Wonder's Child : My Life In Science Fiction

PART ONE The Dean ix Wonder 1(62) 1. My Father, 1868-1964 4(6) 2. My Mother, 1874-1960 10(6) 3. El Rancho La Loba, 1908-1911 16(7) 4. West of the Pecos, 1911-1915 23(6) 5. Sandhill Claim, 1915 1918 29(7) 6. Awakening, 1919-1920 36(5) 7. Schoolboy, 1921-1926 41(6) 8. Amazing Story, 1926-1928 47(6) 9. Apprentice in Prophecy, 1928-1930 53(10) 10. Woodpulp and Wonder, 1930-1931 63(8) 11. World of Weird, 1931-1932 71(11) 12. Depression, 1932-1933 82(8) 13. Cent—A—Worder, 1933-1935 90(9) 14. Under Analysis, 1936-1937 99(10) 15. Out from Under, 1937-1938 109(6) 16. Old Santa Fe, 1938-1940 115(9) 17. The Mariana Literary Society, 1940-1941 124(7) 18. Campbell as Coach, 1941-1942 131(6) 19. Army Weatherman, 1942-1944 137(6) 20. Southwest Pacific, 1945 143(8) 21. The Bomb, 1945 151(7) 22. Uncertain Civilian, 1946-1947 158(9) 23. Blanche, 1947 167(8) 24. Books into Print, 1948-1950 175(7) 25. SF in Transition, 1950 182(7) 26. Genetic Engineering, 1950-1951 189(6) 27. "Beyond Mars," 1952-1955 195(9) 28. Back to School, 1956-1964 204(13) 29. Linguistics, 1964 217(6) 30. Summers Overseas, 1965-1970 223(8) 31. SF into Academe, 1970-1977 231(10) 32. SFWA, 1977-1980 241(12) 33. Return to Writing, 1980— 253(10) PART TWO: TWENTY YEARS LATER 34. Farewell to Blanche, 1984-1985 263(7) 35. Recovery, 1985-1986 270(7) 36. China Changing, 1986 277(8) 37. Yugoslavia Antebellum, 1986-1987 285(7) 38. Return to Russia, 1988 1989 292(9) 39. World SF, 1990-1991 301(11) 40. The Fleeting Years, 1992-1999 312(8) 41. Empires Fall, 2000— 320(11) APPENDIX Excerpts from Jack Williamson's Diary 331