{"id":918,"date":"2010-10-03T10:05:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T14:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2010-10-03T10:05:05","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T14:05:05","slug":"hugo-gernsbacks-rocket-completes-its-flight-from-australia-to-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/03\/hugo-gernsbacks-rocket-completes-its-flight-from-australia-to-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Gernsback’s Rocket Completes its Flight from Australia to Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Frederik<\/a>\n<\/div>

Over at The Way the Future Blogs<\/em>, Frederik Pohl shows us<\/a> that his 2010 Hugo award for "Best Fan Writer" has touched down after its continent-spanning flight.<\/p>\n

Now if you’re familiar with his decades of professional work as a science fiction writer and editor you might be muttering "Fan Writer…?" to yourself and, believe me, I understand, but Pohl’s earned the award in at least one of two ways: first for his blog – whose name is a play on his retrospective book The Way the Future Was<\/em><\/a>\"\" – and second because he was one of the very first science fiction fans in the modern sense. Which, I think , means "in any sense".<\/p>\n

If you read the book<\/a>\"\" (which I recommend) you’ll find that fans then were exactly like fans are today; that in itself is interesting. You’ll also find that in spite of his influence as a writer he may have contributed even more to the genre when he was wearing his editor’s hat, or his agent’s hat. Or both. Though I don’t suggest he stacked them in the way your mind’s eye is seeing them right now.<\/p>\n

On a related note I’ve recently enjoyed a happily rambling interview<\/a> with Pohl and Jack Vance at the Starship Sofa<\/em> site. It’s probably more a conversation than an interview. And that’s probably why I liked it so well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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