Anthologies
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Star Science Fiction Stories 3 | 1955 | Buy |
| A Sense of Wonder | 1969 | Buy |
| Young Demons | 1972 | Buy |
| The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A | 1973 | Buy |
| Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader | 1973 | Buy |
| Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium | 1975 | Buy |
| Isaac Asimov’s Near Futures and Far | 1981 | Buy |
| The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories | 1992 | Buy |
| The SFWA Grand Masters 1 | 1999 | Buy |
| Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2000 | 2000 | Buy |
| Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores | 2002 | Buy |
| Year’s Best SF 8 | 2003 | Buy |
| Analog, January/February 2005 | 2005 | Buy |
| The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006 | Buy |
| Time Crime & Fourteen Other SciFi Classics from the 30’s to the 60’s | 2009 | Buy |
Collections
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Best of Jack Williamson | 1978 | Buy |
Humanoids Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| With Folded Hands | 2011 | Buy |
| Gli Umanoidi | 1948 | N/A |
| The Humanoids | 1948 | Buy |
| The Humanoid Touch | 1980 | Buy |
| Il ritorno degli umanoidi | 1980 | N/A |
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 | 1985 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 | 1986 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 | 1987 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 | 1988 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 | 1989 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 | 1990 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 | 1991 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 | 1992 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 | 1993 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 | 1994 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 | 1995 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 | 1996 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 | 1997 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 | 1998 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 | 1999 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 | 2000 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 | 2001 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 | 2002 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 | 2002 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 | 2004 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 | 2005 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 | 2006 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 | 2007 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 | 2008 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 | 2009 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 | 2010 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 | 2011 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 | 2012 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 | 2013 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 | 2014 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 | 2015 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 | 2016 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 | 2017 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 | 2018 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 | 2019 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 | 2020 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 | 2021 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 | 2022 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 | 2023 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 | 2024 | Buy |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 | 2025 | Buy |
Legion of Space Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Legion of Space | 1934 | Buy |
| The Cometeers | 1936 | Buy |
| One Against The Legion | 1977 | Buy |
| Queen Of The Legion | 1982 | Buy |
| The Luck of the Legion | 2022 | N/A |
Legion of Time Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Legion of Time | 1938 | Buy |
| The Cometeers | 1936 | N/A |
| After World’s End | 1938 | Buy |
| One Against The Legion | 1939 | N/A |
| The Queen of the Legion | 1982 | N/A |
Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| H. G. Wells | 1973 | Buy |
| Teaching Science Fiction | 1980 | Buy |
| Wonder’s Child | 1984 | Buy |
Saga Of Cuckoo Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Farthest Star | 1975 | Buy |
| Wall Around a Star | 1983 | Buy |
Seetee Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Seetee Shock | 1950 | Buy |
| Il millennio dell’antimateria | 1971 | N/A |
| Seetee Ship | 1951 | Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Doom from Planet 4 | 1931 | Buy |
| The Pygmy Planet | 1932 | Buy |
| The Ultimate Earth | 2000 | Buy |
| The Cosmic Express | 2016 | Buy |
| Salvage in Space | 2018 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Prince of Space | 1925 | Buy |
| The Alien Intelligence | 1929 | Buy |
| The Girl from Mars | 1930 | Buy |
| The Green Girl | 1930 | Buy |
| The Stone from the Green Star | 1931 | Buy |
| Golden Blood | 1933 | Buy |
| Xandulu | 1935 | Buy |
| The Fortress of Utopia | 1939 | Buy |
| Darker Than You Think | 1948 | Buy |
| Dragon’s Island / The Not-Men | 1951 | Buy |
| Star Bridge | 1955 | Buy |
| The Trial of Terra | 1962 | Buy |
| Reign of Wizardry | 1964 | Buy |
| Bright New Universe | 1967 | Buy |
| Trapped in space | 1968 | Buy |
| The Moon Children | 1972 | Buy |
| The Power Of Blackness | 1976 | Buy |
| Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods | 1979 | Buy |
| Manseed | 1982 | Buy |
| Lifeburst | 1984 | Buy |
| Firechild | 1986 | Buy |
| Land’s End | 1988 | Buy |
| Mazeway | 1990 | Buy |
| The Singers of Time | 1991 | Buy |
| Beachhead | 1992 | Buy |
| Demon Moon | 1994 | Buy |
| The Black Sun | 1997 | Buy |
| The Silicon Dagger | 1999 | Buy |
| Terraforming Earth | 1999 | Buy |
| The Stonehenge Gate | 2005 | Buy |
Starchild Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| STARCHILD: Exile | - | N/A |
| The Reefs of Space | 1963 | Buy |
| Starchild | 1965 | Buy |
| STARCHILD: Heretic | - | N/A |
| Rogue Star | 1969 | Buy |
The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Metal Man & Others | 1984 | Buy |
| Wolves of Darkness: Collected Stories of Jack Williamson 2 | 1932 | N/A |
| Wolves of DarknessX | 1999 | Buy |
| Wizard’s Isle | 2001 | Buy |
| Spider Island | 2002 | Buy |
| The Crucible of Power | 2006 | Buy |
| Gateway to Paradise | 2008 | Buy |
| With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind | 2010 | Buy |
| At the Human Limit | 2011 | Buy |
Undersea Eden Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Undersea Quest | 1954 | Buy |
| Undersea Fleet | 1956 | Buy |
| Undersea City | 1958 | Buy |
Jack Williamson (1908-2006) was one of the longest-working authors in science fiction history. He began publishing in the late 1920s during the pulp magazine era and continued writing into the twenty-first century. His career touched nearly every phase of the genre’s development, from space opera and planetary romance to hard science fiction and cyberpunk-era speculation.
Williamson’s best-known works include The Legion of Space (1934), a space adventure that became a classic of the field, and The Humanoids (1948), which explored the dangers of benevolent machine control decades before such themes became common. He also collaborated with Frederik Pohl on several novels, including the Starchild and Saga of Cuckoo series. He coined the term “genetic engineering” in his novel Dragon’s Island (1951) and was both a SFWA Grand Master and a long-serving judge for the Writers of the Future contest.