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Slan Paperback - 2007

by A. E. Van Vogt

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"Slan" was Van Vogt's first novel and remains his best known and most influential work. The story of a mutant boy who must flee the persecution of normal humans in order to face his real destiny, it is a story that continues to appeal to science fiction fans of all generations.

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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 A.E. van Vogt, whose novel Slan was one of the works of the era.

Slan is the story of Jommy Cross, the orphan mutant outcast from a future society prejudiced against mutants, or slans. 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. Today it remains a monument to pulp SF adventure, filled with constant action and a cornucopia of ideas.

This edition has a new introduction by Kevin J. Anderson.

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His mother,s hand felt cold, clutching his.

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  • Title Slan
  • Author A. E. Van Vogt
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Orb Books, New York
  • Publication date 2007-06-01
  • ISBN 9780312852368 / 0312852363
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97038438
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 03/01/1998, Page 132
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 06/25/2007, Page 39

About the author

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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