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In the novel, Slan, by A.E. Van Vogt. Slans differ from humans by which of the following traits:
Slan: A Novel
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What novel by A.E. Van Vogt inspired Ridley Scott's 1979 film "Alien"?
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Who, as editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact), was instrumental in launching the careers of numerous major science-fiction authors, including Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and A.E. Van Vogt, during the Golden Age of Science Fiction?
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Who got a free waterbed from the bedding firm that swiped the idea from one of his novels?
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The Science Fiction Writer's Association awards the "SFWA Grand Master Award" to SF writers. The award has been renamed the "Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award" after Damon Knight, founder of SFWA, passed away.
The award is never awarded posthumously... it must be given to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in SF or fantasy.
The following authors are deceased. Which TWO were not recognized as Grand Masters while alive, and will thus never receive the SFWA Grand Master Award?
Poul Anderson
Isaac Asimov
Alfred Bester
Arthur C. Clarke
Philip K. Dick
Robert A. Heinlein
Damon Knight
A.E. Van Vogt
Jack Williamson
Roger Zelazny
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