Science fiction, as I like to define it, is fiction based o… - Jack Williamson

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Science fiction, as I like to define it, is fiction based on the imagined exploration of scientific possibility. The distinction from fantasy—or from other sorts of fantasy—lies in the word possibility.

Jack Williamson

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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

Also Known As: Jack

Alternative Names: John Stewart Williamson • Nils O. Sunderland

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The vampire legend, he might conclude, has served conveniently for many thousand years as a conventional folk expression of unconscious feelings of aggression and guilt.

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“That’s a cynical viewpoint,” Horn said slowly.
“I’m an old man. I can afford no longer the luxury of ideals. If I am to achieve results recognizable within my few remaining years, I must be practical.”

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