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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
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) 1,662 copies
The World of Null-A (1945) 1,287 copies
The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950) 1,137 copies
The Weapon Shops of Isher (1950) 832 copies
The Book of Ptath (1942) 826 copies
The Players of Null-A (1948) 740 copies
The War Against the Rull (1959) 668 copies
The Weapon Makers (1947) 633 copies
Destination Universe (1952) 541 copies
Empire of the Atom (1957) 495 copies
The Wizard of Linn (1962) 477 copies
The Silkie (1969) 454 copies
The Mixed Men (1952) 445 copies
The Mind Cage (1957) 425 copies
The Beast (1963) 421 copies
Rogue Ship (1965) 384 copies
The House That Stood Still (1950) 382 copies
Quest for the Future (1970) 378 copies
The Universe Maker (1953) 363 copies
Away and Beyond (1940) 339 copies
Children of Tomorrow (1970) 335 copies
Nul-A Three (1985) 313 copies
The Battle of Forever (1971) 309 copies
Supermind (1977) 275 copies
The Darkness on Diamondia (1972) 269 copies
The Winged Man (1966) — Author — 244 copies
The Book of van Vogt (1972) 236 copies
The Anarchistic Colossus (1977) 235 copies
Planets for Sale (1965) — Author — 219 copies
Tyranopolis (1970) 206 copies
Renaissance (1979) 205 copies
Pendulum (1978) 204 copies
The Blal (1965) 197 copies
Earth Factor X (1974) — Author — 191 copies
More Than Superhuman (1965) 188 copies
Computerworld (1983) 160 copies
The Best of A. E. Van Vogt (1976) 155 copies
The Gryb [collection] (1976) — Author — 143 copies
The Changeling (1942) 134 copies
Cosmic encounter (1979) — Author — 119 copies
Slan Hunter (2007) 116 copies
Transgalactic (2006) 109 copies
The Violent Man (1962) — Author — 92 copies
The Proxy Intelligence and Other Mind Benders (1971) — Author — 78 copies
The Worlds of A.E. Van Vogt (1974) 77 copies
M33 in Andromeda (1971) 70 copies
Earth's Last Fortress and The Three Eyes of Evil (1942) — Author — 62 copies
Out of the Unknown (1948) — Author — 62 copies
Nul-A (1975) 58 copies
Slan & Slan Hunter (2007) — Author — 55 copies
The Universe Maker (1953) 54 copies
Gateway to Elsewhere / The Weapon Shops of Isher (1954) — Author — 51 copies
Le cycle du A (1988) — Afterword, some editions — 47 copies
Siege of the unseen (1959) 46 copies
Earth's Last Fortress [and] Lost in Space (1960) — Author — 42 copies
Enchanted village (1950) 38 copies
A la conquête de Kiber (1999) 29 copies
Les portes de l'éternité (1990) 17 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
The Storm [short fiction] (1943) 7 copies
Der erste Marsianer (1971) 6 copies
Ersatz Eternal (1972) 6 copies
Futur parfait (1999) 6 copies
Asylum [Short story] (1942) 6 copies
Los jugadores de NO-A (1975) 5 copies
La Dernière Forteresse (1978) 5 copies
MetaGalaktika 8 (1985) 5 copies
Cargills universum (1986) 5 copies
The Cataaaa 5 copies
The Rull [short story] (1948) 5 copies
Far Centaurus (1944) 5 copies
Secret Unattainable (1942) 5 copies
The Second Solution (1942) 4 copies
The Star-saint 4 copies
Process 4 copies
The Green Forest (1949) 4 copies
Co-operate—or Else! (1942) 4 copies
The Sound (1980) 4 copies
Film Library (1946) 4 copies
Van Vogt Omnibus 2 (1971) 4 copies
The money personality (1972) 3 copies
The Ghost 3 copies
Humans Go Home! (1969) 3 copies
The Gryb [Short Story] (1940) 3 copies
I Hate Bedtime (1997) 3 copies
Juggernaut 3 copies
A Van Vogt omnibus (1967) 3 copies
War Of Nerves (1950) 3 copies
Science Fiction Special 17 (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Harmonizer (1944) 3 copies
The Witch 3 copies
The Great Engine (1943) 3 copies
The Barbarian 3 copies
Science Fiction Special 32 (1981) — Contributor — 3 copies
Los monstruos del mar (1940) 2 copies
Après l'éternité (1968) 2 copies
Research Alpha — Author — 2 copies
Exodo estelar (1965) 2 copies
The Search (1943) 2 copies
Discord In Scarlet (1939) 2 copies
A Can Of Paint 2 copies
Sclipirea viitorului (2000) 2 copies
The Rulers 2 copies
Dormant 2 copies
Future Perfect 2 copies
Xadrez Cósmico 2 copies
The Expendables (1963) 2 copies
Him (1968) 2 copies
Primul Martian 2 copies
All The Loving Androids (1971) 2 copies
The Reflected Men (1971) 2 copies
Al di là del futuro (2017) 2 copies
Heir Unapparent (1945) 2 copies
Purpose 2 copies
Pendulum [short story] (1978) 2 copies
The Invisibility Gambit (1943) — Author — 2 copies
Rebirth Earth (1942) — Author — 2 copies
Footprint Farm (1978) 2 copies
Invadatorii 1 copy
Bestia 1 copy
Null-A-Omnibus (1994) 1 copy
Hand Of The Gods (1946) 1 copy
Defense 1 copy
