Moreover van Vogt would willingly interrupt his sleep to dream his way through a story. Hence the frenzied, automatic character of his most powerful fiction and perhaps also, the well-nigh incomprehensible psychology of his characters, who behave in mechanical, often unbelievable ways, impervious to either sense or reason. The astonishing plot reversals livened up an otherwise rather sentimental tale of wish fulfillment. Not for the faint hearted. Hundred Million A.D. Demented, spectacular, pulp adventure.
Millions die before domestic matters are set right, as the gods battle for Earth.
I'll admit to not having understood what this one was all about. This is the best selling of all SF novels ever published in french. The two-brained superman hero still doesn't know who he really is, but that doesn't prevent him from saving the galaxy. Breathless, mind-boggling, pulp adventure. Various super sciences are brought into play by the crew, when they are not quarrelling among themselves.