A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000)

Author of Slan

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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

Includes the names: Van Vogt, Van Vogt, A. E. Vogt, Van Vogt A.E., A.E. von Vogt, E.E. Van Vogt, A.E. Van Gogt, A.E. Van Vogh, Vogt Van A.E., Vogt Van vogt, E. A. van Vogt, A. E. Van Vogt, Van A. E. Vogt, A. E. Von Vogt, A.E. van Voght, A. E. Van Vogt, Van Vogt a. E., A. E. Vogt Van, A. E. Van Voght, Alfred Van Vogt, Alfred Van Vogt, Van Vogt Alfred, Anson E Van Vogt, Afred E. Van Vogt, A E Van Vogt Hull, ALFRED E. VAN VOGT, Alfred E. Van Vogt, Alfred A. van Vogt, Alfred E. Van Vogt, Alfred E. Van Vogt, Alfred Elt Van Vogt, Van Vogt Alfred Elton, Alfred Elton Van Vogt, Alfred Eaton Van Vogt, Alfred Elton van Vogt, Alfred Elton Van Vogt, A.E.ヴァン・ヴォクト, Van Vogt A. E. (Alfred Elton), A. E. A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, A・E・ヴァンヴォークト, אלפרד אלטון ון-ווגט, A. E. Van Vogt; Illustrator-Schoenherr

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

Null-A

Slan

Empire of Isher

The Voyage of the Space Beagle

Clane

Quest for the Future

Mixed Men

Works by A. E. van Vogt

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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

The Man with a Thousand Names (1974) 296 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 Far-Out Worlds of A. E. Van Vogt (1968) 223 copies

The Anarchistic Colossus (1977) 223 copies

The Weapon Shops of Isher and The Weapon Makers (1979) 212 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

Triad: Three Complete Science Fiction Novels (The World of Null-A, The Voyage of the Space Beagle, Slan) (1951) 113 copies

Slan Hunter (2007) 113 copies

Transgalactic (2006) 105 copies

The Violent Man (1962) — Author — 86 copies

Transfinite: The Essential A. E. Van Vogt (2002) 85 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

The Twisted Men / One of Our Asteroids is Missing (1964) 65 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

Earth's Last Fortress and The Three Eyes of Evil (1950) 51 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

The World of Null-A / The Universe Maker (1953) 42 copies

Space Station #1 & Empire of the Atom (Ace Double D-242) (1956) — Author — 41 copies

Earth's Last Fortress [and] Lost in Space (1960) — Author — 41 copies

Siege of the Unseen / The World Swappers (Vintage Ace Double D-391) (1959) — Author — 40 copies

Enchanted village (1950) 38 copies

Empire of the Atom / The Wizard of Linn (1975) 36 copies

Vault of the Beast [novelette] (1940) 29 copies

The Other Side of Here / One Against Eternity (The Weapon Makers) (Ace Double D-94) (1955) — Author — 28 copies

A la conquête de Kiber (1999) 28 copies

Huis zonder tĳd & De mengmensen (1975) 24 copies

Maanbeest / Het Gestolen Brein / Oorlog Tegen de Rull (1976) 23 copies

The Best of A.E.Van Vogt: Vol. 1 (1974) 21 copies

Futures Past: The Best Short Fiction of A.E. van Vogt (1999) 17 copies

Black Destroyer [short fiction] (1939) 17 copies

Les operateurs humains : [nouvelles] (2001) 17 copies

The Best of A. E. Van Vogt Vol. 2 (1979) 17 copies

Les portes de l'éternité (1990) 15 copies

De heelalmaker ; De reis van de Space Beagle (1976) — Author — 14 copies

The Weapon Shop [short story] (1942) 14 copies

De volmaakte wens (1976) 13 copies

The Twisted Men (1964) 11 copies

Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : A.E. Van Vogt (1980) 10 copies

Enchanted Village [short story] (1950) 10 copies

Alpha et Oméga (collection) (1977) 9 copies

Reflections of A. E. Van Vogt: The Autobiography of a Science Fiction Giant: With a Complete Bibliography. (1975) 9 copies

Resurrection [short story] (1948) 9 copies

The Great Judge [short story] (1948) 8 copies

Dear Pen Pal [short story] (1949) 8 copies

Atom-stormen (1975) 8 copies

Jubiläums-Bibliothek: Der Meister der Zukunft - Seine großen Romane und seine besten Erzählungen (1991) 7 copies

