About the Author

Born on a hard-scrabble dirt ranch, Jack Williamson (1908-2006) was one of the true pioneers of science fiction. Since his first publication in Amazing Stories in 1928 he has written some of science fiction s acknowledged classics including The Humanoids, The Legion of Space, and Darker Than You Think. He has been credited with developing modern concepts of artificial intelligence, anti-matter, and genetic engineering. With time away from writing as an Army weather forecaster in World War II, and earning a Ph.D. in English literature at the age of fifty, he taught one of the first SF courses in a university curriculum. In 1976 he was named a Grandmaster by the Science Fiction Writers of America. His fifty-fourth novel, The Stonehenge Gate, was published in 2005. Editor Stephen Haffner is an avid book collector who founded Haffner Press in 1997, and has been dedicated to publishing books by authors such as Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore, and Jack Williamson. He lives in Royal Oak, Michigan.