EDUCATION

EDUCATION
LACK OF EDUCATION
   The Futurians, a group of writers who grew up during the Depression, were mostly poor and few of them went to college. In fact, many SF writers have been self-educated.Frederik Pohl, who never attended college, enjoyed a career as both an editor and an authority on numerous subjects. In fact, he wrote the entry on the Roman Emperor Tiberius for the Encyclopedia Britannica.Jack Dann, as a young writer n the 1970s, appeared more impressive as an SF writer than as a potential student. He was turned down for Cornell's summer school program but ended up teaching there instead.Most publishing companies don't hire non-college graduates for their editorial positions. But Tor Books, one of SF's biggest publishers, has as one of its Senior Editors Patrick Nielsen Hayden, a high-school dropout.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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