I know the feeling, I loved the Winston science fiction library books, but it was Astounding Science Fiction that really got me hooked. Later came the pulps and digest magazines and he was hooked. The book begins with Pohl’s early interest in science fiction, beginning, as it did for so many, with a comic book. Once in my hands, I read it in a day or so, which is pretty quick for me, being a Slow Reader and all.
I was finally able to get it via inter-library loan. It wasn’t easy finding a (free) copy, as the local library had one in the catalog but they couldn’t locate it.
Then one day Steve Davidson posted something on his blog about SF (or sci-fi, or science fiction, take your pick) fandom and that led me to some other comments which led me back to this book. I used to stop by Fred Pohl’s blog every now and then, and he had the cover of this book up as a permanent header. The Way the Future Was by Frederik Pohl, © 1978, Ballantine hardcover, autobiography
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