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Jack Williamson

Born: April 29, 1908 in Bisbee, Arizona Territory
First Publication: The Metal Man, Amazing, November 1928
First Novel: The Legion of Space, Fantasy Press, 1947.
(Reprints the serial from Astounding, August-September 1934.)
Hugo Award: Wonder's Child, Best Non-fiction Book, 1985
Nebula Award:Grand Master, 1976
World Fantasy Award:Life Achievement, 1994
SFWA President:1977-1978
Jack is proud of a few "firsts" such as the first story about antimatter (Collision Orbit, Astounding, July 1941); the invention of the word "terraform" in the same story; and the term "genetic engineering" in Dragon's Island (1951).
"I was writing science fiction before Hugo Gernsback named it science fiction. I'm happily surprised to be still alive and still in the game."


Card 13 was issued at Philcon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 17, 1995.
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