From the Bookshelf: Seetee Ship

Just because an unfortunate and complicated confluence of events makes it harder than it once was for me to look at the title or cover of a science fiction novel and think "I haven't read that one yet, but I want to now" doesn't mean I won't take a close swing by the science fiction table at any particular used book sale. At one sale this fall, I did seem to get lucky. When I saw an old paperback named Seetee Ship, I remembered having heard of it, and also that "seetee" wasn't an alien name but a vocalization of "CT," the abbreviation for "contraterrene," an old and at least science-fictional name for "antimatter." I went ahead and bought the book by Jack Williamson, who I knew to have made the transition from writing the original sort of "space opera" (before that at first dismissive name had even been coined) to staying active in the field well into the twentieth century. Intent on adjusting my expectations as required, I started reading.
( One 1951 future )