The War Against the Rull
By: by A. E. van Vogt.
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: October 1962
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 187
Copyright date: 1959
Subjects: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction.
Genres: Science Fiction.
Description: Is that a Rull sitting next to you? Now man has conquered all of space and seemingly he is at peace with everone in it. That is, everything except the Rull. Who and what are the Rulls? They are a race so alien and paranoid that they must have originated in another galaxy. In their true form they resemble some sort of dark, large worm with a variety of appendages. But you almost never see a Rull as he really is. The Rull, you see, can change its outward appearance at will, so that even your closest friend or most trusted colleague may suddenly turn out to be a spy in disguise.
Notes: Permabook #M4263.
Cover art by Richard Powers.
This novel is a fix-up of six short stories which originally appeared in "Astounding Science Fiction": Co-Operate -- Or Else! (1942), The Second Solution (1942), The Sound (1950), The Green Forest (1949), The Rull (1948), and Repetition (1940) (a.k.a. The Gryb).