Frederik Pohl: Goodness

Frederik Pohl was American science fiction writer and editor. Explore interesting quotes on goodness.

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“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.”

“Don Kayman was too good a scientist to confuse his hopes with observations. He would report what he found. But he knew what he wanted to find.”

Frederik Pohl book Man Plus

Source: Man Plus (1976), Chapter 14, “Missionary to Mars” (p. 190)

““You could rule the nation—and yet you don’t seem to go after that power.”
The mayor frowned. “Power, Mrs. O’Hare? You mean the chance to make laws and compel others to do what you want them to? Why, good heavens, Mrs. O’Hare, who in his right mind would want that?””

Servant of the People (p. 254)
Platinum Pohl (2005)

“Increase of population was always good news to us. More people, more sales. Decrease of IQ was always good news to us. Less brains, more sales.”

Frederik Pohl book The Space Merchants

Source: The Space Merchants (1953), Chapter 9 (p. 111)

“See, there’s a bit of a problem here. It’s true that editors are always begging for something new and different, but if you’re dumb enough to try to give it to them they don’t recognize it. When they ask for ‘different,’ what they mean is something right down the good old ‘different’ groove.”

Waiting for the Olympians (p. 272)
Platinum Pohl (2005)

“I don’t think you know what it’s like to have someone head over heels in love with you. What’s the good of a man who’s upside down?”

Frederik Pohl book Man Plus

Source: Man Plus (1976), Chapter 7, “Mortal Becoming Monster” (p. 81)

“She laughed out loud. It was a very nice laugh. No girl looks beautiful when she’s laughing hard, and girls who worry about looking beautiful don’t do it. Dorotha Keefer looked like a healthy, pretty girl having a good time, which when you come down to it is about the best way for a girl to look.”

The Merchants of Venus (p. 22)
Platinum Pohl (2005)