Concealment [short story] (1943) 7 copies

The Seesaw [short fiction] (1941) 7 copies

Ersatz Eternal (1972) 6 copies

The Storm [short fiction] (1943) 6 copies

The Human Operators [short fiction] (1972) 6 copies

Der erste Marsianer (1971) 6 copies

Tvekamp i kosmos : [fyra science-fiction-noveller] (1976) 6 copies

Asylum [Short story] (1942) 6 copies

Slan - L'impero dell'atomo - Lo stregone di Linn (1986) 6 copies

Secret Unattainable (1942) 5 copies

MetaGalaktika 8 (1985) 5 copies

Cargills universum (1986) 5 copies

Science Fiction Monsters by A.E. Van Vogt (1970) 5 copies

Oorlog tegen de Rull & Maanbeest 5 copies

Himmelstorm : noveller av James Blish, Robert A. Heinlein og A. E. van Vogt ; presentert av Jon Bing og Tor ¿ge… (1974) — Author — 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 Rat And The Snake 4 copies

Cite du grand juge p 073193 (1989) 4 copies

The War Against the Rull, the Mile-Long Spaceship (1959) 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

The Mixed Men [short story] (1945) 4 copies

Co-operate—or Else! (1942) 4 copies

The Green Forest (1949) 4 copies

The Star-saint 4 copies

Fulfillment [short story] 3 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

Millemondiestate 1979 : tre romanzi completi di Alfred E. Van Vogt (La casa senza tempo - Il cervello trappola - Tutto… 3 copies

I Hate Bedtime (1997) 3 copies

Not Only Dead Men 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

Le Monde des Â de A.E. Van Vogt ( 19 janvier 1988 ) (1702) 2 copies

La bestia 2 copies

Purpose 2 copies

Sclipirea viitorului (2000) 2 copies

Os Filhos do Futuro 2 copies

Itself! [short story] 2 copies

Razas del futuro 2 copies

Ship Of Darkness 2 copies

Research Alpha — Author — 2 copies

A Can Of Paint 2 copies

The Rulers 2 copies

Războiul împotriva rulilor 2 copies

The Search (1943) 2 copies

Discord In Scarlet (1939) 2 copies

Futur Parfait 2 copies

La bataille de l'éternité (1971) 2 copies

Don't Hold Your Breath 2 copies

Contos Ficção Científica 2 copies

The Twisted Men [short story] 2 copies

The Universe Maker / The Proxy Intelligence (U.K.) 2 copies

Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (139): Midas - Die Waffenhändler von Isher (1994) 2 copies

Il villaggio incantato 2 copies

Footprint Farm (1978) 2 copies

Living With Jane 2 copies

Außerirdische und andere Wesen (1988) 2 copies

Los Monstruos del espacio 2 copies

The Problem Professor 2 copies

Pendulum [short story] (1978) 2 copies

Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (107): Die Triffids - Die Expedition der "Space Beagle". [plus illustrierter Anhang:… (1988) 2 copies

The Expendables (1963) 2 copies

Al di là del futuro (2017) 2 copies

I CAVALIERI DELLE STELLE 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

De wereld van nul-a 1 copy

Les Lendemains qui Scintillent (1975) 1 copy

Zero - A Três 1 copy

No-Time Swahili (Cassette Course) (2001) 1 copy

Primul Marțian 1 copy

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宇宙船ビーグル号の冒険 (1964年) (創元推理文庫) 1 copy

Hand Of The Gods (1946) 1 copy

Urania Collezione 087 - Non-a di Alfred E. Van Vogt del 2010 (2010) 1 copy

Child Of The Gods (1946) 1 copy

宇宙船ビーグル号の冒険 (創元推理文庫) 1 copy

地球最後の砦 (ハヤカワ文庫 SF 28) (1971) 1 copy

Slan 2 [Short Story] 1 copy

Slan 1951 Urania Collezione 008 Alfred E.Van Vogt (2003) 1 copy

BIBLIOTECA DE CIENCIA FICCIÓN. Los Monstruos Del Mar. Sirio. Oferta (1978) 1 copy

The Earth Killers 1 copy

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Home Of The Gods 1 copy

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Lo stagno di Matlin (e altri racconti) 1 copy