A Son Is Born (1946) 1 copy
Child Of The Gods (1946) 1 copy
nueva dimensión - 041 (1973) 1 copy
Univers 06 (1976) 1 copy
Science Fiction Special 8 (1973) — Contributor — 1 copy
Science Fiction Special 27 (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy
Destination centaure (1996) 1 copy
Diamondia 1 copy

Associated Works

Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn (1980) — Contributor — 1,161 copies
Adventures in Time and Space (1946) — Contributor, some editions — 554 copies
The Science Fiction Century (1997) — Contributor — 538 copies
Partners in Wonder (1971) — Contributor — 467 copies
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963) — Contributor — 462 copies
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992) — Contributor — 446 copies
Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 443 copies
Galactic Empires, Volume Two (1976) — Contributor — 393 copies
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 1 (1959) — Contributor — 340 copies
Science Fiction Omnibus (1952) — Contributor — 337 copies
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction [2-volume set] (1959) — Contributor — 295 copies
Space Opera (1974) — Contributor — 268 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (1988) — Contributor — 250 copies
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Contributor — 249 copies
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (1952) — Contributor — 233 copies
The World Turned Upside Down (2005) — Contributor — 224 copies
Cats in Space...and Other Places (1992) — Contributor — 217 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980) — Contributor — 197 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) (1939) — Contributor — 181 copies
A Treasury of Science Fiction (1948) — Contributor, some editions — 179 copies
Deep Space (1973) — Contributor — 163 copies
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 (1979) — Contributor — 156 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) (1980) — Contributor — 154 copies
A Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Contributor — 149 copies
Microcosmic Tales (1944) — Contributor — 146 copies
The Golden Age Of Science Fiction (1946) — Contributor — 140 copies
Space Odyssey (1983) — Contributor — 138 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #2: From Wells to Heinlein (1979) — Contributor — 138 copies
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Contributor — 136 copies
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction (1939) — Author — 135 copies
Space Mail (1980) — Contributor — 131 copies
New Tales of Space and Time (1951) — Contributor — 127 copies
Galactic Empires {complete} (1976) — Contributor — 125 copies
Spectrum 2 (1962) — Contributor — 121 copies
Great Stories of Space Travel (1963) — Contributor — 113 copies
2020 Vision (1974) — Contributor — 110 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) (1981) — Contributor — 110 copies
Beyond Tomorrow (1934) — Contributor — 107 copies
The Good Old Stuff (1998) — Contributor — 97 copies
Unknown Worlds : Tales from Beyond (1988) — Contributor — 92 copies
Invaders of Earth (1953) — Contributor — 91 copies
The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) (1973) — Contributor — 91 copies
Trips in Time (1977) — Contributor — 90 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) (1981) — Contributor — 85 copies
Men Against the Stars (1950) — Contributor, some editions — 82 copies
The Other Side of the Moon (1949) 79 copies
Adventures on Other Planets (1954) — Contributor — 78 copies
Decade: The 1940s (1975) — Contributor — 77 copies
Best SF (1955) — Contributor — 76 copies
Thieves' World: First Blood (2003) — Contributor — 67 copies
The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977) — Author, some editions — 67 copies
Give Me Liberty (2002) — Contributor — 62 copies
First Flight: Maiden Voyages in Space and Time (1963) — Contributor — 61 copies
Quark/1 (1970) — Contributor — 61 copies
Best Science Fiction for 1973 (1973) — Contributor — 60 copies
Of Worlds Beyond (1947) — Contributor — 60 copies
The IF Reader of Science Fiction (1966) — Author, some editions — 60 copies
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996) — Contributor — 59 copies
The Pseudo-People (1965) — Introduction — 55 copies
Survival of Freedom (1981) — Contributor — 55 copies
Beachheads in Space (1952) — Contributor, some editions — 53 copies
The Wounded Planet (1973) — Contributor — 51 copies
Alpha 8 (1977) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Witchcraft Reader (1969) — Contributor — 50 copies
