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A. E. van Vogt

Alfred Elton van Vogt was born on a farm in Edenburg, a Russian Mennonite community east of Gretna, Manitoba. Early in his career he wrote for true confession pulp magazines like True Story, but in the late 1930s he began writing science fiction, which he was more interested in. His first published SF story, "Black Destroyer" was published in 1939, and is considered to be one of the first works of the Golden Age of science fiction. In 1941 he left his job at the Department of National Defence to become a full-time writer, and he went on to write a large number of short stories. In 1944 he moved to Hollywood, California. In the 1950s he briefly became involved in L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics projects. Although he left Dianetics, he claimed that Hubbard's followers continued to harass him, and he stopped writing for a few years. In the 1960s Frederik Pohl convinced him to start writing again, and he wrote novels (as opposed to short stories that were later developed into novels) until his death in 2000.

Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)

Born 26 April 1912
Died 26 January 2000

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  • Cover of: The World of Null-A
    Cover of edition worldofnulla0000aeva First published in 1948 24 editions

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  • Cover of: The Voyage of The Space Beagle

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  • Cover of: The War Against the Rull
    First published in 1950 18 editions

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  • Cover of: The Weapon Shops of Isher
    Cover of edition isbn_0450014630 First published in 1951 16 editions

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  • Cover of: Empire of the atom
    First published in 1956 16 editions

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  • Cover of: The Beast
    First published in 1963 12 editions

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  • Cover of: The Universe Maker
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  • Cover of: The House that Stood Still
    First published in 1950 11 editions

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  • Cover of: The book of Ptath
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  • Cover of: Mission to the Stars
    Cover of edition missiontostars0000vanv Cover of edition missiontostarsor0000vanv First published in 1960 11 editions

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  • Cover of: Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn

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  • Cover of: The Winged Man
    Cover of edition wingedman00vanv Cover of edition wingedman0000vanv First published in 1966 11 editions

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  • Cover of: The Players of Null-A
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  • Cover of: The Wizard of Linn
    Cover of edition lesorcierdelinn0000vanv First published in 1962 10 editions

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  • Cover of: Destination: Universe!
    Cover of edition destinationunive00vanv First published in 1952 10 editions

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  • Cover of: The Mind Cage
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  • Cover of: The Weapon Makers
    First published in 1947 9 editions

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  • Cover of: The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940's

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  • Cover of: The Anarchistic Colossus
    First published in 1977 8 editions

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