John Stewart Williamson

April 19, 1908 -

1976 Grand Master Award from Science Fiction Writers of America

Credited with first use of the term "genetic engineering" in Dragon's Island, 1951.

Novels

Williamson, Jack,
--The Girl from Mars, Stellar, New York, 1929. (with Miles J. Breuer)
--The Legion of Space, Fantasy Press, New York, 1947.
--Darker Than Yo Think, Fantasy Press, New York, 1948.
--The Humanoids, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1949. (aka And Searching Mind)
--One Against the Legion, Fantasy Press, New York, 1950.
--The Green Girl, Avon, New York, 1950.
--The Cometeers, Fantasy Press, New York, 1950.
--Dragon's Island, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1951. (aka The Non-Men)
--Seetee Shock, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1950. (as by Will Stewart)
--Seetee Ship, Gnome Press, New York, 1951. (as by Will Stewart)
--The Legend of Time, Fantasy Press, New York, 1952. (aka The Legion of TImes and After Worlds End)
--Dome Around America, Ace, New York, 1955.
--Star Bridge, Gnome Press, 1955. (with James E. Gunn)
--The Trial of Terra, Ace, New York, 1962.
--Golden Blood, Lancer Books, New York, 1964.
--The Reign of Wizardry, Lancer Books, New York, 1964.
--Bright New Universe, Ace, New York, 1967.
--Trapped in Space, Doubleday, New York, 1968.
--The Moon Children, Putnam, New York, 1972.
--The Power of Blackness, Berkley Publishing, New York, 1976.
--Brother to Demons, Brother to God, Bobbs-Merrill, New York, 1979.
--The Humanoid Touch, Holt, New York, 1980.
--Three from the Legion, Doubleday, New York, 1981. (includes: The Legion of Space, The Cometeers, and One Against the Legion.)
--The Birth of a New Republic: Jack Williamson - The Collector's Edition, P.D.A. Enterprises, New York, 1981. (with Miles J. Breuer)
--Manseed, Ballantine, New York, 1982.
--The Queen of the Legion, Pocket Books, New York, 1983.
--Lifeburst, Ballantine, New York, 1984.
--Firebird, Bluejay, New York, 1986.
--Mazeway, Ballantine, New York, 1990. ISBN: 0-345-34032-9
--Darker Than You Think, 2001.

Original Short Fiction

Williamson, Jack,
--Amazing
--Analog
--Astounding
--Astounding (as Will Stewart)
--Galaxy
--If (with Frederik POhl)
--SF Age
--Star Colonies
--Star Science Fiction Stories
--Startling Stories
--Weird Tales
--Worlds of Tomorrow

Collections of Short Fiction

Williamson, Jack,
--Lady in Danger, Utopian, New York, 1945.
--The Pandora Effect, Ace, New York, 1969.
--People Machines, Ace, New York, 1971.
--The Early Williamson, Doubleday, New York, 1975.
--Dreadful Sleep, Weinberg, Chicago, Illinois, 1977.
--The Best of Jack Williamson, Ballantine, New York, 1978.
--The Alien Intelligenece: Jack Williamson - The Collector's Edition, P.D.A. Enterprises, New York, 1980.

Sources of Biographical and Bibliographical Information

Williamson, Jack,
--Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction, Bluejay, New York, 1985. Hugo

Asimov, Isaac, Chapter 27. Jack Williamson, in I, Asimov, Doubleday, New York, 1994, 562 pp. ISBN: 0-385-41701-2 ($25.00 list)

Pohl, Frederik, Jack Williamson, in The SFWA Grand Masters Volume 1, TOR, New York, 1999. ISBN: 0-312-86881-2

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