false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179752110m/951290.jpg 951290 17 Grandmaster A. E. Van Vogt was one of the giants of the Golden Age of classic SF, the 1940s. Of his masterpieces, The World of Null-A is most famous and most influential. It was the first major trade SF hardcover ever, published in 1949, and has been in print in various editions ever since. The 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. It is required reading for anyone who wishes to know the canon of SF classics. 3037396 book 1945 The World of Null-A total:157|5:38|4:53|3:46|2:14|1:6| 157 574 221 25 3 4 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 16 12:29:38 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 19 21:21:38 -0700 2009 World of Null-A, which is about as good as most of A.E. van Vogt's oeuvre - that is to say, not very good at all. I was however struck by his preface, where he boasted that this novel, all by itself...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1972 Tue Dec 16 12:28:31 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 07 11:26:30 -0800 2009 World of Null-A, which is about as good as most of A.E. van Vogt's oeuvre - that is to say, not very good at all. I was however struck by his preface, where he boasted that this novel, all by itself...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 12:12:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 12:18:25 -0700 2009
Van Vogt writes about Gilb...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Sep 08 07:29:32 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 22:11:49 -0700 2009 Tout cela est...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 07 08:14:33 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 25 05:48:48 -0800 2009
In the opening chapter we ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Jul 08 09:51:29 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 07:28:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 29 12:03:22 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 20 20:33:45 -0700 2008 The World of Null-A is a mixed bag. All too frequently I found myself having to stop and re-read sections to figure out basic plot points (and this was generally because of a basic lack of clarity in key scenes, not because of a particularly advanced concept) and found it difficult to integrate the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 07:23:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 11:25:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 19 11:47:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:48:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Sun Jan 27 21:38:12 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 21:38:12 -0800 2008 I thought, "Maybe it was just Slan that sucked; it was his first book after all," but it wasn't -- in my opinion Van Vogt sucks. Some dude at an online SF site claimed that VeeVee's "stories don'...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1972 Sat Feb 07 23:32:36 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 23:34:05 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 15:35:51 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 13:58:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Aug 04 13:26:31 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 21:30:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 16 06:01:57 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 06:04:44 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Mar 23 18:24:03 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 09:59:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 29 20:15:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 08:16:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 28 06:42:53 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 08:32:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 02 10:58:28 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 11:05:42 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Aug 16 10:43:55 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 10:45:52 -0700 2008
Neat fact - This was the first mass-distribution science fiction novel.]]> 0 0 false false Fri Aug 10 20:34:35 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 11:19:11 -0700 2007
I stopped midway through the book as one chapter ended with the line:

It all seemed quite incomprehensible.

Yes, it did. Painfully so.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=951290