“What a magnificent book! The quality of the fiction isn't news to me, of course, but I'm bowled over by all the accessory stuff wrapped around it. Sidebar: TERMS ATTRIBUTED TO OR INVENTED BY JACK WILLIAMSON Sidebar: THE WILLIAMSON ENDOWED CHAIR IN SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES

Sidebar: BACK TO THE CLASSROOM by Patrice Caldwell, Ph.D. Sidebar: THE WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP SERIES Sidebar: JACK WILLIAMSON SHORT FICTION COLLECTIONS Sidebar: THE JACK WILLIAMSON LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING Sidebar: THE WORK OF JACK WILLIAMSON: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide Sidebar: JACK WILLIAMSON’S DEGREES, HONORS, AND AWARDS 'People Machines: Hints for Design and Assembly' Sidebar: JACK WILLIAMSON’S 10 MOST OPTIMISTIC FUTURES Sidebar: JACK WILLIAMSON’S 10 FAVORITE WORKS OF H. Sidebar: APOCALYPSE (with David Ketterer) Sidebar: YOUTH AGAINST SPACE: HEINLEIN’S JUVENILES REVISITED Wells: Critic of Progress: The Limits of Progress: Cosmic Sidebar: Excerpt from “The Bomb, 1945” Chapter 21 of WONDER’S CHILD: MY LIFE IN SCIENCE FICTION 'The Rajah McCarthy and the Jungle Tomato' Sidebar: Excerpt from 'The Electron Flame' Sidebar: 'Beyond Mars'-excerpt from WONDER’S CHILD: MY LIFE IN SCIENCE FICTION Sidebar: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF “SEETEE” STEWART Sidebar: Excerpt from 'Darker Than You Think' 'The Red Beak of Thoth' (with Edmond Hamilton) Sidebar: Introduction from THE LEGION AT WAR Sidebar: Excerpt from 'The Prince of Space' Seventy-Five: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer also features a foreword by award-winning author Connie Willis and an introduction by a fellow pioneer, Sir Arthur C.

A full-color 32-page section features an illustrated timeline of the author’s career, and reprints a complete story arc from Jack Williamson and Lee Elias’ 1950s Sunday comic strip, Beyond Mars. Sidebars with essays, correspondence, and articles are decorated with over 300 book and magazine covers and interior illustrations. From “The Metal Man” in 1928 to his recent Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella “The Ultimate Earth,” inside are some of the best of Williamson’s stories, including excerpts of such classic novels as The Legion of Space, Golden Blood and The Legion of Time.Īlso included are several never-before-published gems such as a vintage 1930s tale “The Crystal Castle,” a collaboration with long-time friend Edmond Hamilton, and a story originally commissioned for Last Dangerous Visions, “Previews of Hell.”

A literary and visual feast, this 8.5″ x 11″ 603 page hardcover celebrates the first seventy-five years of Jack Williamson’s career in Science Fiction.

The Legion of Space by Jack Williamson