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- Author: Jack Williamson
Author Record # 256
- Legal Name: Williamson, John Stewart
- Birthplace: Bisbee, Arizona Territory, USA
- Birthdate: 29 April 1908
- Deathdate: 10 November 2006
- Language: English
- Webpages: Encyclopedia of Fantasy, IMDB, Library of Congress, SF Site, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
- Used These Alternate Names:
Hector Parl, Nils O. Sonderlund, Will Stewart, , Džek Vilijemson, John S. Williamson, J. Williamson,
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Note: Born in Arizona Territory in 1908, he arrived in New Mexico in a covered wagon in 1915. His first story was published in 1928 and he was one of the most popular SF writers of the 1930's. He received a Ph.D. in 1950's and was an English professor at Eastern New Mexico University for many years. Over the years he wrote 52 novels and over 100 shorter stories. See his autobiography, Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction, for more details.
- Author Tags:
science fiction (40), NESFA Core Reading List (8), interstellar travel (7), mars (6), Disintegrator (5), fantasy (5), Librivox (5), robots (4), werewolf (4), horror (4), antigravity (4), space opera (3), interplanetary travel (3), aliens (3), kidnapping (3), moon (3), alien invasion (3), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (3), dystopia (3), lost race (3) and 184 additional tags. View all tags for Jack Williamson
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