ecl@mtgzy.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (03/19/86)
WONDER'S CHILD by Jack Williamson
Bluejay, 1984, $8.95.
A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper
This rather quirky autobiography has a lot going for it. For one
thing, it's unselfconscious; Williamson doesn't suffer from the ego one sees
in (for example) Asimov's IN MEMORY YET GREEN. For another, Williamson has
led a long and interesting life, though his experiences outside of science
fiction are far more interesting than those within it. If Williamson seems
to gloss over the specifics of writing this story or that--well, how well
could you describe events and feelings after a gap of forty years or so?
WONDER'S CHILD won the Hugo as Best Non-Fiction Book of 1984. Some of
that might have been due to an urge to honor someone who may very well be
science fiction's oldest living author (I can think of no living science
fiction author published before Williamson), but don't let that put you off.
WONDER'S CHILD is well worth reading.
Evelyn C. Leeper
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