---Neglected to mention it when this came in (Apr 1), but welcome word of a new publication from Haffner Press arrived (and has been duly ordered by me):
Greetings!
NEW RELEASE!
The latest release from Haffner Press, THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER, THE
COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME FIVE made its debut at the
30th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship on Thursday, March 2, 2006. We
now have the balance of the inventory on hand and the title is available
for immediate shipment!
Clocking in at over 540 pages, THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER is the latest
volume to collect the short fiction, in order of original publication of
Science Fiction Grand Master Jack Williamson. Previous volumes in the
series are:
THE METAL MAN AND OTHERS (Vol 1)
WOLVES OF DARKNESS (Vol 2)
WIZARD'S ISLE (Vol 3)
SPIDER ISLAND (Vol 4)
THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER includes twelve stories from 1938 to 1940, and a
foreword by author and popular culture expert Frank M. Robinson.
Included are two true rarities: two stories that originally appeared
under the pen-name Nils O. Sonderlund. These stories, originally
appearing in MARVEL TALES, were considered "too sexy" to appear under
Williamson's own name! An appendix reprints rare commentaries on this
volume's contents as they originally appeared in the pulp magazines. The
author provides an afterword commenting on the genesis of these stories,
and reflecting on the economic and cultural mood of the nation during
the early years of American Science Fiction.
Contents include:
"The Chivaree" (from the Portales Daily News)
"The Dead Spot" (from Marvel Science Stories)
"Nonstop to Mars" (from Argosy Weekly)
"The Crucible of Power" (from Astounding Stories)
"After World’s End" (from Marvel Science Stories)
"Passage to Saturn" (from Thrilling Wonder Stories)
"The Fortress of Utopia" (from Startling Stories)
"Star Bright" (from Argosy Weekly)
"As in the Beginning" (from Future Fiction)
"Hindsight" (from Astounding Stories)
"Mistress of Machine-Age Madness" (from Marvel Tales)
As with the previous volumes in THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK
WILLIAMSON, THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER is a smythe-sewn 6" x 9" hardcover and
typeset in a format designed to honor the Fantasy Press editions of
Williamson's first books from the 1940s & 50s. Full-color endpapers
reproduce the pulp magazine cover art for each story's first appearance.
THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER, THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME
FIVE
by Jack Williamson
544 page hardcover
ISBN: 1-893887-22-7
500-copy trade edition: $40.00 (U.S.)
ISBN: 1-893887-23-5
75-copy signed limited edition in slipcase $125.00 (U.S.)
---Anyone wanting this edition let me know and I will see what I can do (somewhat less discount than I can give for the trade edn, which is 20%).
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