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THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON - Limited Edition
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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
$150.00

A truly special state of an incredible book (which missed a Hugo nomination by *two* votes)! The 75-copy slipcased edition of The Worlds of Jack Williamson is signed on two limitation sheets (decorated with specially commissioned artwork by Vincent Di Fate) by all living contributors:

• Frederik Pohl • James Gunn • Alfred D. Stewart, PhD • Alan C. Elms, PhD • Stephen Haffner • Vincent Di Fate

Contributor Vicky L. Medley signed the heading to her contribution, "Queens of Space," prior to her passing in 2008.

Also housed in the matching teal-green Brillianta cloth-covered slipcase are:

    • Opposites--React! A 150+ page chapbook collecting the never-reprinted two-part serial novel of "seetee" (aka antimatter) adventure, "Opposites--React!" (from Astounding Science-Fiction, Jan & Feb 1943) with an 18-page arc of Williamson's 1950s newspaper comic-strip BEYOND MARS; a 1988 esay by Williamson on antimatter, and an honest-to-god atom-smasher from Fermi Laboratories (and sf-ethusiast), William S. Higgins provides an introduction documenting the early use of antimatter in speculative fiction. This chapbook is also signed by Mr. Higgins.
   • The Man From Somewhere. This 2006 chapbook from Richard Hauptmann's Cacahuete Press reprints Williamson's novella from 2003. 200 copies were produced for sale. Now out-of-print, this chapbook, signed by Jack Williamson, is also included.

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 Assembled in this centennial tribute are several unpublished stories: “The Moon Bird,” “The Forbidden Window,” “The Golden Glass,” and a film treatment from 1957, “The Planets are Calling.”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 Than 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.”


Opposites—React!	Autographed plates	The Man From Somewhere	The Whole Shee-Bang

Hang out with HAFFNER PRESS in 2010 at these events . . .

HAMILTON / BRACKETT DAY 2010

Edmond Hamilton Day on July 18, 2009 was a great success (photos here) and the Kinsman Historical Society and Haffner Press are planning a bigger and better event for 2010.

Renamed Hamilton / Brackett Day, this year's event corrects last year's oversight, as we now celebrate the lives and works of both of our favorite writers.

Keep checking www.haffnerpress.com for details as well as the Hamilton / Brackett Day Facebook page here.

See you in Kinsman!

NOW SHIPPING!
THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, Vols. 1 & 2
&
THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, Vol. 1

Edmond Moore Hamilton (1904-1977) was one of the early pioneers of American science fiction. For fifty years his stories established and popularized many of the tropes in modern science fiction. Later this year, Haffner Press will launch the first salvo in a program authorized by the Estate of Edmond Hamilton to collect all the prose work of this neglected master. All of his science fiction, all the fantasy, all the mysteries--all the stories and novels (including the entire run of the "Captain Future" adventures) will be assembled in this multi-volume set.

• The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One
• The Star Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two
• The Collected Captain Future, Volume One: Captain Future and the Space Emperor

As with all Haffner Press titles, quality is of prime importance. Each volume of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON will be printed on acid-free archival-quality paper with smythe-sewn hardcover bindings using full-cloth covered boards. Full-color dust jackets will reproduce digitally restored covers from the original pulp magazines.

EARLY FEEDBACK:
• "I am finally able to hold in my hands a book that I have been begging some fan publisher to do for decades. Even better, it is just the first in a long series. Cannot tell you how thrilled I am."
--Dan Chow

• "Mr. Haffner,
I wanted to thank you for the hard work and effort you put into the first three Edmond Hamilton books. I received them yesterday and am way beyond happy. Thanks again and look forward to future volumes. Best Regards,"
--Geof Darrow

• "To Haffner Press,

Just a quick note to let you know that I received the three Edmond Hamilton books (Captain Future Vol 1 and The Complete Edmond Hamilton Vol 1 & 2) and I couldn't be more pleased. I've been a long time fan of Ed's work and have been anxiously waiting the release of these books for months. I love the quality and the attention to details that is being put in the project. Things like correspondence letters, readers comments, insightful introductions and reproductions of the pulp illustrations makes this truly special. The typeset is perfect and the book feel sturdy. Wonderful. You can count me in for the entire collection! Keep up the great work. Regards,"

      --Michel Gagné

• "I simply couldn't resist buying the first volume of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON partly because it's a great collection of stories, and partly because it's such a beautiful book. In this brave new world of "instant" trade paperbacks and publisher's editions that can barely be distinguished from book club editions it is a rare and welcome treat to see a carefully designed and wonderfully bound volume such as is the minimum standard with Haffner Press publications. The book is an absolute joy to hold in my hands. Once I had picked it up, I couldn't put it back down without wanting to own my own copy. Thank you Stephen Haffner for your obvious dedication to quality and excellence in book publishing. I am a dedicated fan of Haffner Press publications, and I deeply appreciate the chance to own such beautifully made editions of some of my favorite SF stories."
     --Curt Phillips

• "Dear Big Poobah,
The Hamilton books are magnificent!!!! I am deep into "Captain Future right now and Doris is reading Hamilton, book one. We know you work your ass off to bring us these wonderful pieces of Science Fiction's history. We appreciate what you do more than you will ever know. Did you ever stop to think of how much pleasure you bring folks like myself and my wife? I certainly hope so. My day is made better when I read your books. All the stresses of life just melt away in your pages. I thank all the powers that be for dedicated publishers like you (and there aren't too many) . This is how we relax and face our daily problems, by getting away from it all for a few hours and losing ourselves in these wonderful stories.
Doris and I value your publishing efforts more than any other books we have. You deliver mystery, adventure, great scariness (sometimes) and help us get through life by having quality entertainment for our leisure time. Thanks again for all you do. We love you man,
     --David and Doris Salley, Haffner press fans forever

HAFFNERPRESS.COM PROUDLY PRESENTS . . .

Edmond Hamilton’s

THE HIDDEN WORLD was originally published in the Fall 1929 issue of Science Wonder Quarterly (and is included in Haffner Press' The Star-Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol, the second volume of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON), and a "modernized" version was reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, Spring 1950.

HaffnerPress.com will serialize the 1950 version of this exciting adventure online with two new chapters posted each week.

Your adventure begins HERE as our hero, Arnold Vance, and three other scientists seek to outguess a baffling phenomena, and find themselves prisoners of an Earth within Earth! Facing inevitable doom, flesh-creatures set their plans for the destruction of mankind!*

*this is from the original magazine blurb -- I mean, really, who could make this stuff up?