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A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000)

Author of Slan

334+ Works 19,516 Members 256 Reviews 52 Favorited

About the Author

A. E. Van Vogt was born on April 26, 1912 in Manitoba, Canada. He graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1928. His first story sales were to true story confession magazines in the early 1930s while he was working as a census clerk and representative of Maclean Trade Papers. He wrote plays for show more Canadian radio and in 1939, he began submitting stories and serials to Astounding Science Fiction. He wrote more than 35 novels during his lifetime including Slan, The Weapon Shops of Isher, The World of Null-A, The Pawns of Null-A, The Weapons Makers, The Violent Man, The Silkie, The Battle of Forever, and The House That Stood Still. He died on January 26, 2000 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:

born Alfred Elton Van Vogt

A Variant Title of the work The Rogue Ship is The Twisted Men. The Twisted Men is also the title of a Collection containing the above.

Many works by van Vogt were published with Variant Titles:
Abdication=The Invisibility Gambit
The Pawns of Null-A=The Players of Null-A
The Voyage of the Space Beagle=Mission: Interplanetary
The Weapon Makers=One Against Eternity
The Book of Ptath=200 Million A. D.
The House That Stood Still=The Mating Cry=The Undercover Aliens
The Mixed Men=Mission to the Stars
The Beast=The Moonbeast
Future Glitter= Tyranopolis
The Secret Galactics=Earth Factor X
Computerworld=Computer Eye=La Machine Ultime
Out of the Unknown=The Sea Thing and Other Stories
Monsters=Science Fiction Monsters=The Blal
The Book of van Vogt=Lost: Fifty Suns

Many short fiction and omnibus works were also published with Variant Titles. Please see listing in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database for more details.

