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Masques IV ed. J. N. Williamson (Maclay, October 1991, 0-940776-26-X, $19.95, 247pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 26 stories, one a reprint. A signed limited edition of 750 copies ($49.00) was announced. 7 · Introduction · J. N. Williamson · in 15 · The Pack · Chet Williamson · ss 29 · Children · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 41 · Sea Gulls · Gahan Wilson · ss 52 · The Coming of Night, The Passing of Day · Ed Gorman · ss 59 · Please Don’t Hurt Me · F. Paul Wilson · ss 66 · Splatter Me an Angel · James Kisner · ss 78 · Untitled Still Life with Infinity Perspective · Rex Miller · ss 97 · Pratfall · John Maclay · vi 101 · The Heart of Helen Day · Graham Masterton · ss 116 · Nothing but the Best · Brian McNaughton · vi 120 · Somewhere · Denise Dumars · pm 122 · Milestone’s Face · Gary Brandner · ss 132 · Julia’s Touch · David T. Connolly · vi 136 · Savages · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 150 · The Collapse of Civilization · Ray Russell · vi 154 · Animal Husbandry · Bruce Boston · ss 163 · Sounds · Kathryn Ptacek · ss 172 · Whispers of the Unrepentant · t. Winter-Damon · pm 175 · Obscene Phone Calls · John Coyne · ss 184 · The Children Never Lie · Cameron Nolan · ss 197 · The Other Woman · Lois Tilton · ss 203 · Love, Hate, and the Beautiful Junkyard Sea · Mort Castle · ss 214 · Sources of the Nile · Rick Hautala · ss 219 · Collaborationists · J. N. Williamson · ss 228 · My Private Memoirs of the Hoffer Stigmata Pandemic · Dan Simmons · ss 241 · The Secret · Steve Allen · vi Collier’s September 28 1956 247 · Afterword · John Maclay · aw

Masques V ed. J. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck (Gauntlet Press, June 2006, 1-887368-85-X, $55.00, 469pp, hc, oa, cover by Clive Barker)     Original anthology of 28 horror stories, the fifth and final in the series. Authors include Poppy Z. Brite, Richard Matheson, and Ray Bradbury. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Williamson and all contributors except Matheson, Bradbury, and the late Ray Russell; a lettered edition with draft versions of the stories by Bradbury and Richard Christian Matheson, a color frontispiece by Clive Barker, and signed by all except Ray Russell ($250.00) was announced. 13 · Concerns of the Mind and Soul (Redux) · J. N. Williamson · in 17 · Wandering the Borderlands · Poppy Z. Brite · ss 23 · Haircut · Richard Matheson · ss 31 · Recall · Ray Garton · ss 49 · Ghost in Autumn · Christopher Conlon · ss 65 · The Black Wench · Ray Russell · ss Playboy November 1985 91 · FYI · Mort Castle · ss 103 · Phantom of the Rainbow · Thomas Sullivan · ss 119 · Just a Little, Just Enough · Sharon Cullars · ss 127 · The Net · Jack Ketchum & P. D. Cacek · nv 159 · Disappearing Act · Barry Hoffman · ss 167 · Stirrings · Kealan Patrick Burke · ss 175 · The Sheets Were Clean and Dry · Lucy A. Snyder · ss 185 · Saintkiller · Joe Nassise · ss 201 · In a Hand or Face · Gary A. Braunbeck · nv 227 · Moths in Damp Grass · Tracy Knight · ss 245 · A Thousand Words · Judi Rohrig · ss 265 · Making Cabinets · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 277 · For Whom We Mourn · Geoff Cooper · ss 299 · Atomic Possums · George Ibarra · ss 309 · Mr. Handlebars · Mark Powers · ss 319 · In the Empty Country · Ron Horsley · nv 345 · Action Figures · John Maclay · ss 355 · How Sweet It Was · Tom Monteleone · ss 375 · Waters Dark and Deep · Tim Waggoner · ss 395 · Making Faces · Tom Piccirilli · ss 401 · King Charlie · William F. Nolan · ss 411 · Intent to Deceive · Ed Gorman · nv 447 · Outcry · J. N. Williamson · ss 463 · The Beautiful Shave · Ray Bradbury · ss Gallery March 1979 · Lettered Edition Only _ · The Beautiful Shave (First draft) · Ray Bradbury · ss _ · Making Cabinets (3 early drafts) · Richard Christian Matheson · ss

