A. E. van Vogt
Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)
Alfred Elton van Vogt (/væn voʊt/; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. He was one of the most popular science fiction writers in the mid-twentieth century.[1]
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| Born | Alfred Vogt April 26, 1912 Edenburg, near Gretna, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | January 26, 2000 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1939–1986 (science fiction) |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Literary movement | Golden Age of Science Fiction |
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Death
changeVan Vogt died at his home in Los Angeles on January 26, 2000 from Alzheimer's disease, aged 87.
Novels
change| Year | Title | Series | Notes | Alternate titles |
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| 1946 | Slan | Originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, September – December 1940. | ||
| 1947 | The Weapon Makers | Isher | Significantly revised version of a novel originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, February – April 1943. Revised again in 1952. |
One Against Eternity (1964) |
| 1947 | The Book of Ptath | Originally appeared (complete) in Unknown, October 1943. |
Two Hundred Million A.D. (1964) Ptath (1976) | |
| 1948 | The World of Ā | Null-A | Revised and shortened version of a novel originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, August – October 1945. Revised again in 1970. |
The World of Null-A (all editions from 1953 forward) |
| 1950 | The House That Stood Still | The Mating Cry (1960, revised) The Undercover Aliens (1976) | ||
| 1950 | The Voyage of the Space Beagle | Fix-up of four short stories, originally published 1939 – 1950. | Mission: Interplanetary (1952) | |
| 1951 | The Weapon Shops of Isher | Isher | Fix-up of three short stories, originally published 1941 – 1949. | |
| 1952 | The Mixed Men | Fix-up of three short stories, originally published 1943 – 1945. | Mission to the Stars (1955) | |
| 1953 | The Universe Maker | Extensively rewritten and expanded version of the short story "The Shadow Men" (1950). | ||
| 1954 | The Pawns of Null-A | Null-A | Originally serialized (as The Players of Ā) in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1948 – January 1949. | The Players of Null-A (1966) |
| 1957 | The Mind Cage | Extensively rewritten and expanded version of the short story "The Great Judge" (1948]. | ||
| 1957 | Empire of the Atom | Gods | Fix-up of five short stories, originally published 1946 – 1947. | |
| 1959 | Siege of the Unseen | Originally serialized (as The Chronicler) in Astounding Science Fiction, October – November 1946. | The Three Eyes of Evil (1973) | |
| 1959 | The War Against the Rull | Fix-up of six short stories, originally published 1940 – 1950. | ||
| 1960 | Earth's Last Fortress | Novella, originally appeared (complete, as "Recruiting Station") in Astounding Science Fiction, March 1942. | Anthologized as "Masters Of Time" in the van Vogt collection Masters Of Time (1950). | |
| 1962 | The Wizard of Linn | Gods | Originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, April – June 1950. | |
| 1962 | The Violent Man | Non-sf; a political thriller. | ||
| 1963 | The Beast | Substantially revised fix-up of three short stories, originally published 1943 – 1944. | Moonbeast (1969) | |
| 1965 | Rogue Ship | Fix-up of three short stories, originally published 1947 – 1963. | ||
| 1966 | The Winged Man (with E. Mayne Hull) | Originally serialized (and credited solely to E. Mayne Hull) in Astounding Science Fiction, May – June 1944. Greatly expanded (from 35,000 to 60,000 words) by van Vogt for book publication. | ||
| 1967 | The Changeling | Novella, originally appeared (complete) in Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944. Previously anthologized in the van Vogt collection Masters Of Time (1950). |
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| 1969 | The Silkie | Fix-up of three short stories, originally published 1964 – 1967. | ||
| 1970 | Children of Tomorrow | |||
| 1970 | Quest for the Future | Fix-up of three short stories, originally published 1943 – 1946. | ||
| 1971 | The Battle of Forever | |||
| 1972 | The Darkness on Diamondia | |||
| 1973 | Future Glitter | Tyranopolis (1977) | ||
| 1974 | The Man with a Thousand Names | |||
| 1974 | The Secret Galactics | Earth Factor X (1976) | ||
| 1977 | Supermind | Fix-up of three short stories, originally published 1942 – 1968. The 1965 story "Research Alpha", minimally revised to form chapters 23-36 of this novel, was credited on original publication to van Vogt and James H. Schmitz. | ||
| 1977 | The Anarchistic Colossus | |||
| 1979 | Renaissance | |||
| 1979 | Cosmic Encounter | |||
| 1983 | Computerworld | Computer Eye (1985) | ||
| 1984 | Null-A Three | Null-A | ||
| 1985 | To Conquer Kiber | Unpublished in English. Published in French as A la conquête de Kiber and in Romanian as Cucerirea Kiberului[2] |
References
change- ↑ "Although [van Vogt] catered for the pulps, he intensified the emotional impact and complexity of the stories they would bear". Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter, eds. (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 1268. ISBN 978-0-312-13486-0.
- ↑ Dubé, Denis. "Plot Summary: To Conquer Kiber by A.E. van Vogt". Sevagram. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
Other websites
change- Sevagram, the A.E. van Vogt information site
- Obituary at LocusOnline (Locus Publications)
- "Writers: A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000, Canada)" Archived 2015-04-24 at the Wayback Machine – bibliography at SciFan
- A. E. van Vogt Papers (MS 322) at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
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