Synopses & Reviews
A dark mystery has been buried beneath the sands of the Sahara desert since the beginning of time. In a basement in New Mexico, four poker buddies find reason to believe that a startling secret is out there. . .
These four amateur adventurers are about to uncover the key that could unlock the vast reaches of the universe.
A sudden burst of curiosity propels mild-mannered English professor Will and his three friends to the Sahara to excavate a site where radar has evidently detected trilithic stones hidden beneath the sand. There they stumble upon an ancient artifact that will change their lives, and the world, forever...a gateway between planets, linking Earth to distant worlds where they will discover wonders and terrors beyond imagining.
Jack Williamson, the dean of science fiction writers, weaves an exciting tale that takes the friends to the far corners of the universe. One leads an oppressed people to freedom. Another uncovers clues that could identify a long-dormant civilization of immortal beings. Now each traveler must play a crucial role in unraveling an ancient mystery, the solution to which may reveal the true origins of the human race.
If they can just survive their journeys back to Earth . . .
Review
"I have no hesitation in placing Jack Williamson on a plane with two other American giants, Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein."
--Arthur C. Clarke
"This man can do anything."
--Frederik Pohl, author of Gateway
"This is indeed the work of a Grand Master of SF."
--Booklist on Terraforming Earth
"Sweeping, imaginative, and captivating; As good as, perhaps better than anything Williamson has written in his long and astonishing career."
--Kirkus on Terraforming Earth
Review
"The amazingly durable Jack Williamson turn out another wild, old style adventure story. There aren't many writers producing this kind of wild, inventive excitement any more, but Williamson proves to be as effective as ever."
--Chronicle on The Stonehenge Gate
"One of Williamson's strongest and most entertaining ..."
--SF Review on The Stonehenge Gate
"In Jack Williamson's The Stonehenge Gate, a quartet of poker-playing academics decide to check out a circle of trilithons (yeah, that Stonehenge) revealed under Sahara sands by ground-penetrating radar. Yep, they're gates, and they go to different places, with different humans and Earthlike life. They also go to machine-guarded cities and strange binary planets and other circles of trilithons. As you might expect from an author who's been in print in nine decades now, it's a well-crafted...story."
--The San Diego Union-Tribune
"I have no hesitation in placing Jack Williamson on a plane with two other American giants, Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein."
--Arthur C. Clarke on Jack Williamson
"Jack Williamson is a man of extraordinary talent and consummate humility, of penetrating intelligence and great kindness, a scholar and a gentleman."
--Connie Willis, author of Doomsday Book, on Jack Williamson
"Jack Williamson's work, spanning most of the century, has inspired countless minds."
--David Brin, author of Startide Rising and The Postman, on Jack Williamson
"This man can do anything."
--Frederik Pohl, author of Gateway, on Jack Williamson
"A pioneering writer, breaking ground in new areas long before most of us had learned how to read."
--Ben Bova, author of Venus, on Jack Williamson
"Jack Williamson is one of those fortunate, gifted writers whose readers feel their lives changed because of his work."
--The New York Review of Science Fiction on Jack Williamson
Review
"One of Williamson's strongest and most entertaining ..."
SF Review
Review
"The amazingly durable Jack Williamson turn out another wild, old style adventure story.... as effective as ever."
Chronicle
Review
"As you might expect from an author who's been in print in nine decades now, it's a well-crafted . . . story."
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Synopsis
A dark mystery has been buried beneath the sands of the Sahara desert since the beginning of time. In a basement in New Mexico, four poker buddies find reason to believe that a startling secret is out there...
These four amateur adventurers are about to uncover the key that could unlock the vast reaches of the universe.
A sudden burst of curiosity propels mild-mannered English professor Will and his three friends to the Sahara to excavate a site where radar has evidently detected trilithic stones hidden beneath the sand. There they stumble upon an ancient artifact that will change their lives, and the world, forever...a gateway between planets, linking Earth to distant worlds where they will discover wonders and terrors beyond imagining.
Jack Williamson, the dean of science fiction writers, weaves an exciting tale that takes the friends to the far corners of the universe. One leads an oppressed people to freedom. Another uncovers clues that could identify a long-dormant civilization of immortal beings. Now each traveler must play a crucial role in unraveling an ancient mystery, the solution to which may reveal the true origins of the human race.
If they can just survive their journeys back to Earth...
Synopsis
Visionary new SF adventure by the Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of
Terraforming EarthSynopsis
An extraordinary journey to the stars, from the Dean of Science Fiction Writers.
Synopsis
In a basement in New Mexico, four poker buddies and amateur adventurers who have discovered a dark mystery buried beneath the sands of the Sahara desert decide to do something about it.
In the deep Sahara, they find an ancient artifact that will change their lives and the world, forever... a gateway between planets that links Earth to distant worlds where they discover wonders and terrors beyond their wildest imagination.
Jack Williamson, the dean of science fiction writers, masterfully weaves an exciting tale that takes the friends to the far corners of the universe. While one leads an oppressed people towards freedom, another uncovers clues that could identify a long-dormant super-advanced civilization of immortal beings, and the key to the origin of life on Earth.
About the Author
Jack Williamson published his first short story in 1928, and he's been producing entertaining, thought-provoking science fiction ever since. A Hugo and Nebula Award-winner, he was the second person named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Williamson was the first to write fiction about genetic engineering and terraforming, terms he himself coined. A Renaissance man whose work spans SF, fantasy, and horror, Williamson lives in Portales, New Mexico.