Startling Stories Vol. 26, No. 2 (June, 1952). Cover by Earle Bergey
Jack Williamson is credited with inventing the terms “terraforming” and “genetic engineering.” His novel “Dragon’s Island,” first published in 1951, is the first novel to use the term “genetic engineering.” It’s a fast-paced adventure story in which a young scientist seeks the whereabouts of a missing geneticist. He is whisked away to a secret location called Dragon’s Island, where strange creatures and a mutant race that is faster, smarter and stronger than humans seem to have been created.
The paperback publisher Popular Library put out "Dragon's Island" a few months later, in August 1952, and it had another great cover by Earle Bergey: www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/14408479633/in/set-721...
Born in Arizona and raised on a New Mexico farm, Jack Williamson (1908-2006) acquired degrees in English from Eastern New Mexico University. He became a member of the faculty in 1960 and remained with the University the rest of his life. He sold his first story at twenty and had a long and successful writing career well into his nineties, winning a Hugo at 93 and a Nebula at 94. He was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers Association.
Startling Stories Vol. 26, No. 2 (June, 1952). Cover by Earle Bergey
Jack Williamson is credited with inventing the terms “terraforming” and “genetic engineering.” His novel “Dragon’s Island,” first published in 1951, is the first novel to use the term “genetic engineering.” It’s a fast-paced adventure story in which a young scientist seeks the whereabouts of a missing geneticist. He is whisked away to a secret location called Dragon’s Island, where strange creatures and a mutant race that is faster, smarter and stronger than humans seem to have been created.
The paperback publisher Popular Library put out "Dragon's Island" a few months later, in August 1952, and it had another great cover by Earle Bergey: www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/14408479633/in/set-721...
Born in Arizona and raised on a New Mexico farm, Jack Williamson (1908-2006) acquired degrees in English from Eastern New Mexico University. He became a member of the faculty in 1960 and remained with the University the rest of his life. He sold his first story at twenty and had a long and successful writing career well into his nineties, winning a Hugo at 93 and a Nebula at 94. He was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers Association.