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Title: The Metal Man and Others, The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume One by Jack Williamson, Hal Clement ISBN: 1-893887-02-2 Publisher: Haffner Press Pub. Date: 10 July, 1999 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $32.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: If this is what you are looking for, you found it
Comment: These are definitely stories of more historical than literary interest. Jack Williamson is an amazing writer, but also an amazingly prolific writer, and let's face it, they can't all be gems. These were stories produced by the word for the pulps, and it shows. I will buy and read the other volumes in this beautifully produced series, but this one at least would make slow going for anyone not a dedicated fan of the author and/or the era.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sci-Fi they way they used to write it.
Comment: These stories are from 1928-1931 and appeared mostly in Amazing Stories magazine, an early "pulp" rag of which the only survivor is the still-available Weird Tales (Quarterly). Jack Williamson was in his early 20s when he wrote these, and the tales are full of the passion, excitement, wonder and naivete of a young man. These are "space operas" in the truest sense -- fantastic landscapes, shakey science, high adventure, and beautiful girls (who seem to always appear out of nowhere, for no reason other than to titilate; they often don't speak English, but they're eager to learn!). Not literature, but who cares. I found this book so entertaining, I bought the other two currently available.
I wish the original illustrations could have been included -- the covers of the original magazines are cleverly used to decorate the endpapers though. Also, the typesetting is not up to standard. ITC Garamond is not ideal for text setting (there are no true small caps, text figures or ligitures available, and the X-height is HUGE), and there are double spaces between sentences. I can forgive these shortcomings because they are not a serious impediment to the enjoyment of the material, and the stories are a real joy to read.
The titles of the stories on offer are: The Metal Man, The Girl from Mars, The Alien Intelligence, The Second Shell, The Green Girl, The Cosmic Express, The Birth of a New Republic, The Prince of Space, and The Meteor Girl.
The publisher, who is doing a real service by preserving these gems, says the series will total about seven volumes. I'm the first in line.
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Title: Wolves of Darkness, The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Two by Jack Williamson, Frnak R. Paul, Leo Morey, H. W. Wessolowski ISBN: 1893887049 Publisher: Haffner Press Pub. Date: 05 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Spider Island: The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Four by Jack Williamson ISBN: 1893887146 Publisher: Haffner Press Pub. Date: 22 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Wizard's Isle : The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Three by Jack Williamson ISBN: 1893887081 Publisher: Haffner Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2: Music of Many Spheres by Hal Clement, Mark L. Olson, Anthony R. Lewis ISBN: 1886778078 Publisher: NESFA Press Pub. Date: 18 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 by William Tenn, James A. Mann, Mary C. Tabasko ISBN: 1886778191 Publisher: NESFA Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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