Frederik Pohl

November 26 1919, in Brooklyn New York City Frederick George Pohl junior was born. What his parents did not know is the legendary author and editor they were raising. His career saw a critic using poems, teaching, magazine editor and a creative writer.

The best place to start is the Undersea Eden series, the earliest of Frederik Pohl's multi-book series: it opens with Undersea Quest (1954) and runs to 3 books across 1954–1958, ending with Undersea City (1958). Frederik Pohl's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Frederik Pohl has 331 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1951 and 2025. 193 of them belong to 14 named series — the largest being the Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy series with 82 books — and 138 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Frederik Pohl's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Space Merchants (1952–1981, 2 books), The Space Merchants (1952, 1 book) and Undersea Eden (1954–1958, 3 books), plus 8 more.

This guide splits Frederik Pohl's 331 books into 14 named series and 138 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy (82 books, 2005–2023); C.M. Kornbluth Collections (13 books, 1955–2010); Heechee Saga (5 books, 1977–1990); Starchild (3 books, 1963–1969); Eschaton Sequence (3 books, 1996–1999), plus 9 further series.