Publication: The Best of Jack Williamson

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Publication: The Best of Jack WilliamsonPublication Record # 223701
Author: Jack Williamson
Date: 1984-01-00
ISBN: 0-345-31343-7 [978-0-345-31343-0]
Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
Price:
$2.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: xiv+386
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Best of Jack Williamson (1978) • by Ralph McQuarrie
Notes: A Del Rey Book, Published by Ballantine Books. Manufactured in the United States of America. "First Edition: June 1978" "Second Printing: January 1984"; no number line. Cover art credited to McQuarrie on copyright page, the artwork is also signed. Copies sold in Canada had a publisher's sticker over the cover price with 'R.H.C.|$3.75|Price in Canada'; unknown if any copies were printed in Canada.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 948622639

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Collection Title: The Best of Jack Williamson • (1978) • collection by Jack Williamson

Contents (view Concise Listing)

ix • Jack Williamson: The Pathfinder • (1978) • essay by Frederik Pohl
1 • The Metal Man • (1928) • short story by Jack Williamson
14 • Dead Star Station • (1933) • novelette by Jack Williamson
38 • Nonstop to Mars • (1939) • novelette by Jack Williamson
74 • The Crucible of Power • (1939) • novelette by Jack Williamson
113 • Breakdown • (1942) • novelette by Jack Williamson
154 • With Folded Hands • [Humanoids] • (1948) • novelette by Jack Williamson (variant of With Folded Hands ... 1947)
206 • The Equalizer • (1947) • novella by Jack Williamson
273 • The Peddler's Nose • [Quarantine] • (1951) • short story by Jack Williamson
290 • The Happiest Creature • [Quarantine] • (1953) • short story by Jack Williamson
306 • The Cold Green Eye • (1953) • short story by Jack Williamson
316 • Operation Gravity • (1953) • short story by Jack Williamson (variant of Operation: Gravity)
333 • Guinevere for Everybody • (1955) • short story by Jack Williamson
351 • Jamboree • (1969) • short story by Jack Williamson
363 • The Highest Dive • (1976) • short story by Jack Williamson
376 • Afterword (The Best of Jack Williamson) • (1978) • essay by Jack Williamson

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