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The Crucible of
Power,
The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson,
Volume Five
Jack
Williamson
Foreword by Frank M.
Robinson
Cover art by Hubert Rogers
ISBN-10
1893887227
ISBN-13 9781893887220
OUT OF
PRINT
592 pages Hardcover
Description
The
fifth volume of a project to collect, in order of original
publication, the short fiction of Science Fiction Grand Master Jack
Williamson. Volume Five includes twelve stories from 1938 to 1940, and
a foreword by author and popular culture expert Frank M. Robinson.
Included are two true rarities: two stories that originally appeared
under the pen-name Nils O. Sonderlund. These stories, originally
appearing in MARVEL TALES, were considered "too sexy" to appear under
Williamson's own name! An appendix reprints rare commentaries on this
volume's contents as they originally appeared in the pulp magazines .
The author provides an afterword commenting on the genesis of these
stories, and reflecting on the economic and cultural mood of the nation
during the early years of American Science Fiction. Contents include:
"The Chivaree" (from the Portales Daily News) "The Dead Spot" (from
Marvel Science Stories) "Nonstop to Mars" (from Argosy Weekly) "The
Crucible of Power" (from Astounding Stories) "After World’s End" (from
Marvel Science Stories) "Passage to Saturn" (from Thrilling Wonder
Stories) "The Fortress of Utopia" (from Startling Stories) "Star
Bright" (from Argosy Weekly) "As in the Beginning" (from Future
Fiction) "Hindsight" (from Astounding Stories) "Mistress of Machine-Age
Madness" (from Marvel Tales) As with the previous volumes in THE
COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER is a
smythe-sewn 6" x 9" hardcover bound in a custom-dyed cloth, and typeset
in a format designed in honor of the Fantasy Press editions of
Williamson's first books from the 1940s & 50s. Full-color endpapers
reproduce the pulp magazine cover art for each story's first
appearance.
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Table of Contents
"Foreword"
by Frank M. Robinson
"The Chivaree" (Portales Daily News, Sep 13, ’38)
"The Dead Spot" (Marvel Science
Stories, Nov ’38)
"Nonstop to Mars" (Argosy Weekly,
Feb 25 ’39)
"After World’s End" (Marvel Science
Stories, Feb ’39)
"The Crucible of Power" (Astounding
Science-Fiction, Feb ’39)
"Passage to Saturn" (Thrilling Wonder
Stories, Jun ’39)
"Star Bright" (Argosy Weekly,
Nov 25 ’39)
"The Fortress of Utopia" (Startling
Stories, Nov ’39)
"The Angel from Hell" (Marvel Tales,
Dec ’39)
"As In the Beginning" (Future,
Mar ’40)
"Hindsight" (Astounding
Science-Fiction, May ’40)
"Mistress of Machine-Age Madness" (Marvel
Tales, May ’40)
"Afterword" by Jack Williamson
Reviews
TBA
Excerpts
TBA
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