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THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON
A Centennial Tribute (1908-2008)
ISBN-13: 978-1-893887-29-9 Edited by Stephen Haffner
Foreword by Frederik Pohl
Introduction by James Gunn
Cover art by Vincent Di Fate
720 pages
Archival-quality smythe-sewn hardcover $40.00
Released on April 11th debut at
the 2008 Williamson Lectureship, The
Worlds of Jack
Williamson celebrates the 100th birthday of one of the Grand
Masters of science fiction. While Jack Williamson passed away in 2006
at the age of 98, his incredible body of work continues to be enjoyed
by legions of fans and admirers. Assembled in this centennial tribute
are several unpublished stories: “The Moon Bird,” “The Forbidden
Window,” “The Golden Glass,” and a film treatment from 1957, “The
Planets are Calling.”
Also included are several classics in the Williamson canon such as the
original novella-length version of Darker
Thank You Think; “Minus Sign,” an unreprinted “seetee” story of
anti-matter and terraforming; and a tale with the first use of
“psionics,” “The Man from Outside.” Contemporary stories include “The
Hole in the World,” “Afterlife,” and “The Luck of the Legion,” the last
Legion of Space adventure. Included are four essays from academics and
scholars who have studied
Williamson’s works, as well as Dr. Williamson’s 1957 Master’s
Thesis, “A Study of the Sense of Prophecy in Modern Science
Fiction.”
Fellow Grand Masters of science fiction Frederik Pohl and James Gunn
provide introductory remarks on reading, knowing, collaborating with,
and admiring Jack Williamson.
Contents
Academic Essays Alan C. Elms, PhD
• Darker Than He Thought:
The Psychoanalysis of Jack Williamson
Jack Williamson
• A Study of the Sense of
Prophecy in Modern Science Fiction
• Tricentennial Century
Alfred D. Stewart,
PhD
• Jack Williamson:
The Comedy of Cosmic Evolution
Vicky Medley
• Queens of Space:
Women in the work of Jack Williamson
Richard A. Hauptmann
• Collecting Jack Williamson:
Master of Wonder
Fiction Classic Stories
• Darker Than You Think (1940)
• Minus Sign (1942)
• The Man from Outside (1951)
Contemporary Stories
• The Humanoid Universe (1980)
• The Hole in the World (1997)
• Afterlife (2002)
• The Luck of the Legion (2002)
New Unpublished
Stories
• The Moon Bird (1929)
• The Forbidden Window (19??)
• The Golden Glass (1939)
• The Planets are Calling (1957)
• A Chrismas Carol (2000)
First Review
"...a massive handsomely made
book that is a centennial tribute to the writer Arthur C. Clarke put on
a level with both Asimov and Heinlein. The book is also a tribute to
science fiction and fantasy as well because by the he passed at age 98
in 2006 Williamson's history was the field's history. He did everything
from the Gernsbackian "scientifiction" of the Thirties to comic strips
to juveniles to adult novels that set standards for decades to
come...this book is a graduate course in the history of science
fiction.
And a great read as well." --Ed
Gorman, author of Fools Rush In,
and Sleeping
Dogs.
Artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
click to enlarge
image
Duotone Endpapers
Interior
Illustrations
Lorelei
of the Red Mist:
Planetary Romances
ISBN-13: 978-1-893887-24-4 Leigh Brackett
Foreword by Ray Bradbury
Introduction by Harry Turtledove
Illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas $40.00
Picking up
where Martian Quest: The
Early Brackett left off, this volume collects 12 more tales of
strange adventures on other worlds from the undisputed "Queen of Space
Opera." Drawn from Planet
Stories and Thrilling Wonder
Stories
pulp magazines, this tome revels in the 1946 titular collaboration with
Ray Bradbury--who also contributes an original poem about Leigh
Brackett as well as an essay about meeting & working with
Brackett. Harry Turtledove, the modern master of "alternate
history," provides the introduction and the book is adorned with Frank
Kelly Freas' vintage illustrations from the 1953 reprint of "Lorelei of
the Red Mist."
In a review of Martian Quest: The Early Brackett,
Paul di Filippo says "Plainly, Brackett was growing with every story
she wrote, not yet 30 years old
by the volume's end, with the best yet to come." Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances
is where some of that "best" can found.
Contents
The Blue
Behemoth
Thralls of the Endless Night
The Jewel of Bas
The Veil of Astellar
Terror Out of Space
The Vanishing Venusians
Lorelei
of the Red Mist (with Ray Bradbury)
The Moon That Vanished
The Beast-Jewel of Mars
Quest of the Starhope
The Lake of the Gone Forever
The Dancing Girl of Ganymede
So, in Brackett's own words: "The trailways of
space are before you, to blaze as you will...I’ll be looking for you
when I get back. Right now my little Fitts-Sothern is warming up in the
launching rack, ready to blast off for Venus. There’s a situation
developing there, up in the high plateaus north of the Sea of Morning
Opals. I’ve got to see what happens."