Far Boundaries (1951) — Contributor — 48 copies
Anthropology Through Science Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 46 copies
Science Fiction: The Great Years Vol II (1975) — Contributor — 45 copies
Towards Infinity (1938) — Contributor — 44 copies
The Fantastic World War II: The War That Wasn't (1990) — Contributor — 44 copies
In Dreams Awake (1975) — Contributor — 42 copies
Alien Earth and Other Stories (1969) — Author — 42 copies
SF: Authors' Choice 2 (1970) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Shape of Things (1965) — Contributor — 41 copies
Science Fiction (1973) — Author — 40 copies
Award Science Fiction Reader (1966) — Contributor — 33 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 32 copies
Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep (1994) — Contributor — 31 copies
First Voyages (1981) — Contributor — 30 copies
Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (1984) — Contributor — 28 copies
Analog Anthology #6: War and Peace (1983) — Contributor — 28 copies
The Old Masters (1970) — Contributor — 26 copies
Tomorrow and Tomorrow : Ten Tales of the Future (1973) — Contributor — 24 copies
We, Robots (2010) — Contributor — 24 copies
Novella : 3 (1978) — Contributor — 23 copies
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1951 (1951) — Contributor — 23 copies
Now Begins Tomorrow (1969) — Contributor — 22 copies
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age (1978) — Contributor — 22 copies
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies
Asleep in Armageddon (1962) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Time Curve (1968) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Human Zero (1967) — Contributor — 18 copies
Analog Anthology #5: Writers' Choice, Volume one (1983) — 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
Ikarus 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 8 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1950 06 (1950) — Contributor — 8 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1949 12 (1949) — Contributor — 8 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1950 04 (1950) — Contributor — 7 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1945 01 (1945) — Contributor — 7 copies
Out of This World Adventures, July 1950 — Contributor — 7 copies
Invaders from space; ten stories of science fiction (1972) — Contributor — 7 copies
Rainbow Fantasia: 35 Spectrumatic Tales of Wonder (2001) — Contributor — 7 copies
Det sidste spørgsmål og andre historier (1973) — Author, some editions — 6 copies
Welten der Zukunft 12 (1986) — Contributor — 6 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1945 08 (1945) — Contributor — 6 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1947 06 (1947) — Contributor — 6 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1947 04 (1947) — Contributor — 6 copies
Rød planet : en science fiction-antologi om Mars (1970) — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1942 03 (1942) — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1945 09 (1945) — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1946 10 (1946) — Contributor — 5 copies
Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1949 — Contributor — 5 copies
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #4 (1975) — Contributor — 5 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1942 05 (1942) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Edward De Bono Science Fiction Collection (1976) — Contributor — 4 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1939 12 (1939) — Contributor — 4 copies
Astounding Science Fiction 1942 07 (1942) — Contributor — 3 copies
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 49 Number 1, Fall 1984 (1984) — Contributor — 2 copies
Historier fra andre verdener — Contributor — 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
Other names
Vogt, Alfred (birth)
Birthdate
1912-04-26
Date of death
2000-01-26
Gender
male
Nationality
Canada (birth)
USA (naturalized 1945)
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)
Education
University of Ottawa (BA|1928)
Relationships
Hull, E. Mayne (wife)
Van Vogt, Lydia (wife)
Organizations
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Canadian Department of National Defence
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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Members
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Reviews
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