John Stewart Williamson, bekend als Jack Williamson, was een Amerikaanse auteur die vaak de "Dekaan van de Science Fiction" werd genoemd. Zijn werken duiken in de ingewikkelde relaties tussen de mensheid en technologische vooruitgang. Williamson verweeft meesterlijk wetenschappelijke concepten met diepe menselijke emoties en ethische dilemma's. Zijn invloed op het sciencefictiongenre is onmiskenbaar en heeft de koers ervan bepaald en generaties schrijvers geïnspireerd.
4 langere verhalen van beroemde SF-schrijvers:James Blish: Aardbewoner, kom thuis (Earthman, come home, 1953)Theodore Cogswell: Een zaak van techniek (The spectre general, 1952)Jack Williamson: Met de handen over elkaar (With folded hands, 1954)Frederik Pohl: De Midasplaag (The Midas plague, 1954)
De Ruimteriffen zijn een gebied voorbij Pluto waar kleine in de ruimte levende organismen waterstof fuseren tot zwaardere elementen. In de loop van miljoenen jaren ontstaan zo ware ruimteriffen analoog aan de aardse koraalriffen. Hierin leven talloze grote en kleine ruimte organismen. Deze ruimteriffen bieden een ideale schuilplaats aan vluchtelingen van de overbevolkte en autoritair geregeerde Aarde die wachten op betere tijden. Steven Ryeland is een belangrijke nieuwkomer, met kennis van een effectieve ruimteaandrijving die de mensheid toegang kan geven tot de sterren. Er is echter een dynamietring om zijn hals aangebracht toen hij in een aards gevangenenkamp vastzat. Zullen de bannelingen zijn ring op tijd kunnen verwijderen voordat deze ontploft?
For thousands of years the shape changers have lived secretly among humans, poising themselves for attack. At the center of the cataclysm is Will Barbee, who desperately wages a one-man war against the witchfolk, only to realize that even within himself, the aliens have taken a foothold.
First Paperback, Contains the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning The Ultimate Earth When a giant meteor crashes into the earth and destroys all life, the small group of human survivors manage to leave the barren planet and establish a new home on the moon. From Tycho Base, men and woman are able to observe the devastated planet and wait for a time when return will become possible. Generations pass. Cloned children have had children of their own, and their eyes are raised toward the giant planet in the sky which long ago was the cradle of humanity. Finally, after millennia of waiting, the descendants of the original refugees travel back to a planet they've never known, to try and rebuild a civilization of which they've never been a part. The fate of the earth lies in the success of their return, but after so much time, the question is not whether they can rebuild an old destroyed home, but whether they can learn to inhabit an alien new world--Earth.
SEAQUAKE It was the most dreaded of all undersea phenomena. If strong enough, it would set up chain-reaction pressures that could shatter any dome and cost inestimable lives. But the Krakatoan Dome has been specifically designed to cope with the tremors of its seaquake-prone area. The trouble was, all of a sudden, there were more quakes than any of the experts had counted on...quakes that no one could possibly have forecast because they hadn't come from natural causes. The Sub-Sea Academy had assigned Cadet Jim Eden to the Krakatoan Dome to find out what was going on, and for very special reasons. First, he was more at home in the underwater world than most anyone else. But, even more important, they sent Jim because his uncle was suspected of being the heinous saboteur!
Set on the distant planet Wing IV, the story revolves around a brilliant scientist who invents humanoids—sleek black androids designed to serve humans. As these advanced beings navigate their roles, the narrative explores themes of creation, servitude, and the ethical implications of artificial intelligence. The conflict between human desires and the autonomy of the androids adds depth to the unfolding drama, raising questions about identity and purpose in a technologically advanced society.
The Nightmare Batmen have descended to Earth from the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL. Against an army of Dark Knights, can members of the Justice League, Teen Titans and Suicide Squad come together to form a resistance to stop them?
The unsettling dreams begin for small-town reporter Will Barbee not long after he first meets the mysterious and beautiful April Bell. They are vivid, powerful and deeply disturbing nightmares in which he commits atrocious acts. And, one by one, his friends are meeting violent deaths.
