Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:19:11 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fred Pohl blogs !
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

The fascinating thing about Pohl is that he - until recently - wrote =
*every*    day.  Usually longhand on yellow legal pad.  For, well, longer =
than WSFA has been around.

mjw

>>> <lees103 at verizon.net> 1/21/2009 3:15 PM >>>
I particularly liked Pohl's comment in "The Way The Future Was" about
"The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the =
seat
of the chair."  -- Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at KeithLynch.net>; <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:26 AM
Subject: [WSFA] Fred Pohl blogs !

> http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/
>
> His first post - about collaborating with Sir Arthur C. Clarke - is a =
=
> combination of delight & bittersweet:
> http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/01/sir-arthur-and-i/
>
> Lastly, his memoir, The Way The Future Was, is a treasure.  Though long =
OP
> =
> (published 1978), used copies are easy to get, both pb
> (http://www.amazon.com/Way-Future-Was-Frederik-Pohl/dp/0345260597)
> & hardcover
> (http://www.amazon.com/Way-Future-Was-Memoir/dp/0345277147/ ).  Many for =
a
> =
> paltry penny, plus $3.99 shipping.  You can't go wrong.
>
> mjw
>