sanders, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III)
2013
60
Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Chris Brawley)
2014
61
Environments in Science Fiction (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Susan M. Bernardo)
2014
62
Discworld and the Disciplines (By: Anne Hiebert Alton)
2014
63
J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy
2014
64
The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films (By: Donald E. Palumbo)
2014
65
The Fantastic in Holocaust Literature and Film (By: John Edgar Browning, Judith B. Kerman)
2015
66
Michael Moorcock (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Mark Scroggins)
2015
67
Star Wars in the Public Square (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Derek R. Sweet)
2016
68
An Asimov Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries (By: Donald E. Palumbo)
2016
69
An Asimov Companion (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III)
2016
70
The Science Fiction Mythmakers (By: Jennifer Simkins)
2016
71
The Last Midnight (By: Mary F. Pharr, Leisa A. Clark, Amanda Firestone)
2016
72
Gender and the Quest in British Science Fiction Television (By: Tom Powers)
2016
73
Saving the World Through Science Fiction ( By: Michael R. Page)
2017
74
Science Fiction and Futurism (By: Ace G. Pilkington)
2017
75
Wells Meets Deleuze (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Michael Starr)
2017
76
Patricia A. McKillip and the Art of Fantasy World-Building (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Audrey Isabel Taylor)
2017
77
Science Fiction in Classic Rock (By: Robert McParland)
2017
78
A Dune Companion (By: Donald E. Palumbo)
2018
79
The Fabulous Journeys of Alice and Pinocchio (By: Donald E. Palumbo, Peter Hunt, Laura Tosi)
2018
80
Fantasy Literature and Christianity
2018
81
The Archive Incarnate (By: Joseph Hurtgen)
2018
82
The British Comic Book Invasion (By: Jochen Ecke)
2018
83
Hailing frequencies open: Communication in Star Trek (By: Thomas D. Parham)
2019
84
Women's Space (By: Melanie A Marotta)
2019
85
The Global Vampire (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Cait Coker)
2020
86
Philip K. Dick: Essays of the Here and Now (By: David Sandner, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III)
2020
87
Caitlín R. Kiernan: A Critical Study of Her Dark Fiction (By: James Goho, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III)
2020
88
The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction (By: Tanner F. Boyle)
2020
89
Michael Bishop and the Persistence of Wonder (By: Joe Sanders, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III)
2021
90
In Frankenstein's Wake (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Alison Bedford)
2021
91
The Truths of Monsters (By: Ildikó Limpár)
2021
92
The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien (By: Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Jyrki Korpua)
2021
93
English Magic and Imperial Madness (By: Peter D. Mathews)
2021
94
Speculative Modernism (By: William Gillard, James Reitter, Robert Stauffer)
2021
95
Arab and Muslim Science Fiction (By: Emad El-Din Aysha, Hosam A. Ibrahim Elzembely)
2022
96
The Self and Community in Star Trek (By: Susan M Bernardo)
2022
97
Magic Words, Magic Worlds (By: Matthew Oliver)
2022
98
Science, Technology and Magic in the Witcher (By: Donald E Palumbo, C W Sullivan III, Kristine Larsen)
2022
99
Nnedi Okorafor (By: Sandra J Lindow)
2022
100
Analyzing Adventure Time (By: Paul A. Thomas)
2023
The Space Merchants Books (with C.M. Kornbluth)
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Year
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1
The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet (With: C.M. Kornbluth)
1952
2
The Space Merchants / Gravy Planet
1952
The SFWA Grand Masters Books (with Alfred Bester, with L. Sprague de Camp)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The SFWA Grand Masters 2
2000
Frederik Pohl Anthologies
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1
1953
2
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2
1953
3
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 6
1953
4
Star Science Fiction Stories 3
1955
5
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4
1958
6
Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963
1963
7
Connoisseur's Science Fiction
1964
8
New Writings In SF-3
1964
9
The Seventh Galaxy Reader
1964
10
The Eighth Galaxy Reader
1965
11
Science Fiction Oddities
1966
12
Dangerous Visions
1967
13
Backdrop of Stars
1968
14
Worlds of If, February 1969
1969
15
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3
1970
16
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
1972
17
Orbit 11
1972
18
Alpha 3
1972
19
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5
1972
20
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series
1973
21
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2
1973
22
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader
1973
23
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
1974
24
Wondermakers 2
1974
25
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology
1974
26
Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium
1975
27
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
1975
28
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series
1976
29
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction
1980
30
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5
1976
31
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction
1980
32
Science Fiction Discoveries
1976
33
The Late Great Future
1976
34
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own
1983
35
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6
1977
36
Algol The Magazine About Science Fiction - Winter 1977 / 1978
1977
37
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!
1985
38
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7
1978
39
Perilous Planets
1978
40
Destinies: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact
1979
41
Galaxy Science Fiction, September-October 1979
1979
42
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
1980
43
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
44
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1989
1989
45
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
1981
46
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far
1981
47
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
1982
48
Isaac Asimov's Aliens
1991
49
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
50
Isaac Asimov's Robots
1991
51
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
1984
52
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
1984
53
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction
1985
54
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
1986
55
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite
1993
56
Tales from the Planet Earth
1986
57
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987
1987
58
Isaac Asimov's War
1993
59
The Monster Book of Monsters
1988
60
Mississippi Review 47 / 48
1988
61
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams
1994
62
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep
1995
63
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1988
1988
64
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories
1990
65
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts
1995
66
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
1992
67
Murasaki
1992
68
Isaac Asimov's Christmas
1997
69
Inside the Funhouse
1992
70
Isaac Asimov's Camelot
1998
71
Isaac Asimov's Detectives
1998
72
Invaders!
1993
73
Omni Visions Two
1994
74
The Necronomicon
1996
75
Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about The End of The World
1999
76
The Williamson Effect
1996
77
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves
1999
78
Far Horizons
1999
79
Bangs & Whimpers
1999
80
The SFWA Grand Masters 1
1999
81
Isaac Asimov's Solar System
1999
82
Armageddons
1999
83
The Furthest Horizon
2000
84
Isaac Asimov's Utopias
2000
85
American Body in Context
2001
86
Isaac Asimov's Father Day
2001
87
The SFWA Grand Masters 3
2001
88
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction
2002
89
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies