Frederik Pohl

The Boy Who Would Live Forever
SFWA Grand Master Pohl's latest is a pure delight, miraculously combining wry adventure and compassionate satire. Since it began with the novel GATEWAY (1977), Pohl's Heechee series has been among the most consistently daring of SF's continuing enterprises, and this first book in 15 years does its best to wake readers up. Pohl's characters have a lot to think about, too. As humans spread through space–allying themselves with the alien Heechee and realizing that they now have the option of having their personalities preserved forever electronically in the company of dazzlingly accomplished AIs–they must decide what to keep and what to give up. A young man and woman begin, tentatively and convincingly, to explore the possibilities of their relationship in this complicated universe. At the same time, though, selfish and super-rich Wan Enrique Santos-Smith refuses to surrender any of his childish anger and sets out to take revenge on all the adults who've frustrated his desires. Pohl flips nimbly from character to character, star to star, inside and outside the black hole where the Heechee and many humans are learning to live maturely together. Surprises abound, but readers will feel that they could have seen them coming if they'd been a little more ready to trust their imaginations. Pohl believes we can learn to live with extraordinary challenges; his tempered, hard-won faith in humanity makes this book especially satisfying. –PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)

The Other End of Time
Signals are received: a crude depiction of creatures pantomiming the destruction of the universe. Soon after, scientists note unusual radiation from an abandoned Earth-orbital observatory. When investigators board the observatory, they are taken prisoner. An unsuspecting Earth has just become part of a vast interstellar war.

Jem
The discovery of another habitable world might [… save] the … power blocs of the resource-starved 21st century; but … arriving on Jem … they … export their rivalries. Subtitled, with savage irony, "The Making of a Utopia," Jem is one of Frederik Pohl's most powerful novels.

Man Plus
Man Plus, winner of the Nebula Award, is the story of how a man undergoes a physical transformation in order to adapt to life on Mars. His cyborg makeover leads him to question the nature of humanity. First published in 1976, it remains relevant in today's ever-changing technological world.