A.E. van Vogt

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born

April 26, 1912 in Gretna, Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada

died

January 26, 2000

gender

male

website

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~icshi/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded by some as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the "Golden Age" of the genre.

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Books by A.E. van Vogt

Average rating: 3.73 · 8,033 ratings · 520 reviews · 194 distinct works

	Slan by A.E. van Vogt, Alfred Elton Van Vogt 3.61 avg rating — 929 ratings — published 1940 — 28 editions	My rating:
	The Weapon Shops of Isher 3.84 avg rating — 669 ratings — published 1949 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The World of Null-A 3.68 avg rating — 728 ratings — published 1945 — 30 editions	My rating:
	The Voyage of the Space Beagle 3.71 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 1950 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Players Of Null-a 3.85 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1948 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Weapon Makers 3.71 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1946 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The War Against the Rull 3.42 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1959 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Silkie 3.42 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Book of Ptath 3.26 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1943 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Empire of Isher: The Weapon Makers/The Weapon Shops of Isher 3.82 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by A.E. van Vogt

The Mutant Mage (2 books)
by A.E. van Vogt

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Quotes by A.E. van Vogt

“Resistance, however, is useless. (1939)”
― A.E. van Vogt

tags: borg , science-fiction , star-trek

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“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.”
― A.E. van Vogt

tags: the-weapon-shops-of-isher

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“You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.”
― A.E. van Vogt

tags: a-e-van-vogt , ideas , memory , origins , work , writing , youth

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