Masques V: Further Stories ed. J. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck (Gauntlet Press, June 2006, $10.00, ph, oa)     Chapbook given as a premium to those who purchased Masques V directly through Gauntlet Press. Limited to 552 numbered copies signed by three of the contributors; remaining copies subsequently offered for sale. 1 · In the House of the Hangman One Does Not Talk of Rope · Gary A. Braunbeck · uw Things Left Behind by Gary A. Braunbeck, Cemetery Dance, 1997 · A Piece of Him for Me · Barry Hoffman · ss 13 · Knock, Knock · Tim Waggoner · ss 19 · I’ll Call You · Mort Castle · ss

At the Human Limit by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, April 1, 2011, 978-1-893887-51-0, $40.00, xxi+587pp, hc, co, cover by Ralph McQuarrie)     Collection of 34 pieces from 1959-2008, presented in chronological order of original publication. There is a foreword by Connie Willis and an afterword by Williamson. Also available in a slipcased edition (-52-7, $150.00), limited to 75 numbered, signed, copies. Volume eight in “The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson”. xv · Jack Williamson: The Man Who Invented the Future · Connie Willis · fw 1 · Second Man to the Moon · Jack Williamson · nv Fantastic April 1959 21 · The Masked World · Jack Williamson · vi Worlds of Tomorrow October 1963 25 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1969 37 · The Highest Dive · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Monthly v3 #1, 1976 49 · Farside Station [Medea] · Jack Williamson · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November/December 1978 87 · …All Ye Who Enter Here · Jack Williamson · ss Stellar #6 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 105 · A Break for the Dinosaurs · Jack Williamson · ss Speculations ed. Isaac Asimov & Alice Laurance, Houghton Mifflin, 1982 113 · Space Family Smiths · Jack Williamson · vi JD Journal 1983 117 · At the Human Limit · Jack Williamson · ss The Planets ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam, 1985 133 · The Mental Man · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories November 1988 143 · The Birds’ Turn · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1992 157 · Venus Is Hell · Jack Williamson · ss Omni October 1992 173 · The Litlins · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1993 187 · The Fractal Man · Jack Williamson · ss VB Tech Journal July 1996 205 · The Firefly Tree · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age May 1997 211 · The Hole in the World · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1997 217 · The Purchase of Earth · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age July 1998 229 · The Story Roger Never Told · Jack Williamson · ss Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Eos, 1998 239 · The Pet Rocks Mystery · Jack Williamson · vi Alien Pets ed. Denise Little, DAW, 1998; given as “Pet Rocks Mystery” on the story itself. 249 · Miss Million · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories Winter 1999 259 · Eden Star · Jack Williamson · ss Star Colonies ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2000 273 · Nitrogen Plus · Jack Williamson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2001 287 · Afterlife · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2002 303 · The Planet of Youth · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2002 317 · Shakespeare & Co. · Jack Williamson · ss Shelf Life ed. Greg Ketter, DreamHaven Books, 2002 329 · The Man from Somewhere · Jack Williamson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2003 355 · Black Hole Station · Jack Williamson · ss Space Stations ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2004 369 · Devil’s Star · Jack Williamson · nv Visions of Liberty ed. Mark Tier & Martin H. Greenberg, Baen, 2004 389 · Dream of Earth · Jack Williamson · vi Amazing Stories November 2004 393 · The Half Men · Jack Williamson · ss Absolute Magnitude #21, Spring 2005 405 · The Cat That Loved Shakespeare · Jack Williamson · ss Chronicle July 2005 419 · Ghost Town · Jack Williamson · ss Weird Tales July 2005 431 · The Mists of Time · Jack Williamson · nv Millennium 3001 ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, DAW, 2006 449 · A Christmas Carol · Jack Williamson · ss The Worlds of Jack Williamson by Jack Williamson, Haffner Press, 2008 453 · Afterword · Jack Williamson · aw 466 · Modes of Science Fiction · Jack Williamson · ar Science-Fiction Times June 1968 468 · By the Way · Jack Williamson · ar Portales News-Tribune July 9 1969 470 · Science Fiction: Emerging from Its Exile in Limbo · Jack Williamson · ar Publishers Weekly July 5 1971 479 · H.G. Wells: The Man Who Discovered Tomorrow · Jack Williamson · ar The Saturday Review of Literature January 1 1972 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 488 · Plotting “Jamboree” · Jack Williamson · ar Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973 494 · Science Fiction: An Art of the Possible · Jack Williamson · ar Liberal Arts Review Fall 1974 512 · By Covered Wagon to Dry Farm Land · Jack Williamson · ar Roosevelt County History and Heritage ed. Jean M. Burroughs, Bishop Printing Company, 1975 517 · Edmond Hamilton: An Appreciation · Jack Williamson · ob Locus January 30 1977 [Ref. Edmond Hamilton] 519 · Anatomies of Egotism: A Reading of the Last Novels of H.G. Wells · Jack Williamson · br Journal of English and Germanic Philology October 1977 [Ref. H. G. Wells] 522 · Frederik Pohl · Jack Williamson · bg NorthAmeriCon Program Book 1979 1979 [Ref. Frederik Pohl] 524 · Beaming Thoughts Into Space · Jack Williamson · ar Science Digest Winter 1979 526 · SF in Yugoslavia · Jack Williamson · ar Locus January 1980 529 · The God Instinct · Jack Williamson · ar Science News Summer 1980 531 · The Scientist, the Humanist, and Us · Jack Williamson · ar Portales News-Tribune May 10 1981 536 · SF Abroad · Jack Williamson · ar The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America #78, May 1982 542 · SF and the Actual Future · Jack Williamson · ar Portales News-Tribune January 2 1983 548 · Gordon Greaves; A Journalist’s Journalist · Jack Williamson · ar New Mexico Magazine January 1986 [Ref. Gordon Greaves] 552 · Uranus Flyby · Jack Williamson · ar Locus March 1986 554 · How Not to Write a Novel · Jack Williamson · ar Starlog July 1988 559 · On the Flyby · Jack Williamson · ms Locus January 1990 560 · Author Dislikes Intolerance · Jack Williamson · lt Portales News-Tribune September 19 1993 561 · On Science Fiction in College · Jack Williamson · ar Science-Fiction Studies November 1996 564 · Welcome to the 21st Century · Jack Williamson · lt Portales News-Tribune January 2 2000 568 · The Evolution of the Martians [War of the Worlds] · Jack Williamson · ar War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H.G. Wells Classic ed. Glenn Yeffeth, BenBella Books, 2005 578 · King Kong: A Parable of Progress · Jack Williamson · ar Kong Unbound: The Cultural Impact, Pop Mythos, and Scientific Plausibility of a Cinematic Legend ed. Karen Haber, Simon & Schuster, 2005

The Cat That Loved Shakespeare by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, April 2008, 12pp, ph, ss)     Reprint short story, originally written by Williamson as his holiday contribution for his local writer’s group, distributed free to people who placed a paid pre-order for The Worlds of Jack Williamson. Details taken from publisher website.

The Crucible of Power by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, March 2006, 1-893887-22-7, $40.00, xviii+520pp, hc, co, cover by Rudolph Belarski)     Collection of 12 stories from 1938-40, in chronological order, plus five non-fiction pieces. There is a foreword by Frank M. Robinson and an afterword by Williamson. Also available in a slipcased edition (-23-5, $100.00), limited to 75 numbered, signed, copies. Volume five in “The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson”. xv · Here’s to a Great Grand Master · Frank M. Robinson · in 1 · Chivaree · Jack Williamson · ss The Portales Daily News September 13 1938 7 · The Dead Spot · Jack Williamson · nv Marvel Science Stories November 1938 29 · Nonstop to Mars · Jack Williamson · nv Argosy February 25 1939 63 · The Crucible of Power · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Science-Fiction February 1939 97 · After World’s End · Jack Williamson · na Marvel Science Stories February 1939 191 · Passage to Saturn · Jack Williamson · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1939 209 · The Fortress of Utopia · Jack Williamson · na Startling Stories November 1939 329 · Star Bright · Jack Williamson · nv Argosy November 25 1939 357 · The Angel from Hell · Jack Williamson · na Marvel Tales December 1939, as by Nils O. Sonderlund 431 · As in the Beginning · Jack Williamson · ss Future Fiction March 1940 437 · Hindsight · Jack Williamson · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1940 457 · Mistress of Machine-Age Madness · Jack Williamson · na Marvel Tales May 1940, as by Nils O. Sonderlund 507 · Afterword · Jack Williamson · aw 511 · Appendix 512 · As Williamson Sees Himself · Jack Williamson · bg Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1939 513 · Future Trends in Fantasy · Jack Williamson · ar Ad Astra July 1939 516 · The Folk-lore of Science · Jack Williamson · ar Tales of Wonder #8, Autumn 1939 518 · Vanguard of Science · Jack Williamson · ed Startling Stories September 1939 520 · A New World · Jack Williamson · is Startling Stories November 1939

Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson (Sphere, November 1976, 0-7221-9166-9, 75p, 238pp, pb, n.) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) horror novel. Volume 43 in the series. 5 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in

The Gateway to Paradise by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, August 2008, 978-1-893887-27-5, $40.00, xviii+569pp, hc, co, cover by Rudolph Belarski)     Collection of ten pieces from 1940-41, in chronological order, with an appendix of four non-fiction pieces; this includes The Reign of Wizardry (1964) and a novella version of Darker Than You Think. Foreword by Frederik Pohl; afterword by Williamson. Also available in a slipcased edition (-28-6, $125.00), limited to 75 numbered, signed, copies. Volume six in “The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson”. xv · Foreword · Frederik Pohl · fw 1 · The Reign of Wizardry · Jack Williamson · n. Lancer, 1964 135 · The Sun Maker · Jack Williamson · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1940 191 · Crystal of Death · Jack Williamson · ss Stardust August 1940 199 · The Girl in the Bottle · Jack Williamson · nv Super Science Stories September 1940 227 · Racketeers in the Sky · Jack Williamson · nv Argosy October 12 1940 259 · Ashes of Iron · Jack Williamson · ss Stardust November 1940 273 · Darker Than You Think [Darker Than You Think] · Jack Williamson · na Unknown December 1940 373 · The Star of Dreams · Jack Williamson · nv Comet March 1941 407 · The Iron God · Jack Williamson · nv Marvel Stories April 1941 445 · Gateway to Paradise · Jack Williamson · na Startling Stories July 1941 557 · Afterword · Jack Williamson · aw 564 · The Story Behind “The Sun Maker” · Jack Williamson · as Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1940 566 · After Many a Summer Dies the Swan · Jack Williamson · br Scienti-Snaps Summer 1940 [Ref. Aldous Huxley] 567 · Escape to Reality · Jack Williamson · ar Sun Spots v6 #2, 1942 569 · “World Without Water” · Jack Williamson · is Startling Stories July 1941