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In the 1940s, the Golden Age of science fiction flowered in the magazine Astounding. Editor John W. Campbell, Jr., discovered and promoted great new writers such as Isaac Asimov in New York, Robert A. Heinlein in California, and A.E. van Vogt in Canada, whose novel Slan was one of the basic works of the era. Throughout the forties and into the fifties Slan was considered the single most important SF novel, the one great book that everyone had to read. Many SF fans rallied to the cry, "Fans are slans."
Today it remains a monument to pulp SF adventure, filled with constant action and a cornucopia of ideas. And maybe fans really are slans. Read it and see for yourself.
Today it remains a monument to pulp SF adventure, filled with constant action and a cornucopia of ideas. And maybe fans really are slans. Read it and see for yourself.
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Slan is legendary science fiction author A. E. Van Vogt's first and best-known novel, back in print from Tor Books's Orb imprint. The story is classic golden age science fiction: Jommy Cross is a slan, a genetically bred superhuman whose race was created to aid humanity but is now despised by "normal" humans. Slans are usually shot on sight, but that doesn't stop Jommy's mother from bringing him to see the world capital of Centropolis, the seat of power for Earth's dictator, Kier Gray. But on their latest trip to Centropolis, the two slans are discovered, and Jommy's mother is killed. Jommy, only 9 years old, unwittingly becomes caught up in a plot to undermine Gray, who may be more sympathetic to slans than the public suspects. The nonstop action and root-for-the-underdog plot has made Slan a science fiction favorite.
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A. E. Van Vogt was a SFWA Grand Master. He was born in Canada and moved to the U.S. in 1944, by which time he was well-established as one of John W. Campbell's stable of writers for Astounding Science-Fiction. He lived in Los Angeles, California and died in 2000.
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- PublisherBerkley Publishing Corporation
- Publication date1968
- ISBN 10 0586024387
- ISBN 13 9780586024386
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. reprint. slight rubbing of the left-hand edge of the rear panel, age toning of the page edges, previous owner's name on the first page. A super race, capable of mind reading and equipped with bodies many times more resistant to fatigue that ordinary mortals, living in constant fear of discovery, for the rewards are great if anyone should capture a Slan  dead or alive. Jommy Cross was their only hope. He alone had the secret of his father's invention. He alone was capable of proving that their knowledge could benefit mankind. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 160 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0586024387. ISBN/EAN: 9780586024386. Inventory No: 0248773. Seller Inventory # 0248773
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