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John Stewart Williamson (1908-) who usually writes as Jack Williamson, is an American science fiction author who has been writing since the 1920s, and has continued to produce new books even as a nonagenarian.

Williamson coined the word *TERRAFORMING* in his 1949 novel, Seetee Shock.


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Gateway to Paradise, The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Six

By Jack Williamson

Haffner Press
Hardcover (570 pages)

Gateway to Paradise, The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Six
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Grand Master Jack Williamson passed away last year at the age of 98, but the ambitious program to collect his short fiction continues. Of the 10 tales in this collection (three of which are full-length novels!) over half have never been reprinted before. Featured is the first book appearance of the original novella-length version of "Darker Than You Think," and the magazine texts of "The Reign of Wizardry," and "Gateway to Paradise." Williamson's afterword has his recollections on the genesis of these tales and the pre-World War II science fiction field. Like previous volumes in this series, the full-color endpapers reproduce the original magazine covers (with artwork by pulp masters including Belarski, Cartier, Rogers and Scott) of the stories herein, and the binding is designed to match the 1940s editions of Williamson's works published by Fantasy Press. Several volumes in this series are already out of print, so make sure to reserve your copy to avoid disappointment.

The Humanoids: A Novel

By Jack Williamson

Orb Books
Paperback (288 pages)

The Humanoids: A Novel
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On the far planet Wing IV, a brilliant scientist creates the humanoids--sleek black androids programmed to serve humanity.But are they perfect servants--or perfect masters?Slowly the humanoids spread throughout the galaxy, threatening to stifle all human endeavor. Only a hidden group of rebels can stem the humanoid tide...if it's not already too late.Fist published in Astounding Science Fiction during the magazine's heyday, The Humanoids--sceince fiction grand master Jack Williamson's finest novel--has endured for fifty years as a classic on the theme of natural versus artificial life.Also included in this edition is the prelude novelette, "With Folded Hands," which was chosen for the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Darker Than You Think

By Jack Williamson

Orb Books
Paperback (288 pages)

Darker Than You Think
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Who is the child of the night? That's what small-town reported Will Barbee must find out. Inexorably drawn into investigating a rash of grisly deaths, he soon finds himself embroiled in something far beyond mortal understanding.

Doggedly pursuing his investigations, he meets the mysterious and seductive April Bell and starts having disturbing, tantalizing dreams in which he does terrible things--things that are stranger and wilder than his worst nightmares. then his friends being dying one by one and he slowly realizes that an unspeakable evil has been unleashed.

As Barbee's world crumbles around him in a dizzying blizzard of madness, the intoxicating, dangerous April pushes Barbee ever closer to the answer to the question "Who is the Child of Night?"

When Barbee finds out, he'll wish he'd never been born.

Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)

By Hugo Gernsback

Bison Books
Paperback (322 pages)

Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
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By the year 2660, science has transformed and conquered the world, rescuing humanity from itself. Spectacular inventions from the farthest reaches of space and deep beneath the earth are available to meet every need, providing antidotes to individual troubles and social ills. Inventors are highly prized and respected, and they are jealously protected and lavishly cared for by world governments. That support and acclaim, however—as the most brilliant of scientists, Ralph 124C 41+, discovers—is not without its price.

This visionary novel of the twenty-seventh century was written by Hugo Gernsback (1887–1964), founder of the influential magazine Amazing Stories. Marvelously prophetic and creative, Ralph 124C 41+ celebrates technological advances and entrances readers with an exuberant, unforgettable vision of what our world might become. This commemorative edition makes this landmark tale widely available for the first time in decades and features the prized Frank R. Paul illustrations from the rare first edition, a list of inventions and technological devices, and Hugo Gernsback's prefaces to the first and second editions.

The Stonehenge Gate

By Jack Williamson

Tor Science Fiction
Released: 2006-05-02
Mass Market Paperback (320 pages)

The Stonehenge Gate
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In a basement in New Mexico, four poker buddies and amateur adventurers who have discovered a dark mystery buried beneath the sands of the Sahara desert decide to do something about it.

In the deep Sahara, they find an ancient artifact that will change their lives and the world, forever… a gateway between planets that links Earth to distant worlds where they discover wonders and terrors beyond their wildest imagination.

Jack Williamson, the dean of science fiction writers, masterfully weaves an exciting tale that takes the friends to the far corners of the universe. While one leads an oppressed people towards freedom, another uncovers clues that could identify a long-dormant super-advanced civilization of immortal beings, and the key to the origin of life on Earth.

Terraforming Earth

By Jack Williamson

Tor Science Fiction
Mass Market Paperback (288 pages)

Terraforming Earth
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First Paperback, Contains the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning The Ultimate EarthWhen a giant meteor crashes into the earth and destroys all life, the small group of human survivors manage to leave the barren planet and establish a new home on the moon. From Tycho Base, men and woman are able to observe the devastated planet and wait for a time when return will become possible. Generations pass. Cloned children have had children of their own, and their eyes are raised toward the giant planet in the sky which long ago was the cradle of humanity. Finally, after millennia of waiting, the descendants of the original refugees travel back to a planet they've never known, to try and rebuild a civilization of which they've never been a part. The fate of the earth lies in the success of their return, but after so much time, the question is not whether they can rebuild an old destroyed home, but whether they can learn to inhabit an alien new world--Earth.

Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction

By Jack Williamson

Benbella Books
Paperback (336 pages)

Wonder s Child: My Life in Science Fiction
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Telling much more than the story of a single man's life and work, this autobiography is an amazing look at the entire 20th century from the eyes of one of the greatest voices in science fiction. This story of a man plagued with a perpetual sense of wonder at the world around him begins with Williamson's youth and his family's struggle to survive on farms in the arid southwestern United States. Early attempts at education, the publication of his first story, his service in the Pacific during World War II, and his eventual success in the genre of science fiction are all detailed to tell the life of this Hugo Award–winning author.

The Cosmic Express

By Jack Williamson

Optal eBooks
Kindle Edition

The Cosmic Express
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Great Sci Fi short story by Jack Williamson!

Seetee Ship

By Jack Williamson

Bart Books
Paperback (222 pages)

Seetee Ship
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Manseed

By Jack Williamson

Del Rey
Released: 1983-09-12
Hardcover (224 pages)
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