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The Hated

by Frederik Pohl

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Frederik Pohl was an influential writer and editor. As an editor he won three Hugo awards for best professional magazine. As a writer he won four Hugo Awards and three Nebulas. Pohl was awarded the title of Grand Master by the Science fiction Writers of America and is a member of the Science Fiction Hall of fame. Collected here are a novel and five stories that helped Pohl carve his name onto the science fiction field. His stories are imaginative and powerful. Included here are 'Preferred Risk, ' 'The Day of the Boomer Dukes, ' 'The Tunnel Under The World, ' 'The Hated, ' 'Pythias, ' and 'The ...

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