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With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind, The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Seven - Hardcover
Synopsis
The ambitious program to collect the short fiction of Grand Master Jack Williamson continues!
The 15 tales in this penultimate volume cover Williamson's entry into the US Army in 1942 through to his very successful effort to integrate into the post-WWII science fiction market.
Featured is the 1948 3-part serial ". . . And Searching Mind," which Williamson re-wrote into his most famous work, The Humanoids.
Other classics in this volume include the first "Humanoids" story, "With Folded Hands . . ."; "Breakdown," set in the same universe as his novel co-authored with James Gunn, Star Bridge; and his much-reprinted classic, "The Equalizer." Appearing in either book-form or hardcover for the first time are "Cold Front Coming," "Hocus-Pocus Universe," "The Hitch-Hiker's Package," and "You Can't Beat a Marine." Also included is Williamson's afterword with his recollections on the genesis of these tales and the World War II-era science fiction field.
As with previous volumes in this series, the full-color endpapers reproduce the original magazine covers (with artwork by pulp masters including Hubert Rogers, Earle K. Bergey and Frank R. Paul) of the stories herein, and the binding is designed to match the 1940s editions of Williamson's works published by Fantasy Press. 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 legendary author, editor, and long-time friend of Williamson (and fellow Science Fiction Grand Master), Robert Silverberg, With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind represents the changing state of mid-20th Century American Science Fiction and continues the documentation of Williamson's unparalleled career.
Table of Contents
"Foreword" by Robert Silverberg
"Backlash" (Astounding Science Fiction, Aug '41)
"Breakdown" (Astounding Science Fiction, Jan '42)
"Conscience, LTD." (Unknown, Aug '43)
"Cold Front Coming" (Blue Book, Jun '45)
"The Equalizer" (Astounding Science Fiction, Mar '47)
"With Folded Hands . . ." (Astounding Science Fiction, Jul '47)
". . . And Searching Mind" Astounding Science Fiction, Mar, Apr, May '48)
"The Moon and Mr. Wick" (Comet, Sum '50)
"The Cold Green Eye" (Fantastic, Mar/Apr '53)
"Hocus-Pocus Universe" (Science Stories, Oct '53)
"Operation Gravity" (Science Fiction Plus, Oct '53)
"The Hitch-Hiker's Package" (Fantastic Universe, May '54)
"Guinevere for Everybody" (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3, 1954)
"You Can't Beat a Marine" (El Portal, May '56)
"Beans" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov '58)
"Afterword" by Jack Williamson
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About the Author
Born in 1908 on a hard-scrabble dirt ranch, Jack Williamson is one of the true pioneers of science fiction. Since his first publication in Amazing Stories in 1928 he has written some of science fiction s acknowledged classics including The Humanoids, The Legion of Space, and Darker Than You Think. He has been credited with developing modern concepts of artificial intelligence, anti-matter, and genetic engineering. With time away from writing as an Army weather forecaster in World War II, and earning a Ph.D. in English literature at the age of fifty, he taught one of the first SF courses in a university curriculum. In 1976 he was named a Grandmaster by the Science Fiction Writers of America. His fifty-fourth novel, The Stonehenge Gate, was published in 2005. He passed away at age 98 on November 10, 2006.
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- PublisherHaffner Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1893887375
- ISBN 13 9781893887374
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages544
- EditorStephen Haffner
- IllustratorHubert Rogers, William Timmins, Earle K. Bergey, Hannes Bok, Frank R. Paul, Richard Powers
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WITH FOLDED HANDS . AND SEARCHING MIND: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME SEVEN .
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Hubert Rogers; William Timmins; Earle K. Bergey; Hannes Bok; Frank R. Paul; Richard Powers (illustrator). Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 trade copies. Collects fifteen stories, published in 1941 and 1958. An appendix collects seven short nonfiction items. Introduction by Robert Silverberg and afterword by Jack Williamson. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168339). Seller Inventory # 168339
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With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind, The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Seven
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hubert Rogers; William Timmins; Earle K. Bergey; Hannes Bok; Frank R. Paul; Richard Powers (illustrator). Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; hard cover and dust jacket both have tiny crimps at the spine heel and jacket bears two short, somewhat abraded scratches on the rear, otherwise excellent. Seller Inventory # 074714
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Hardback. Hubert Rogers; William Timmins; Earle K. Bergey; Hannes Bok; Frank R. Paul; Richard Powers (illustrator). fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper 1st trade edition. The 15 tales in this penultimate volume cover Williamson's entry into the US Army in 1942 through to his very successful effort to integrate into the post-WWII science fiction market. Seller Inventory # FY18.109
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