The Silkie
By: by A. E. van Vogt.
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780441765027
Copyright date: 1969
Subjects: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction.
Genres: Science Fiction.
Description: The Silkie -- A living spaceship, impervious to heat and cold, virtually indestructible and capable of travelling at supersonic speeds.
The Silkie -- Similar to a human being, but not the same. Highly intelligent.
The Silkie -- Able to live under the oceans with the ease of a dolphin and the speed of a shark.
The Silkie -- A modern angel or a computerized demon?
The Silkie -- A friend of Earth, or a pitiless, alien destroyer?
Notes: Ace #76502.
Cover art by Bart Forbes.
This novel is a fix-up of three short stories: The Silkie (1964), Silkies in Space (1966), and Enemy of the Silkie (1967).