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Jack Williamson was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his rich imagination and profound thematic explorations. His works spanned multiple genres, including space opera, post-apocalyptic worlds, and science fiction historical novels. Williamson's writing career began in the 1930s, and he began writing short stories for magazines such as 'Amazing Stories'. His first novel, 'The Sand of Time', was published in 1934, marking his official debut as a science fiction writer.

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“I wonder-?" whispered April Bell, her long eyes narrowed and dark. "I wonder what they really found?" "Whatever it is," breathed Barbee, "the find doesn't seem to have made them very happy. A fundamentalist might think they had stumbled into hell." "No," the girl said, "men aren't that much afraid of hell.”

Book:Darker Than You Think

Source: Darker Than You Think

“That was quite an adventure, stopping at a different house each night, seeing new country,.”

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“We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.”

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“Life would have been absolutely empty without imagination.”

Has Beens Imagination Empty

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“"Hard" science fiction probes alternative possible futures by means of reasoned extrapolations in much the same way that good historical fiction reconstructs the probable past. Even far-out fantasy can present a significant test of human values exposed to a new environment. Deriving its most cogent ideas from the tension between permanence and change, science fiction combines the diversions of novelty with its pertinent kind of realism.”

“[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.”

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“I'm a strict materialist - but the police are brutal materialists.”

Police Brutal Strict

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“I'm afraid Dr. Mondrick chose an unfortunate publicity device. After all, the theory of human evolution is no longer front page news. Every known detail of the origin of mankind is extremely important to such a specialist as Dr. Mondrick, but it doesn't interest the man in the street - not unless it's dramatized.”

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Book:Darker Than You Think

Source: Darker Than You Think

About the Author

Born: April 29, 1908
Died: November 10, 2006
Known for: Fiction writer
Quotes: 8

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