The celebrated author of "The Weapon Shops of Isher", "Slan", and "The Universe Makers" brings to this collection the same unforgettable concepts and the same surprises that have put him among the top names in science fiction. This representative collection of 15 stories portrays van Vogt in all his moods, in every stage of his development from 1937 to 1971. Here, in one volume, are the thought provoking Worlds of A.E. van Vogt. Contains: The Replicators The First Martian The Purpose The Earth Killers The Cataaaaa Automaton Itself! Process Not the First Fulfillment Ship of Darkness The Ultra Man The Storm The Expendables The Reflected Men
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.
