John Stewart "Jack" Williamson was a prolific fiction writer of novels
and short stories in the science-fiction genre. He replaced
Robert A. Heinlein as the "Dean of
Science Fiction" in 1988.
His novel "Darker Than You Think" (1948) is perhaps his best known and
has since been included in the Gollancz SF and Fantasy Masterworks
collection that also includes
Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel "Something Wicked
This Way Comes" and
Richard Matheson's 1954
masterpiece "I Am Legend". "Darker Than You Think" is the tale of an
ongoing war between humankind and werewolves, that latter living hidden
amongst the former.
Jack Williamson sadly passed away in 2006, but will be remembered as
one of the best science-fiction authors of all time.