Slan & Slan Hunter

Slan #1-2

by A.E. van Vogt, Kevin J. Anderson

Omnibus - contains the original novel (from 1940) by SF Grand Master van Vogt, and a modern-day sequel by Kevin J. Anderson.

Genres: Science Fiction

373 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Alfred Elton van Vogt 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.

van Vogt was born to Russian Mennonite family. Until he was four years old, van Vogt and his family spoke only a dialect of Low German in the home.

He began his writing career with 'true story' romances, but then moved to writing science fiction, a field he identified with. His first story was Black Destroyer, that appeared as the front cover story for the July 1939 edtion of the popular "Astounding Science Fiction" magazine.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good older SiFi book. Great concepts in the early days of SiFi that are common concepts in much of today's stories. Very recommended

[Rick Bavera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though I've read a lot of sci-fi (especially older stuff), I have never heard of/read this. In fact, I am not sure I've ever read anything by van Vogt, except for the occasional short story.

Anyway....

I enjoyed this book, even though at times I felt it was moving along rather slowly.

One thing that really struck me is that the antagonisms between " true slan" and "tendrilless" and "human", and all the misinformation being slung about by the tendrilless and humans, it really reminded me of a lot of the tensions going on in our current societies.

Some things just never seem to change.

[Randy · Rating 5 out of 5]

SF Book Club edition. Kevin J. Anderson completed the unfinished Slan Hunter.

[Jennifer]

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