Short Reviews: Jack Williamson

"Afterlife" [permanent link]. This is an interesting tale. A human spaceship crashlands on a mostly agricultural planet. The pilot appears to be dead but later revives with the help of micro-robots in his body. He offers to the gift of immortality to the inhabitants but is he more than what he seems?
Found in Feb 2002 Fantasy & Science Fiction
"Nitrogen Plus" [permanent link]. A fascinating tale about a man assigned to terraform an unusual planet with an atmosphere of pure nitrogen. But on arrival, he discovers something strange about that planet that may threaten the future existence of the terraformers as well as his family.
Found in Oct/Nov 2001 Asimov's Science Fiction
"The Planet of Youth" [permanent link]. An interesting story that looks at a search for the 'Planet of Youth'. But is the price of youth and immortality worth it when the planet is found and the method of achieving youth is given?
Found in Apr 2002 Fantasy & Science Fiction
"The Ultimate Earth" [permanent link]. An interesting story about a group of children on the moon who are clones of tissue samples found on the moon. The Earth itself had suffered asteroid impacts that killed off life on it but was reseeded from the moon samples. But now the children are tired of being kept on the moon and want to see the remade Earth. Doing so will require trickery and will put them on an adventure that could affect the entire galaxy.
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