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Wolves of Darkness,
The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson,
Volume Two
Jack
Williamson
Foreword by Harlan
Ellison
Cover art by Wesso (H. W. Wessolowski)
ISBN-10
1893887049
ISBN-13 9781893887046
$32.00
560 pages Hardcover
OUT OF PRINT
Description
This second volume
continues the publishing program to collect the
stories of Science Fiction Grand Master Jack Williamson.
Drawn
from such classic pulp magazines as Astounding
Stories,
Wonder Stories,
and this
volume features ten tales, four never
published in book form, including novel-length adventure, Amazing
Stories,The
Stone
from the Green Star. Also included are
Williamson's letters and
contest
entries to the editors of the SF magainzes of the early 30's.
The
book is smythe-sewn, bound in full cloth, and printed on acid-neutral
paper, with full-color endpapers reproducing the original pulp magazine
cover art.
With a
foreword by noted writer Harlan Ellison, Wolves of Darkness
imparts the sense of wonder from the early years of
American Science Fiction and continues the documentation of
Williamson's unparalleled career.
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Table
of
Contents
"And Now, Ladies and
Gentlemen,
a Man Who Needs No Introduction” by Harlan Ellison
"The Lake of
Light" (Astounding
Stories
Apr ’31)
"Through the Purple
Cloud" (Wonder
Stories
May ’31)
"The Doom from Planet
4" (Astounding
Stories
Jul ’31)
"Twelve Hours to
Live!" (Wonder
Stories
Aug ’31)
"The Stone from the
Green Star" (Amazing
Stories
Oct ’31
& Nov '31)
"Wolves of
Darkness" (Strange
Tales
of Mystery and
Terror
Jan ’32)
"The Moon Era (Wonder Stories Feb ’32)
"The Pygmy
Planet" (Astounding Stories Feb ’32)
"Red Slag of Mars"
(w/Laurence Schwartzman) (Wonder
Stories
Quarterly
Spr ’32)
"The Lady of
Light" (Amazing
Stories
Sep ’32)
Afterword by Jack
Williamson
Appendix
"The Earth’s
Tail" (letter from Wonder Stories Jun ’31)
"Prize Winning
Letters
(contest entries from Wonder Stories Nov
’31)
"Jack Williamson to
His Own Defence" (letter from Amazing
Stories Jun
’32)
" 'Pygmy Planet'
Science" (letter from Astounding Stories
Nov ’32)
"Huge Skull Gazes
Weirdly from Ad Building Window" (New Mexico
Lobo Jan 13,
1933)
Reviews
TBA
Excerpts
TBA
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