false 2012386 10 Empire of the Atom is a science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt. First published in 1957 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 2,000 copies, the novel is a fix-up of the first five of van Vogt's Gods stories which originally appeared in Astounding magazine. The remaining Gods stories are collected in The Wizard of Linn. Author & critic James Blish observed that the plot of the Gods stories resembled that of Robert Graves' Claudius novels. Contents: "A Son Is Born" "Child of the Gods" "Hand of the Gods" "Home of the Gods" "The Barbarian" The novel concerns adventures of a mutant genius in a barbaric future where spaceships are used without being understood. 2016591 1957 Empire of the Atom total:30|5:1|4:0|3:1|2:0|1:0| 30 108 48 6 4 1 false false Sat Jan 03 07:07:29 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 07:15:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Sun Sep 07 00:35:36 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 00:46:08 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 2 0 true false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 15:27:58 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 09:48:48 -0700 2009
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