FORTHCOMING
GATEWAY TO PARADISE $40.00
Spring 2008
Contents
The Reign of Wizardry
The Sun-Maker
The Crystal of Death
The Star of Dreams
Darker Than You Think
The Girl in the Bottle
Racketeers in the Sky
Ashes of Iron
The Iron God
Gateway to Paradise
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
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.
Titles
by Edmond Hamilton & Leigh Brackett
$32.00 Vampire Master
$45.00 Stark
and
the Star Kings
$40.00 Martian Quest
$40.00 Lorelei of the Red Mist
THE
COLLECTED STORIES OF
JACK WILLIAMSON
N/A Metal Man and Others OUT OF PRINT
$32.00 Wolves of
Darkness
$35.00 Wizard's Isle
$35.00 Spider Island
$40.00 The
Crucible
of Power OUT OF PRINT
$40.00 Gateway to Paradise
TBD
Volume
Seven
FORTHCOMING
TBD
Volume
Eight
FORTHCOMING
MORE
TITLES BY JACK WILLIAMSON
In Memory of Wonder's Child: Jack Williamson
$15.00
Edited by Stephen Haffner
All
proceeds from the sale of this book
will be donated to the Jack
and Blanche
Williamson Scholarship Fund
A
112-page perfect-bound chapbook,
IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S CHILD
honors the career of Grand Master Jack Williamson with memorial
appreciations from friends, family and some of the most prominent
members of the science fiction field. Also included are
Williamson's 1939 pulp story "Nonstop to Mars," his
last work "The Mists of Time" from 2006, a facsimile reproduction of
his 1928 editorial "Scientifiction-Searchlight of Science," and pages
from his 1950s newspaper comic strip, Beyond
Mars.
Only 500 copies are being
produced. We have a small quantity of copies autographed by several
contributors (noted in bold)
and we
will fill orders with these signed copies as supply permits.
Kevin J.
Anderson
Greg Bear
David Brin
Charles N. Brown Patrice Caldwell
John Clute
Stephen R. Donaldson
James Frenkel
James Gunn
Joe Haldeman Stephen Haffner Rick Hauptmann
Elizabeth
Anne Hull
Bradford Lyau
Frederik Pohl
Mike Resnick Frank M. Robinson
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Robert Silverberg
Michael Swanwick Walter Jon Williams Betty Williamson Connie Willis
Seventy-Five:
The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer A
massive 600-page coffee-table book celebrating 75 years of great
storytelling. Includes 4 new stories, 4 classic tales, excerpts
from 11 novels with 200+
illustrations--including an 18-page arc from his 1950s comic strip, Beyond Mars!
SEE CURRENT SPECIALS!
The Queen of the Legion
Designed
to match the "Legion of Space" books from Fantasy Press, this is the
first title from Haffner Press. Less than 20 copies remain of the
300-copy
print-run. Cover & interior artwork by Glenn Barr. All copies signed by Jack
Williamson.
$75.00
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Now is the
best time to
acquire this celebration of Jack Williamson's 75th Anniversary. For a
limited time we are offering this title at $40.00 --that's 20% off the
$50.00 list price. Quantities at this price are limited, but if you've
been holding off getting this title, now is the perfect time--and if
you
already have your copy, consider giving one (or more!) as a gift!
Trade Hardcover $50.00 Now $40.00
SIGNED Edition This is edition is
bound in black Arrestox cloth and is signed by Jack Williamson,
Connie Wills (foreword) and the editors. Orders for this edition will
ship with prints of the images below:
$75.00 (NET to all)
Deluxe "P/C" Edition This is the edition
produced for the (SOLD OUT) numbered
75-copy edition signed by Jack Williamson, Connie Willis (foreword),
Sir Arthur C. Clarke (introduction) and the editors, bound in black
Arrestox cloth housed in a matching copper-foil stamped slipcase.
A limited quantity of this title is available without the
slipcase and the autographed limitation sheet is coded "P/C" $150.00 (NET to all)
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John Stark adventures
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"Sinharat" is out December and "Ginger" in Spring 2008
August 20, 2007 RICHARD
A. HAUPTMANN (1945
- 2007)
Rick Hauptmann,
author of the Hugo-nominated The
Works of Jack Williamson (1998) and co-editor of Seventy-Five:
The Diamond Anniversary of a
Science Fiction Pioneer (2004),
passed away August 20th after a
long illness.
The kindness,
generosity, and hospitality from Rick, and his late wife
Janet, to Haffner Press for nearly a decade has been invaluable.
Our sympathies to his friends and family.
Dr.
John Stewart
(Jack) Williamson, Grand Master and Dean
of Science Fiction writers, passed away peacefully in his home,
surrounded by
friends and family, at the age of 98. Our sympathies to the family and
friends of Dr. Williamson.
Dr.
John Stewart
(Jack) Williamson, 