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Jack Williamson
1907-2006

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Jack Williamson (1907-2006) was one of the most important and influential figures in science fiction.  Born in 1907, he came to New Mexico with his family in a covered wagon in 1915. His first science fiction story appeared in a professional magazine in 1928, and he kept writing new novels and stories through 2005 when his last novel THE STONEHENGE GATE was published.  His updated autobiography WONDER'S CHILD is available. 

Jack Williamson coined many words that became staples in science fiction and in the world at large: genetic engineering, terraforming, psionics, spaceport, prime directive, ion drive, Tellurian, neutronium.   He is the only writer to receive both SFWA's Grand Master Award and the Horror Writer of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. The University of Eastern New Mexico, where he taught for many years, has a Jack Williamson library wing.

Titles

THE EARLY WILLIAMSON

THE HUMANOIDS

THE HUMANOID TOUCH

FIRECHILD

WONDER'S CHILD: MY LIFE IN SCIENCE FICTION

BRIGHT NEW UNIVERSE

DARKER THAN YOU THINK

DRAGON'S ISLAND

PEOPLE MACHINES

THE LEGION OF TIME

QUEEN OF THE LEGION

THE LEGION OF SPACE

THE COMETEERS

ONE AGAINST THE LEGION

BEACHHEAD

THE BEST OF JACK WILLIAMSON

SEETEE SHIP

SEETEE SHOCK

MANSEED

LIFEBURST

MAZEWAY

GOLDEN BLOOD

THE PANDORA EFFECT

THE TRIAL OF TERRA

THE REIGN OF WIZARDRY

THE POWER OF BLACKNESS

DEMON MOON

THE MOON CHILDREN

BROTHER TO DEMONS, BROTHER TO GODS

THE WILLIAMSON EFFECT: ORIGINAL STORIES IN TRIBUTE TO GRAND MASTER JACK WILLIAMSON

THE BLACK SUN

THE SILICON DAGGER

The Undersea Trilogy
(written with Frederick Pohl)

          UNDERSEA FLEET

          UNDERSEA QUEST

          UNDERSEA CITY

The Starchild Trilogy
(written with Frederick Pohl)

 

The Saga of Cuckoo Series
(written with Frederick Pohl)

          THE FARTHEST STAR

          WALL AROUND A STAR 

 

TERRAFORMING EARTH

THE METAL MAN: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME ONE

WOLVES OF DARKNESS: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME TWO

WIZARD’S ISLE: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME THREE

SPIDER ISLAND: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME FOUR

THE STONEHENGE GATE

Awards

  • SFWA Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement HWA 

  • Award for Lifetime Achivement John W. Campbell Memorial

  • Award, Best Novel, TERRAFORMING EARTH, 2001 Nebula 

  • Award, Best Novella, "The Ultimate Earth," 2001 Hugo 

  • Award, Best Novella, "The Ultimate Earth," 2001

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