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A.E. van Vogt

Born

in Gretna, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

April 26, 1912

Died

January 26, 2000

Website

https://www.icshi.net/sevagram/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded by some as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century—the "Golden Age" of the genre.

van Vogt was born to Russian Mennonite family. Until he was four years old, van Vogt and his family spoke only a dialect of Low German in the home.

He began his writing career with 'true story' romances, but then moved to writing science fiction, a field he identified with. His first story was Black Destroyer, that appeared as the front cover story for the July 1939 edtion of the popular "Astounding Science Fiction" magazine.

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Average rating: 3.8 · 52,248 ratings · 4,107 reviews · 663 distinct works • Similar authors

	Slan (Slan, #1) by A.E. van Vogt, Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.69 avg rating — 5,847 ratings — published 1940 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weapon Shops of Isher 3.94 avg rating — 4,942 ratings — published 1951 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World of Null-A 3.70 avg rating — 4,815 ratings — published 1945 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voyage of the Space Beagle 3.84 avg rating — 4,008 ratings — published 1950 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weapon Makers 3.84 avg rating — 1,643 ratings — published 1947 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Players of Null-A (Null-A #2) 3.92 avg rating — 1,491 ratings — published 1948 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War Against the Rull 3.68 avg rating — 894 ratings — published 1959 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empire of the Atom 3.65 avg rating — 851 ratings — published 1957 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destination: Universe! 3.83 avg rating — 708 ratings — published 1952 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Ptath 3.34 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 1943 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by A.E. van Vogt (?)

“Resistance, however, is useless. (1939)”
― A. E. Van Vogt

tags: borg, science-fiction, star-trek

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“If I believe the same things today I did yesterday I've learned nothing.”
― A.E. van Vogt

tags: knowledge-of-self, phlosophy, wisdom

20 likes

“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.”
― A.E. Van Vogt

tags: the-weapon-shops-of-isher

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Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (560 pp)

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The Way by Cary Groner (304 pp)

1 vote, 7.7%

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah (232 pp)

1 vote, 7.7%

Slan by A.E. van Vogt (272 pp)

1 vote, 7.7%

The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory (168 pp)

1 vote, 7.7%

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (448 pp)

1 vote, 7.7%

The Escher Man by T.R. Napper (368 pp)

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The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard (305 pp)

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