Fermi and Frost

"Fermi and Frost" is a science fiction short story by Frederik Pohl, first published in the January 1985 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1986. A brief story about how a nuclear winter might, or might not destroy humanity. It follows a refugee who escapes to Iceland where people might survive the nuclear winter for a while.

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Frederik Pohl

Frederik George Pohl, Jr. (born November 26, 1919) is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years. From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine if, winning the Hugo for if three years in a row. His writing also won...
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