Order of Frederik Pohl Books
Frederik Pohl is an American author of science fiction whose work has spanned over 70 years. In 1993, he was named a Nebula Grand Master and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1998. He started out editing pulp magazines, writing stories for them that would appear under pen names. Frederick would frequently collaborate with Cyril M. Kornbluth, Jack Williamson, Dirk Wylie and Robert A.W. Lownes. Pohl also acquired and edited novels for Bantam Books in the 1970s. Frederik lives in the Chicagoland area.
Pohl’s first published work was the 1937 short story Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna. His first novels were published in 1954 – Undersea Quest and Search the Sky. He has remained active throughout all of these decades, up to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led. Below is a list of Frederik Pohl’s published works in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Space Merchants Books
| The Space Merchants | (1952) |    |
| The Merchants' War | (1981) | |
Publication Order of Starchild Books
(with Jack Williamson)
| The Reefs of Space | (1963) | |
| Starchild | (1965) | |
| Rogue Star | (1969) | |
Publication Order of Saga Of Cuckoo Books
(with Jack Williamson)
| Farthest Star | (1975) | |
| Wall Around a Star | (1983) | |
Publication Order of Heechee Saga Books
| Gateway | (1977) | |
| Beyond the Blue Event Horizon | (1980) | |
| Heechee Rendezvous | (1984) | |
| The Annals of the Heechee | (1987) | |
| The Boy Who Would Live Forever | (1990) | |
Publication Order of Heechee Collections
| The Gateway Trip | (1990) | |
Publication Order of Eschaton Sequence Books
| The Other End of Time | (1996) | |
| The Siege of Eternity | (1997) | |
| The Far Shore of Time | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Man Plus Books
| Man Plus | (1976) | |
| Mars Plus | (1994) | |
Publication Order of Star Science Fiction Books
(with Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Jack Vance, Richard Matheson, Philip K. Dick, Lester del Rey, Jack Williamson)
| Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 | (1953) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Search the Sky | (1954) | |
| Gladiator-at-Law | (1955) | |
| Preferred Risk | (1955) | |
| Presidential Year | (1956) | |
| Slave Ship | (1957) | |
| Wolfbane | (1957) | |
| Drunkard's Walk | (1960) | |
| A Plague of Pythons | (1965) | |
| The Age of the Pussyfoot | (1969) | |
| Jem | (1979) | |
| The Cool War | (1981) | |
| Starburst | (1982) | |
| Syzygy | (1982) | |
| The Years of the City | (1984) | |
| Demon in the Skull | (1984) | |
| Black Star Rising | (1985) | |
| The Coming of the Quantum Cats | (1986) | |
| Terror | (1986) | |
| Chernobyl | (1987) | |
| Land's End | (1988) | |
| Narabedla Ltd. | (1988) | |
| The Day The Martians Came | (1988) | |
| Homegoing | (1989) | |
| The World at the End of Time | (1990) | |
| Outnumbering the Dead | (1990) | |
| The Singers of Time | (1991) | |
| Mining the Oort | (1992) | |
| Stopping at Slowyear | (1992) | |
| The Voices of Heaven | (1994) | |
| O Pioneer! | (1997) | |
| The Last Theorem | (2008) | |
| All the Lives He Led | (2011) | |
| Virtual Nightmare | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Tunnel Under the World | (1955) | |
| The Hated | (1958) | |
| The Knights of Arthur | (1958) | |
| Fermi and Frost | (1985) | |
| The Day of the Boomer Dukes | (2011) | |
| Midas Plague | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Alternating Currents | (1956) | |
| The Case against Tomorrow | (1956) | |
| Tomorrow Times Seven | (1959) | |
| The Man Who Ate the World | (1960) | |
| The Wonder Effect | (1962) | |
| The Abominable Earthman | (1963) | |
| Digits and Dastards | (1966) | |
| Turn Left at Thursday | (1969) | |
| Day Million | (1970) | |
| The Gold at the Starbow's End | (1972) | |
| The Best of Frederik Pohl | (1975) | |
| In the Problem Pit | (1976) | |
| The Early Pohl | (1976) | |
| Survival Kit | (1979) | |
| Planets Three | (1982) | |
| BIPOHL | (1982) | |
| Midas World | (1983) | |
| Pohlstars | (1984) | |
| Platinum Pohl | (2000) | |
| The Hated and Other Stories | (2010) | |
| Works of Frederik Pohl[Illustrated] | (2010) | |
| The Works of Frederik Pohl | (2012) | |
| Adventures in Time and Space | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| The Merchants of Venus | (1986) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Prince Henry Sinclair | (1951) | |
| Practical Politics 1972 | (1971) | |
| The Viking settlements of North America | (1972) | |
| The Way the Future Was | (1978) | |
| Chasing Science | (1980) | |
| Science Fiction Studies in Film | (1981) | |
| The New Visions | (1982) | |
| Our Angry Earth | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Undersea Eden Books
(with Jack Williamson)
| Undersea Quest | (1954) | |
| Undersea Fleet | (1956) | |
| Undersea City | (1958) | |
Publication Order of SF Authors Choice Books
| SF Authors' Choice 2 | (1970) | |
| SF Authors' Choice 3 | (1973) | |
Publication Order of Call of Cthulhu Fiction Books
| Mysteries of the Worm | (1981) | |
| The Hastur Cycle | (1993) | |
| The Shub-Niggurath Cycle | (1994) | |
| The Azathoth Cycle | (1995) | |
| The Book of Iod | (1995) | |
| The Dunwich Cycle | (1995) | |
| The Necronomicon | (1996) | |
| The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab | (1996) | |
| The Cthulhu Cycle | (1996) | |
| The Nyarlathotep Cycle | (1997) | |
| The Xothic Legend Cycle | (1997) | |
| The Innsmouth Cycle | (1997) | |
| The Ithaqua Cycle | (1997) | |
| The Antarktos Cycle | (1999) | |
| The Yellow Sign & Other Stories | (2000) | |
| The Tsathoggua Cycle | (2003) | |
| The Complete Pegāna: All the Tales Pertaining to the Fabulous Realm of Pegāna | (2006) | |
| Tales Out of Innsmouth: New Stories of the Children of Dagon | (2008) | |
| The Yith Cycle | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
| Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction | (2007) | |
| The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture | (2007) | |
| H. Beam Piper: A Biography | (2008) | |
| Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities | (2009) | |
| The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination | (2009) | |
| The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction | (2009) | |
| Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy | (2011) | |
| Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy | (2011) | |
| The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction | (2013) | |
Publication Order of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books
| The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XIV | (2018) | |
| The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XII | (2018) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of The Year's Best Science Fiction Books
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection | (1988) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection | (1989) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection | (2001) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection | (2005) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection | (2006) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection | (2007) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection | (2008) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection | (2008) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection | (2009) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection | (2012) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection | (2015) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction | (2018) | |
| Anthology series.Numerous authors. | ||
Publication Order of The SFWA Grand Masters Books
(with Alfred Bester, L. Sprague de Camp)
| The SFWA Grand Masters 1 | (1999) | |
| The SFWA Grand Masters 2 | (2000) | |
| The SFWA Grand Masters 3 | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction | (1978) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction | (1979) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders | (1983) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1985) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | |
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | |
| Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Valentines | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Star Science Fiction Stories No. 1 | (1953) | |
| Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 | (1953) | |
| Star Science Fiction Stories 3 | (1955) | |
| Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963 | (1963) | |
| Connoisseur's Science Fiction | (1964) | |
| Science Fiction Oddities | (1966) | |
| Dangerous Visions | (1967) | |
| The Eighth Galaxy Reader | (1968) | |
| Backdrop of Stars | (1968) | |
| Worlds of If, February 1969 | (1969) | |
| The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series | (1973) | |
| Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader | (1973) | |
| Wondermakers 2 | (1974) | |
| Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology | (1974) | |
| Science Fiction Discoveries | (1976) | |
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 | (1983) | |
| The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction | (1985) | |
| Tales from the Planet Earth | (1986) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987 | (1987) | |
| The Monster Book of Monsters | (1988) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1988 | (1988) | |
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1989 | (1989) | |
| Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories | (1990) | |
| The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories | (1992) | |
| Murasaki | (1992) | |
| Inside the Funhouse | (1992) | |
| Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1994 | (1994) | |
| Far Horizons | (1999) | |
| The Furthest Horizon | (2000) | |
| The Best of the Best, Vol 2 | (2007) | |
| The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | (2010) | |
| Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, February 1955 | (2011) | |
| Lest Darkness Fall & Related Stories | (2011) | |
| The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack | (2014) | |
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Notes: The Space Merchants, Search the Sky, Gladiator-at-Law, Presidential Year, Wolfbane, The Wonder Effect, Before the Universe and Our Best were co-authored with C.M. Kornbluth. Mars Plus was co-authored with Thomas T. Thomas. The Last Theroem was co-authored with Arthur C. Clarke. The Future Quartet also contains contributions by Ben Bova, Jerry Pournelle and Charles Sheffield. Lest Darkness Fall & Related Stories also contains contributions from L. Sprague de Camp, David Drake and S.M. Stirling. Our Angry Earth was co-authored by Isaac Asimov.
The series Undersea Eden, Starchild and Saga of Cuckoo, plus the novels Land’s End and The Singers of Time were co-authored by Jack Williamson. Tales from Planet Earth was co-authored by Lino Aldani, Brian Aldiss, Karl-Michael Armer, Jon Bing, Andre Carneiro, A. Bertram Chandler, Ljuben Dilov, Tong Enzheng, Carlos Maria Federici, Harry Harrison, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Sam J. Lundwall, Josef Nesvadba, Spider Robinson, Tetsu Yano, Ye Yonglie and Janusz A. Zajdel.
A Plague of Pythons was also published under the title Demon in the Skull. Preferred Risk was originally published using the pen name Edson McCann.
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Future Quartet is not a collection. Since there are other authors published in the work, it is an anthology.
You’re right, but I started out putting them all under “collections,” and so as far as this site goes, “anthologies” are limited to the ones the author edited.