Considering the uses of science fiction, I think it must fi… - Jack Williamson

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Considering the uses of science fiction, I think it must first of all offer entertainment, before the the futurology or the social comment can matter. For most readers, entertainment means escape. Though a few young writers are scornful of the, creating good escape fiction is a high and admirable art. Even when the writer aims at something more, entertainment is basic. The bored reader is lost.

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John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer.

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Pen Names: Will Stewart • Nils O. Sonderlund

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Alternative Names: John Stewart Williamson • Nils O. Sunderland

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