false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176676598m/643792.jpg 643792 19 <i>Slan</i> is legendary science fiction author A. E. Van Vogt's first and best-known novel, back in print from Tor Books's Orb imprint. The story is classic golden age science fiction: Jommy Cross is a slan, a genetically bred superhuman whose race was created to aid humanity but is now despised by "normal" humans. Slans are usually shot on sight, but that doesn't stop Jommy's mother from bringing him to see the world capital of Centropolis, the seat of power for Earth's dictator, Kier Gray. But on their latest trip to Centropolis, the two slans are discovered, and Jommy's mother is killed. Jommy, only 9 years old, unwittingly becomes caught up in a plot to undermine Gray, who may be more sympathetic to slans than the public suspects. The nonstop action and root-for-the-underdog plot has made <i>Slan</i> a science fiction favorite. 2742092 1946 Slan: A Novel total:266|5:56|4:95|3:83|2:26|1:6| 266 967 366 38 1 1 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Sun Jan 27 21:23:03 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 21:23:03 -0800 2008 Aghast that people acclaim Van Vogt at all, in any way, even a little bit. "Jommy"?! for fvck's sake "Vee Vee," think of something that actually smacks of a futurity -- the 1950s in 2100 and to w...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Jan 18 13:52:28 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 14:04:43 -0800 2009
This book is an expansion of an earlier short story/novella that Van Vogt published in one of the famous sci-fi mags of the early 20th century. I don't know how much revision there was or how m...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 22:13:42 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 22:26:40 -0700 2009 now,, nearly seventy years later. I see the legacy of Sla in many books and films I've read, and the main fear of the humans, being superseded by a genetically engineered race, the Slan, is one that lurches ever closer to our realit...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue May 05 02:28:51 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 02:29:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Aug 21 21:44:17 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 16:01:21 -0700 2009 Slan by A.E.van Vogt and hated it. I just finished it as a personal pride thing. I think there were maybe 10 fiction books in my entire life I absolutely couldn't stand to finish.

It's considered one of the classics of science fiction, originally published in 1940, thoug...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sun Mar 15 07:01:19 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 11:48:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 16 09:02:51 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 08:24:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:44:04 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:49:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1959 Mon Dec 29 07:33:37 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:44:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Apr 22 13:32:16 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 06:56:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 18:28:15 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 18:34:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 13:43:08 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 15:49:20 -0800 2009 King Dork, which I read earlier this year and (b.) I hadn't read any Van Vogt before. And I may never have to again. Poorly paced, developed, and written. Just bad all around.more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 15:40:15 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 12:14:24 -0700 2009
A slan is an alternate human life form -- or is he/she? Van Vogt's carries us through the lives of two slans and the culture that pits humans, true slans, and slans without tendrils against each other.]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 04 23:18:37 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 23:23:52 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 16 06:48:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 07:01:28 -0700 2009
Not great, but better than a lot of the pulp writers from that era.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 19:56:29 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 19:58:29 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 19:15:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:15:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 02 17:27:05 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 17:28:33 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 18:05:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 18:10:21 -0800 2009 ]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 20 15:19:35 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 15:23:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=643792