Acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writer Roger Zelazny has brings together some of today's greatest sci-fi writers to honor Jack Williamson, author of such classic and groundbreaking works as "The Legions of Space" and "The Humanoids", with terrific original stories either about Williamson or inspired by his works. CONTENTS A world in love with change - David Brin The Mayor of Mare Tranq - Frederik Pohl Before the legion - Paul Dellinger Inside passage - Poul Anderson Risk assessment - Ben Bova Williamson's World (poem) - Scott E. Green Emancipation - Pati Nagle Thinkertoy - John Brunner The bad machines - Fred Saberhagen The human ingredient - Jeff Bredenberg Child of the night - Jane Lindskold A certain talent - David Weber Nonstop to Portales - Connie Willis No folded hands - Andre Norton Darker than you wrote - Mike Resnick Near Portales ... Freedom Shouts (poem) - Scott E. Green Worlds that never were: The last adventure of the Legion of Time - John J. Miller
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Roger Zelazny made his name with a group of novellas which demonstrated just how intense an emotional charge could be generated by the stock imagery of sf; the most famous of these is A Rose for Ecclesiastes in which a poet struggles to convince dying and sterile Martians that life is worth continuing. Zelazny continued to write excellent short stories throughout his career. Most of his novels deal, one way or another, with tricksters and mythology, often with rogues who become gods, like Sam in Lord of Light, who reinvents Buddhism as a vehicle for political subversion on a colony planet. The fantasy sequence The Amber Chronicles, which started with Nine Princes in Amber, deals with the ruling family of a Platonic realm at the metaphysical heart of things, who can slide, trickster-like through realities, and their wars with each other and the related ruling house of Chaos. Zelazny never entirely fulfilled his early promise—who could?—but he and his work were much loved, and a potent influence on such younger writers as George R. R. Martin and Neil Gaiman. He won the Nebula award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo award six times (out of 14 nominations). His papers are housed at the Albin O. Khun Library of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger\_Ze...