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Series

Works by A. E. van Vogt

Slan (1946) 1,619 copies
The World of Null-A (1945) 1,252 copies
The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950) 1,092 copies
The Weapon Shops of Isher (1950) 800 copies
The Book of Ptath (1942) 792 copies
The Players of Null-A (1948) 719 copies
The War Against the Rull (1959) 637 copies
The Weapon Makers (1947) 611 copies
Destination Universe (1952) 518 copies
Empire of the Atom (1957) 475 copies
The Wizard of Linn (1962) 461 copies
The Mixed Men (1952) 431 copies
The Silkie (1969) 423 copies
The Beast (1963) 406 copies
The Mind Cage (1948) 405 copies
Rogue Ship (1965) 368 copies
The House That Stood Still (1950) 364 copies
Quest for the Future (1970) 355 copies
The Universe Maker (1953) 351 copies
Away and Beyond (1940) 325 copies
Children of Tomorrow (1970) 321 copies
Null -A Three (1984) 295 copies
The Battle of Forever (1971) 293 copies
Supermind (1977) 265 copies
The Darkness on Diamondia (1972) 257 copies
The Winged Man (1966) — Author — 231 copies
The Book of van Vogt (1972) 228 copies
The Anarchistic Colossus (1977) 223 copies
Planets for Sale (1965) — Author — 205 copies
Tyranopolis (1970) 197 copies
Renaissance (1979) 193 copies
Pendulum (1978) 192 copies
The Blal (1965) 190 copies
Earth Factor X (1974) — Author — 183 copies
More Than Superhuman (1965) 180 copies
Computerworld (1983) 150 copies
The Best of A. E. Van Vogt (1976) 150 copies
The Gryb [collection] (1976) — Author — 138 copies
The Changeling (1942) 125 copies
Cosmic encounter (1979) — Author — 116 copies
Slan Hunter (2007) 113 copies
Transgalactic (2006) 105 copies
The Violent Man (1962) — Author — 86 copies
The Proxy Intelligence and Other Mind Benders (1971) — Author — 76 copies
The Worlds of A.E. Van Vogt (1974) 73 copies
M33 in Andromeda (1971) 68 copies
Out of the Unknown (1948) — Author — 58 copies
Nul-A (1975) 55 copies
Slan & Slan Hunter (2007) — Author — 55 copies
Siege of the unseen (1959) 53 copies
Gateway to Elsewhere / The Weapon Shops of Isher (1954) — Author — 50 copies
Le cycle du A (1988) — Afterword, some editions — 45 copies
The Universe Maker (1965) 45 copies
Earth's Last Fortress [and] Lost in Space (1960) — Author — 41 copies
Enchanted village (1950) 38 copies
A la conquête de Kiber (1999) 28 copies
Les portes de l'éternité (1990) 15 copies
De heelalmaker ; De reis van de Space Beagle (1976) — Author — 14 copies
De volmaakte wens (1976) 13 copies
The Twisted Men (1964) 11 copies
Atom-stormen (1975) 8 copies
Concealment [short story] (1943) 7 copies
Ersatz Eternal (1972) 6 copies
The Storm [short fiction] (1943) 6 copies
Der erste Marsianer (1971) 6 copies
Asylum [Short story] (1942) 6 copies
Secret Unattainable (1942) 5 copies
MetaGalaktika 8 (1985) 5 copies
Cargills universum (1986) 5 copies
Los jugadores de NO-A (1975) 5 copies
La Dernière Forteresse (1978) 5 copies
Księga Ptaha 5 copies
The Rull [short story] (1948) 5 copies
Futur parfait (1999) 4 copies
The Sound (1980) 4 copies
Process 4 copies
The Second Solution (1942) 4 copies
Film Library (1946) 4 copies
Far Centaurus (1944) 4 copies
Co-operate—or Else! (1942) 4 copies
The Green Forest (1949) 4 copies
The Star-saint 4 copies
The Barbarian 3 copies
The Harmonizer (1944) 3 copies
The Witch 3 copies
The Ghost 3 copies
Science Fiction Special 17 (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies
Science Fiction Special 32 (1981) — Contributor — 3 copies
A Van Vogt omnibus (1967) 3 copies
Dormant 3 copies
The money personality (1972) 3 copies
The Great Engine (1943) 3 copies
The Cataaaa 3 copies
War Of Nerves (1950) 3 copies
I Hate Bedtime (1997) 3 copies
Van Vogt Omnibus 2 (1971) 3 copies
The Gryb [Short Story] (1940) 3 copies
Juggernaut 3 copies
Humans Go Home! (1969) 3 copies
La bestia 2 copies
Purpose 2 copies
Sclipirea viitorului (2000) 2 copies
Research Alpha — Author — 2 copies
A Can Of Paint 2 copies
The Rulers 2 copies
The Search (1943) 2 copies
Discord In Scarlet (1939) 2 copies
Futur Parfait 2 copies
Footprint Farm (1978) 2 copies
Pendulum [short story] (1978) 2 copies
The Expendables (1963) 2 copies
Al di là del futuro (2017) 2 copies
Him (1968) 2 copies
Pour une autre terre (1966) 2 copies
All The Loving Androids (1971) 2 copies
The Reflected Men (1971) 2 copies
Heir Unapparent (1945) 2 copies
Beherrscher der Zeit (1942) 2 copies
Non A-3: Epilogo: romanzo (1987) 2 copies
Defense 1 copy
Hand Of The Gods (1946) 1 copy
Child Of The Gods (1946) 1 copy
A Son Is Born (1946) 1 copy
The Storm 1 copy
Bestia 1 copy
Invadatorii 1 copy
Rebirth Earth (1942) — Author — 1 copy
Las armerias de isher (1968) 1 copy
NULL-A DÜNYASI (2017) 1 copy
The Rull 1 copy
Au-delà du néant (1978) 1 copy
Les monstres (1980) 1 copy
Null-A-Omnibus (1994) 1 copy
nueva dimensión - 041 (1973) 1 copy
Uzaylı 1 copy
LA BESTIA. (1968) 1 copy
The Hypnotism Handbook (1956) 1 copy
The Invisibility Gambit (1943) — Author — 1 copy
Destination centaure (1996) 1 copy
Apres l'eternite (1972) 1 copy
Diamondia 1 copy
Les Fabricants d'armes (1972) 1 copy
La Bête (1991) 1 copy
Après l'éternité (1968) 1 copy
EARTH'S LAST FORTRESS (1960) 1 copy
Science Fiction Special 8 (1973) — Contributor — 1 copy
Science Fiction Special 27 (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy
Univers 06 (1976) 1 copy

Associated Works

Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn (1980) — Contributor — 1,126 copies
Adventures in Time and Space (1946) — Contributor, some editions — 541 copies
The Science Fiction Century (1997) — Contributor — 525 copies
Partners in Wonder (1971) — Contributor — 461 copies
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963) — Contributor — 449 copies
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992) — Contributor — 437 copies
Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 428 copies
Galactic Empires, Volume Two (1976) — Contributor — 386 copies
Science Fiction Omnibus (1952) — Contributor — 337 copies
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1 (1959) — Contributor — 333 copies
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction [2-volume set] (1959) — Contributor — 289 copies
Space Opera (1974) — Contributor — 260 copies
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Contributor — 245 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (1988) — Contributor — 243 copies
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (1952) — Contributor — 230 copies
The World Turned Upside Down (2005) — Contributor — 216 copies
Cats in Space...and Other Places (1992) — Contributor — 210 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980) — Contributor — 193 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) (1939) — Contributor — 180 copies
A Treasury of Science Fiction (1948) — Contributor, some editions — 175 copies
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 (1979) — Contributor — 152 copies
Deep Space (1973) — Contributor — 152 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) (1980) — Contributor — 150 copies
A Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Contributor — 143 copies
Microcosmic Tales (1944) — Contributor — 140 copies
Space Odyssey (1983) — Contributor — 136 copies
The Golden Age Of Science Fiction (1946) — Contributor — 136 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #2: From Wells to Heinlein (1979) — Contributor — 136 copies
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction (1939) — Author — 132 copies
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Contributor — 130 copies
Space Mail (1980) — Contributor — 130 copies
New Tales of Space and Time (1951) — Contributor — 125 copies
Galactic Empires {complete} (1976) — Contributor — 122 copies
Spectrum 2 (1962) — Contributor — 116 copies
2020 Vision (1974) — Contributor — 107 copies
Great Stories of Space Travel (1963) — Contributor — 107 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) (1981) — Contributor — 107 copies
Beyond Tomorrow (1934) — Contributor — 106 copies
The Good Old Stuff (1998) — Contributor — 94 copies
Unknown Worlds : Tales from Beyond (1988) — Contributor — 90 copies
Invaders of Earth (1953) — Contributor — 89 copies
The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) (1973) — Contributor — 89 copies
Trips in Time (1977) — Contributor — 88 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) (1981) — Contributor — 83 copies
Men Against the Stars (1950) — Contributor, some editions — 78 copies
The Other Side of the Moon (1949) 77 copies
Decade: The 1940s (1975) — Contributor — 76 copies
Adventures on Other Planets (1954) — Contributor — 76 copies
Best SF (1955) — Contributor — 76 copies
Thieves' World: First Blood (2003) — Contributor — 65 copies
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977) — Author, some editions — 65 copies
Give Me Liberty (2002) — Contributor — 62 copies
First Flight: Maiden Voyages in Space and Time (1963) — Contributor — 60 copies
Of Worlds Beyond (1947) — Contributor — 60 copies
Best Science Fiction for 1973 (1973) — Contributor — 59 copies
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996) — Contributor — 59 copies
The IF Reader of Science Fiction (1966) — Author, some editions — 59 copies
Quark/1 (1970) — Contributor — 58 copies
The Pseudo-People (1965) — Introduction — 54 copies
Survival of Freedom (1981) — Contributor — 53 copies
Beachheads in Space (1952) — Contributor, some editions — 52 copies
Alpha 8 (1977) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Witchcraft Reader (1969) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Wounded Planet (1973) — Contributor — 48 copies
Anthropology Through Science Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 46 copies
Science Fiction: The Great Years Vol II (1975) — Contributor — 45 copies
Far Boundaries (1951) — Contributor — 44 copies
Towards Infinity (1938) — Contributor — 43 copies
The Fantastic World War II: The War That Wasn't (1990) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Shape of Things (1965) — Contributor — 42 copies
Science Fiction (1973) — Author — 41 copies
In Dreams Awake (1975) — Contributor — 41 copies
SF: Authors' Choice 2 (1970) — Contributor — 41 copies
Alien Earth and Other Stories (1969) — Author — 40 copies
Award Science Fiction Reader (1966) — Contributor — 33 copies
Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep (1994) — Contributor — 31 copies
First Voyages (1981) — Contributor — 30 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 29 copies
Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (1984) — Contributor — 27 copies
Analog Anthology #6: War and Peace (1983) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Old Masters (1970) — Contributor — 25 copies
Tomorrow and Tomorrow : Ten Tales of the Future (1973) — Contributor — 23 copies
Now Begins Tomorrow (1969) — Contributor — 22 copies
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age (1978) — Contributor — 21 copies
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1951 (1951) — Contributor — 21 copies
Novella : 3 (1978) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Time Curve (1968) — Contributor — 19 copies
Asleep in Armageddon (1962) — Contributor — 19 copies
Analog Anthology #5: Writers' Choice, Volume one (1983) — Contributor — 18 copies
We, Robots (2010) — Contributor — 18 copies
The Human Zero (1967) — Contributor — 18 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1939 07 (1939) — Contributor — 18 copies
Masterpieces of Science Fiction (1978) — Author — 15 copies
Histoires de voyages dans l'espace (1996) — Contributor — 11 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1979 June-July, Vol. 39, No. 10 (1979) — Contributor — 11 copies
Welten der Zukunft 5 (1987) — Contributor — 10 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1948 11 (1948) — Contributor — 10 copies
Univers 01 (1975) — Contributor — 9 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1950 06 (1950) — Contributor — 8 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1949 12 (1949) — Contributor — 8 copies
Ikarus 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 8 copies
Invaders from space; ten stories of science fiction (1972) — Contributor — 7 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1950 04 (1950) — Contributor — 7 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1945 01 (1945) — Contributor — 7 copies
Rainbow Fantasia: 35 Spectrumatic Tales of Wonder (2001) — Contributor — 7 copies
Out of This World Adventures, July 1950 — Contributor — 7 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1945 08 (1945) — Contributor — 6 copies
Welten der Zukunft 12 (1986) — Contributor — 6 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1947 06 (1947) — Contributor — 6 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1947 04 (1947) — Contributor — 6 copies
Det sidste spørgsmål og andre historier (1973) — Author, some editions — 6 copies
Rød planet : en science fiction-antologi om Mars (1970) — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1945 09 (1945) — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1946 10 (1946) — Contributor — 5 copies
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #4 (1975) — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1942 03 (1942) — Contributor — 5 copies
Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1949 — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1939 12 (1939) — Contributor — 4 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1942 05 (1942) — Contributor — 4 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1942 07 (1942) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Edward De Bono Science Fiction Collection (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies
Historier fra andre verdener — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 49 Number 1, Fall 1984 (1984) — Contributor — 2 copies
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Terra Science Fiction Jubiläumsband 1982 (1982) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
van Vogt, A. E.
Legal name
van Vogt, Alfred Elton
Birthdate
1912-04-26
Date of death
2000-01-26
Gender
male
Nationality
Canada
Birthplace
Gretna, Manitoba, Canada
Place of death
Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of death
Alzheimer's disease
Places of residence
Los Angeles, California, USA
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (birth)
Relationships
Hull, E. Mayne (wife)
Van Vogt, Lydia (wife)
Organizations
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Awards and honors
SFWA Grand Master (1995)
Prix Aurora Award (Lifetime Achievement, 1980)
SF Hall Of Fame (Living Inductee, 1996)
Short biography
Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian born American science fiction writer of the mid 20th century. He's most famous for his Voyage of the Space Beagle, Null-A and Slan novels, as well as a number of short stories.
Disambiguation notice
born Alfred Elton Van Vogt

A Variant Title of the work The Rogue Ship is The Twisted Men. The Twisted Men is also the title of a Collection containing the above.

Many works by van Vogt were published with Variant Titles:
Abdication=The Invisibility Gambit
The Pawns of Null-A=The Players of Null-A
The Voyage of the Space Beagle=Mission: Interplanetary
The Weapon Makers=One Against Eternity
The Book of Ptath=200 Million A. D.
The House That Stood Still=The Mating Cry=The Undercover Aliens
The Mixed Men=Mission to the Stars
The Beast=The Moonbeast
Future Glitter= Tyranopolis
The Secret Galactics=Earth Factor X
Computerworld=Computer Eye=La Machine Ultime
Out of the Unknown=The Sea Thing and Other Stories
Monsters=Science Fiction Monsters=The Blal
The Book of van Vogt=Lost: Fifty Suns

Many short fiction and omnibus works were also published with Variant Titles. Please see listing in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database for more details.

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Renaissance, Van Gogt; jimroberts' review in Reviews reviewed (October 2010)

Reviews

Wish I had abandoned this one, but I kept waiting for it to turn around. The whole story is predicated on a series of inventions of incredible power that somehow haven't affected any other part of society. Guns with AI so sophisticated that they only fire in self-defense, but somehow there are still office buildings full of clerks? A machine that unerringly identifies morally upstanding people but the world government is run by a hereditary monarchy? It's entirely too ludicrous.
 
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Statistics

Works
334
Also by
152
Members
19,516
Popularity
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Rating
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Reviews
256
ISBNs
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Languages
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Favorited
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