A Son Is Born (1946) 1 copy

Terra Sonderband Nr. 61: Der Mann mit dem dritten Auge (1962) 1 copy

Terra. Nr. 8. Das Reich der fünfzig Sonnen (1958) 1 copy

Missão Interplanetária 1 copy

Os Jogadores de Zero - A Livro 1 1 copy

O Homem dos Mil Nomes 1 copy

The Storm: A Science Fiction Classic 1 copy

A Guerra Contra o Rull 1 copy

A Astronave Pirata 1 copy

A Última Fortaleza Terrestre 1 copy

The Storm 1 copy

Xadrez Cósmico 1 copy

Null - A Tr~es 1 copy

Bestia 1 copy

Computador: Universo! Livro 1 1 copy

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Primul Martian 1 copy

Soarele Subteran 1 copy

Die Denkmachine 1 copy

Im Reich der Vogelmenschen / Utopia 19 (1980) 1 copy

Der Mann mit dem dritten Auge (1968) 1 copy

The Witness for the Defence 1 copy

Planete de vînzare 1 copy

Rebirth Earth (1942) — Author — 1 copy

Terra Sonderband Nr. 35: Die Waffenhändler von Isher (1960) 1 copy

Slan Hunter Part 2 1 copy

Lotta per la galassia e altri racconti 1 copy

Slan Hunter Part 3 1 copy

The Dream of the Sorceress 1 copy

Bis in die Unendlichkeit 1 copy

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Rumo Ao Universo 1 copy

Masters of Time: A Science Novel (with The Changeling) 1 copy

Spaceway Science Fiction - June 1954 (Vol. 2, #1) (1954) 1 copy

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Au-delà du néant (1978) 1 copy

Les monstres (1980) 1 copy

Urania 440 - PIANETI DA VENDERE 1 copy

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The Original Weapon Shops of Isher: the Complete Stories and Novels 1 copy

A.E. Van Vogt Le livre d'or de la science fiction (1980) 1 copy

Il segreto degli Slan (Slan) 1 copy

I polimorfi e altri racconti 1 copy

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Lost: Fifty Suns [novelette] (1952) 1 copy

Urania 17 - HEDROCK L'IMMORTALE 1 copy

Urania 8 - IL SEGRETO DEGLI SLAN 1 copy

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Il cristallo venuto dal tempo 1 copy

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L'era della follia 1 copy

The Male Condition 1 copy

Das Absolutum 1 copy

Laugh, Clone, Laugh [Short story] (1969) 1 copy

Rogue Ship [novelette] (modified) (1950) 1 copy

Centaurus II [novelette] (modified) (1947) 1 copy

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Null-A-Omnibus (1994) 1 copy

The universe maker 1 copy

nueva dimensión - 041 (1973) 1 copy

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LA BESTIA. (1968) 1 copy

Fantasy Book #3 '48 featuring The Great Judge 1 copy

Il cristallo venuto dal tempo e altre storie. (1976) 1 copy

The Hypnotism Handbook (1956) 1 copy

A.E. van Vogt 6 Pack (Planets for Sale, The Silkie, The Weapon Shops of Isher, The Book of Ptath, Slan, The Beast) (1965) 1 copy

Urania 027 - CROCIERA NELL'INFINITO 1 copy

Exodo estelar 1 copy

The Invisibility Gambit (1943) — Author — 1 copy

Duell i världsrymden : galaxiderna anfaller 1 copy

Destination centaure (1996) 1 copy

The Proxy Intelligence and Other Mindbenders 1 copy

Apres l'eternite (1972) 1 copy

Urania Collezione 8 - SLAN 1 copy

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Non-A Urania Collezione 087 1 copy

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Les Fabricants d'armes (1972) 1 copy

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℗Les ℗fabricants d'armes 1 copy

La Bête (1991) 1 copy

Black Destroyer 1 copy

A.E. Van Vogt Futur Parfait Le livre d'or de la science fiction (1980) 1 copy

The Replicators 1 copy

Après l'éternité (1968) 1 copy

EARTH'S LAST FORTRESS (1960) 1 copy

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LAS ARMERIAS DE ISHER. 1 copy

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The Ultra Man 1 copy

Science Fiction Special 8 (1973) — Contributor — 1 copy

Le armi di Isher 1 copy

Science Fiction Special 11 : The Time Tunnel / Battle of Forever / Bug-Eyed Monsters (1974) 1 copy

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Univers 06 (1976) 1 copy

Tweehonderd miljoen jaar A.D. / De Silkie 1 copy

A. E. Van Vogt. Pour une autre terre (Rogue ship). Traduit de l'anglais par Gérard Colson (1966) 1 copy

Meister der Zukunft Seine großen Romane und Erzählungen 1 copy

Earth's Last Fortress (New York: Ace Books, 1960) 1 copy

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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 Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection, Volume 1 (1990) — 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

Worlds of If Science Fiction 92, July 1965 (Vol. 15, No. 7) (1965) — Author — 7 copies

Other Canadas: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1979) — 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

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Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1949 — Contributor — 5 copies

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Astounding Science Fiction 1942 07 (1942) — Contributor — 3 copies

Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 083 (September 1961) (1961) 3 copies

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Historier fra andre verdener — Contributor — 2 copies

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Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 32 (April 1953) — Author — 1 copy

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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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The Weapon Shops of Isher by A. E. Van Vogt

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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The Weapon Shops of Isher by A E Van Vogt

Great book

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