The Darkness on Diamondia
by A. E. van Vogt
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Flawed, but entertaining later novel by VanVogt. Worth a look if you're a fan.
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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 Canadian radio and in 1939, he began submitting show more 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
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- Canonical title*
- Ténèbres sur Diamondia
- Original publication date
- 1972
- Epigraph
- No ordeal changes the nature of man and no crisis changes the nature of states - Charles de Gaulle
- Dedication
- To Fred Pohl who for better or worse in 1964, when he was editor of Galaxy, Worlds of If and Worlds of Tomorrow, persuaded me to write science fiction again.
- First words
- 'Gray thoughts,' Morton read, 'under a gray sky...
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Right!'
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