Continued from August 29th

"The general mood was summed up by fan
Debra Kay, who tweeted simply: 'R.I.P. Frederik Pohl.
Thanks for the stories.'" — The Guardian  today

Pohl reportedly died Monday. 
A synchronicity check:  Quoted here Monday—

IMAGE- Barry Mazur: 'A good story is an end in itself.'

See also this journal on August 5th, 2008—

Cover of 'The Last Theorem,' a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl