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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

The Iron God/Tomorrow by Jack Williamson & E. C. Tubb--- see under The Iron God/Tomorrow, Gryphon Books, 1999.

The Man from Somewhere by Jack Williamson (Cacahuete Press, March 2005, no ISBN, $10.00, 27pp, ph, nv)     Novelette originally published in Asimov’s. This is a signed, limited edition of 300 copies.

The Metal Man and Others by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, May 1999, 1-893887-02-2, $32.00, xxii+539pp, hc, co)     Collection of nine stories and an essay, all dating from 1928-1931 and presented in chronological order, plus an appendix of letters and contest entries. There is a foreword by Hal Clement and an afterword by Williamson. Also available in a slipcased edition (-03-0, $100.00), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Volume one in “The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson”. xv · Jack Williamson, Speculator · Hal Clement · in 1 · Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science · Jack Williamson · ed Amazing Stories Quarterly Fall 1928 3 · The Metal Man · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories December 1928 15 · The Girl from Mars · Jack Williamson & Miles J. Breuer · nv Science Fiction Series #1, 1929 33 · The Alien Intelligence · Jack Williamson · na Science Wonder Stories July 1929 (+1) 101 · The Second Shell · Jack Williamson · nv Air Wonder Stories November 1929 129 · The Green Girl · Jack Williamson · n. Avon, 1950 227 · The Cosmic Express · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories November 1930 239 · The Birth of a New Republic · Jack Williamson & Miles J. Breuer · n. Amazing Stories Quarterly Winter 1931 427 · The Prince of Space · Jack Williamson · na Amazing Stories January 1931 499 · The Meteor Girl · Jack Williamson · ss Astounding Stories March 1931 521 · Afterword · Jack Williamson · aw 527 · Appendix 528 · Pictures in Color · Jack Williamson · lt Amazing Stories October 1927, as “[letter from Elida, NM]” 529 · Some Constructive Criticism · Jack Williamson · lt Amazing Stories October 1928, as “[letter from Elida, NM]” 531 · Why I Want a Remington Noiseless Portable Typewriter · Jack Williamson · ms (r) 532 · A Reader Who Wants Short Stories · Jack Williamson · lt Amazing Stories June 1929, as “[letter from Elida, NM]” 533 · Tremendous Contribution to Civilization · Jack Williamson · ms Science Wonder Stories June 1929 535 · The Amazing Work of Wells and Verne · Jack Williamson · lt Amazing Stories Quarterly Winter 1929, as “[letter from Canyon, TX]” 537 · Race Memory Has No Record of Death · Jack Williamson · ms Science Wonder Stories January 1930 539 · More Preferences · Jack Williamson · lt Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1930, as “[letter from Canyon, TX]”

Opposites—React! by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, April 2008, 150pp, tp, co)     Limited to 75 copies, signed by Higgins, distributed with the slipcased edition of The Worlds of Jack Williamson. Details taken from publisher website. · The Road to Seetee · William S. Higgins · in · Opposites—React! [Seetee] · Jack Williamson · n. Astounding Science-Fiction January 1943 (+1), as by Will Stewart · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News; illustrated by Lee Elias · Antimatter: Fiction Into Fact · Jack Williamson · ar MosCon X Program Book ed. Jon Gustafson, Moscow SF Conv. Inc., 1988

The Queen of the Legion by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, September 1998, no ISBN, $75.00, 362pp, hc, n., cover by Glenn Barr) [Legion of Space]     Reprint (Timescape 1983) SF novel, fourth and final in the “Legion of Space” series. This is the first hardcover edition, a signed, limited edition of 300, designed to look the same as the Fantasy Press editions of the earlier books.

Seventy-Five: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer by Jack Williamson (Haffner Press, August 2004, 1-893887-20-0, $50.00, 599pp, hc, co, cover by Chris Kalb) [edited by Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann]     Collection of 11 stories, three previously unpublished, four novel excerpts, and numerous non-fiction items. Color reproductions of the “Beyond Mars” comic strip (drawn by Lee Elias) and an illustrated chronology are included; black-and-white illustrations appear throughout. Foreword by Connie Willis. Introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. Also available in a slipcased edition (-21-9, $175.00), limited to 75 numbered copies signed by Williamson, Clarke, Willis, Haffner & Hauptmann. Possibly also available in a deluxe edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($2000.00). 14 · A Question of Time · Jack Williamson · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2000 15 · 75 Years of Wonder · Connie Willis · fw 19 · Introduction · Sir Arthur C. Clarke · in 23 · Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science · Jack Williamson · ed Amazing Stories Quarterly Fall 1928 25 · The Metal Man · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories December 1928 25 · As I Knew Hugo · Jack Williamson · ar 1970 39 · The Years of Wonder · Jack Williamson · ar Voices for the Future ed. Thomas D. Clareson, Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1976 39 · The Crystal Castle · Jack Williamson · nv 61 · The Polycrat · Jack Williamson · ar 1933 65 · The Prince of Space · Jack Williamson · ex Amazing Stories January 1931 71 · A Song of Pan · Jack Williamson · pm 1933 73 · Golden Blood · Jack Williamson · ex Weird Tales April 1933 (+5) 75 · World of Weird, 1931-1932 · Jack Williamson · ar World Fantasy Convention 1983 ed. Robert Weinberg, Weird Tales Ltd., 1983 105 · The Legion of Space [Legion of Space] · Jack Williamson · ex Astounding Stories April 1934 (+5) 123 · Introduction from The Legion at War · Jack Williamson · in 1988 147 · Edmond Hamilton: As I Knew Him · Jack Williamson · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #137, January 2000 [Ref. Edmond Hamilton] 147 · The Red Beak of Thoth · Edmond Hamilton & Jack Williamson · nv 156 · The Crimson World · Edmond Hamilton & Jack Williamson · ar 183 · The Legion of Time · Jack Williamson · ex Astounding Science-Fiction May 1938 (+2) 183 · Not The, But A · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed Astounding Science-Fiction May 1938 195 · “Future Trends in Fantasy” · Jack Williamson · ar Ad Astra July 1939 205 · Darker Than You Think [Darker Than You Think] · Jack Williamson · ex Unknown December 1940 216 · Collision Orbit [Seetee] · Jack Williamson · na Astounding Science-Fiction July 1942, as by Will Stewart; illustrated by Paul Orban 217 · The Life and Times of “SeeTee” Stewart · Jack Williamson · ar Algol #21, November 1973 235 · A Silent Collaborator · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ar 250 · Antimatter: Fiction Into Fact · Jack Williamson · ar MosCon X Program Book ed. Jon Gustafson, Moscow SF Conv. Inc., 1988 255 · Lee Elias · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · ar [Ref. Lee Elias] 257 · “Beyond Mars” · Jack Williamson · ex from Wonder’s Child, Bluejay, August 1984 277 · The Electron Flame · Jack Williamson · ex Wonder Stories Quarterly Fall 1932 279 · The Rajah McCarthy and the Jungle Tomato · Jack Williamson · ss 279 · War Diary · Jack Williamson · ex 287 · The Bomb, 1945 · Jack Williamson · ex from Wonder’s Child, Bluejay, August 1984 295 · With Folded Hands [Humanoids] · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1947 297 · Me & My Humanoids · Jack Williamson · ar 1977 World Science Fiction Convention Programme Book, 1977 320 · …And Searching Mind · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ar 331 · The Humanoids Are on the Air! · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · ar 332 · The Humanoid Touch · Jack Williamson · ex Phantasia, 1980 345 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News February 28 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 346 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News March 7 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 347 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News March 14 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 348 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News March 21 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 349 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News March 28 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 350 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News April 4 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 351 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News April 11 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 352 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News April 18 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 353 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News April 25 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 354 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News May 2 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 355 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News May 9 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 356 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News May 16 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 357 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News May 23 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 358 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News May 30 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 359 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News June 6 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 360 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News June 13 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 361 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News June 20 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 362 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News June 27 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 363 · A Jack Williamson Chronology · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · ar 364 · The Cover Copper · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · ar 370 · Beyond Mars · Jack Williamson · cs New York Sunday News August 29 1954; illustrated by Lee Elias 377 · The Happiest Creature [Quarantine] · Jack Williamson · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 379 · Dragon’s Island · Jack Williamson · ex Simon & Schuster, 1951 395 · Youth Against Space: Heinlein’s Juveniles Revisited · Jack Williamson · ar Algol Spring 1977 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 395 · The Limits of Progress: Cosmic · Jack Williamson · ex from H.G. Wells: Critic of Progress, Mirage, February 1973 422 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1969 423 · Plotting “Jamboree” · Jack Williamson · ar Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973 435 · Apocalypse · David Ketterer & Jack Williamson · ar Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology ed. Patricia S. Warrick, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Harper & Row, 1978 435 · The Next Century of Science Fiction · Jack Williamson · ar Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact February 1978 445 · Jack Williamson’s 10 Favourite Works of H. G. Wells · Jack Williamson · ms 1982 445 · Jack Williamson’s 10 Most Optimistic Futures · Jack Williamson · ms 1982 447 · People Machines: Hints for Design and Assembly · Jack Williamson · in People Machines by Jack Williamson, Ace, 1971, as “Author’s Introduction—with Hints for Design and Assembly” 447 · Space Opera · Jack Williamson · ar 1988 457 · R for Character · Jack Williamson · ar L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume X ed. Dave Wolverton, Bridge, 1994 463 · Previews of Hell · Jack Williamson · ss 463 · The Collaborations · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · ar 479 · The Logic of Fantasy · Jack Williamson · ar Of Worlds Beyond ed. Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Fantasy Press, 1947 479 · Demon Moon · Jack Williamson · ex Tor, May 1994 496 · Recall to Arms! · Jack Williamson · ar 1989 502 · The Critic as Conquistador · Jack Williamson · ar Extrapolation Winter 1984 510 · Read This · Jack Williamson · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #59, July 1993 515 · Jack Williamson’s Degrees, Honors and Awards · Richard A. Hauptmann · ex from The Work of Jack Williamson, NESFA Press, 1998 521 · The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · br [Ref. Richard A. Hauptmann] 523 · The Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · ar 524 · The Firefly Tree · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age May 1997; illustrated by Laurie Harden 525 · Jack Williamson Short Fiction Collections · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · ar 531 · The Ultimate Earth · Jack Williamson · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2000 536 · The Williamson Lectureship Series · Richard A. Hauptmann · ex from The Work of Jack Williamson, NESFA Press, 1998 541 · Recollections of Analog · Jack Williamson · ar Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 2000 552 · Back to the Classroom · Patrice Caldwell, Ph.D. · ar 562 · The Williamson Endowed Chair in Science and Humanities · Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann · ar 564 · Firechild · Jack Williamson · ex Bluejay, August 1986 581 · Terms Attributed To or Invented by Jack Williamson · Richard A. Hauptmann · ex from The Work of Jack Williamson, NESFA Press, 1998 584 · Of Time and Space · Jack Williamson · pm 1933 587 · Afterword · Jack Williamson · aw 587 · [letter from Elida, NM] · John S. Williamson · lt Amazing Stories October 1927 591 · Seetee Ship · Villiers Gerson · br 1951 [Ref. Will Stewart]