A.E. van Vogt

## About the Author

* **Other Names**: Alfred Vogt
* **Genres**: Classic Science Fiction, Space Exploration, First Contact, Virtual Reality
* **Writing Style**:
* **Books:** A. E. van Vogt Books

### Biography

Alfred Elton van Vogt /væn voʊt/ was a Canadian-born science fiction author. His fragmented, narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, notably Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentieth century, the genre's Golden Age, and one of the most complex. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him their 14th Grand Master in 1995 (presented 1996).

### Notable works and influences

The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950)
The Voyage of the Space Beagle is one of the most influential works of Science Fiction. It is best known today as the inspiration for the motion picture Alien, but before that it inspired the "five year mission to explore new worlds..." theme of Star Trek. Beyond these two noteworthy franchises, it has influenced and molded hundreds of other works in many forms.
The World of Null-A (1948)
**The classic novel of non-Aristotelian logic and the coming race of supermen**
Grandmaster A. E. van Vogt was one of the giants of the 1940s, the Golden Age of classic SF. Of his masterpieces, The World of Null-A is his most famous and most influential. It was the first major trade SF hardcover ever, in 1949, and has been in print in various editions ever since. The entire careers of Philip K. Dick, Keith Laumer, Alfred Bester, Charles Harness, and Philip Jose Farmer were created or influenced by The World of Null-A, and so it is required reading for anyone who wishes to know the canon of SF classics.
Slan
From its first publication as a serial in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1940, Slan was acclaimed by readers as one of, if not THE, novel of Golden Age science fiction. Telling the story of Jommy Cross, a young slan, and his quest to discover his father's legacy as well as to find others like him, while fleeing from a repressive dictatorship, Slan was both a ground-breaking SF novel, and perhaps the first Young Adult paranormal adventure. Slan | Read More...
## Series

### Isher series

* Genres: Galaxy Empire,
* Theme: *The Right to Buy Weapons is the Right to Be Free.*
* Series list:
	1. The Weapon Shops of Isher (Isher Book 1) (1951)
	2. The Weapon Makers (Isher Book 2) (1946) aka One Against Eternity

### Slan series

* Genres: YA Dystopia,
	1. Slan (Slan series Book 1) (1946)
	2. Slan Hunter (Slan series Book 2)(2007) (with Kevin J Anderson)

### Null-A series

* Genres: Futureistic, Games World, Virtual Reality, Computer controlled
	1. The World of Null-A (Null-A series Book 1) (1948)
	2. The Pawns of Null-A (Null-A series Book 2) (1956) aka The Players of Null-A
	3. Null-A Three (Null-A series Book 3) (1985)

### Mutant Mage duology

* Genres: Alien Invaders, Space Fantasy,
* Theme: Society was a strange mix of the modern and the medieval, with armies riding on horseback into huge spaceships, then flying to human colonies on other planets to wage war with swords and arrows.
* Series list:
	1. Transgalactic (Clane Book 1) - Contains the following two books:
		+ Empire of the Atom (The Mutant Mage Book 1) (1957)
		+ The Wizard of Linn (The Mutant Mage Book 2) (1962)
		+ Mission to the Stars (1952) (not part of the Mutant Mage series)

## Other Works

### Novels

* The Book of Ptath (1947) aka Two Hundred Million AD
* The House That Stood Still (1950) aka Undercover Aliens / The Mating Cry
* Masters of Time (1950) aka Earth's Last Fortress
* The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950)
* Mission to the Stars (1952) aka The Mixed Men
* The Universe Maker (1953)
* Planets for Sale (1954) (with E Mayne Hull)
* The Mind Cage (1957)
* Siege of the Unseen (1959)
* The War against the Rull (1959)
* The Violent Man (1962)
* The Beast (1963) aka Moonbeast
* The Twisted Men (1964)
* Rogue Ship (1965)
* The Winged Man (1966) (with E Mayne Hull)
* The Changeling (1969)
* The Silkie (1969)
* Children of Tomorrow (1970)
* Quest for the Future (1970)
* More Than Superhuman (1971)
* The Battle of Forever (1972)
* Future Glitter (1973) aka Tyranopolis
* The Darkness on Diamondia (1974)
* The Man with a Thousand Names (1974)
* The Secret Galactics (1974) aka Earth Factor X
* The Gryb (1976) (with E Mayne Hull)
* Supermind (1977)
* The Anarchistic Colossus (1977)
* Pendulum (1978)
* The Enchanted Village (1979)
* Renaissance (1979)
* Cosmic Encounter (1980)
* Computerworld (1983) aka Computer Eye

### Collections

* M33 in Andromeda (1943)
* Out of the Unknown (1948) (with E Mayne Hull)
* Away and Beyond (1952)
* Destination: Universe! (1952)
* The Far-Out Worlds of A E van Vogt (1956)
* Monsters (1965) aka The Blal
* The Sea Thing (1970)
* The Proxy Intelligence (1971)
* The Book of Van Vogt (1972) aka Lost: Fifty Suns
* The Three Eyes of Evil (1973)
* The Best of A E van Vogt (1974)
* The Best of A E van Vogt 1940 - 1948 (1979)
* The Best of A E van Vogt 1949 - 1968 (1979)
* Futures Past (1999)
* Essential A E Van Vogt (2003)
* The Earth Killers (2010)

## Awards

* 1941 Retro Hugo, awarded 2016 for *Slan* for Best Novel.

## References

1. ↑ A. E. van Vogt at wikipedia
2. ↑ Amazon | The Voyage of the Space Beagle | Read More...
3. ↑ Amazon | The World of Null-A | Read More...