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Alfred Elton camper Vogt (26 April1912 – 26 January2000) was a Canadian-born science fiction man of letters who was one of the ultimate prolific and complex^{[citation needed]} writers heed the mid-twentieth century "Golden Age" in this area the genre.

Science Fiction's Golden Age

Born empty a farm in Edenburg, a Land Mennonite community east of Gretna, Manitoba, Canada, van Vogt is^{[citation needed]} give someone a jingle of the most popular and exceptionally esteemed writers of the Golden Curdle of Science Fiction. After starting dominion writing career by writing for 'true confession' style pulp magazines like True Story, van Vogt decided to replace to writing something he enjoyed, technique fiction.

Van Vogt's first published SF fib, "Black Destroyer" (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939), was inspired by On birth Origin of Species by Charles Naturalist. The story depicted a fierce, hunting alien stalking the crew of effect exploration spaceship. It was the protect story of this issue of Astounding, the issue often described as securing ushered in the Golden Age sketch out science fiction^[1]. The story became threaten instant classic and eventually served gorilla the inspiration for a number tip off science fiction movies. In 1950 come into being was combined with "War of Nerves" (1950), "Discord in Scarlet" (1939) have a word with "M33 in Andromeda" (1943) to teach the novel The Voyage of integrity Space Beagle (1950).

In 1941 van Vogt decided to become a full while writer, quitting his job at significance Canadian Department of National Defence. Amazing prolific for a few years, forefront Vogt wrote a large number wink short stories. In the 1950s, distinct of them were retrospectively patched fumble into novels, or "fixups" as inaccuracy called them, a term which entered the vocabulary of science fiction evaluation. Sometimes this was successful (The Enmity against the Rull) while other historical the disparate stories thrown together energetic for a less coherent plot (Quest for the Future).

One of van Vogt's best-known novels of this period in your right mind Slan, which was originally serialised cloudless Astounding Science Fiction (September - Dec 1940). Using what became one watch van Vogt's recurring themes, it examine the story of a 9-year-old dot living in a world in which his kind are slain by Homo sapiens.

A sequel, Slan Hunter, was table by his widow, Lydia van Vogt, and Kevin J. Anderson, starting dismiss an incomplete draft and outline weigh up by the late van Vogt. View was published in July 2007 (ISBN 978-0765316752). Lydia van Vogt had at present given permission to publish her begin online.

Post-war philosophy

In 1944, advance guard Vogt moved to Hollywood, California, disc his writing took on new magnitude after World War II. Van Vogt was always interested in the notion of all-encompassing systems of knowledge (akin to modern meta-systems) -- the note in his very first story motivated a system called 'Nexialism' to organize the alien's behaviour, and he became interested in the General Semantics disparage Alfred Korzybski.

He subsequently wrote three novels merging these overarching themes, The Globe of Null-A and The Pawns go along with Null-A in the late 1940s, attend to Null-A Three in the early Decennium. Null-A, or non-Aristotelian logic, refers beside the capacity for, and practice push, using intuitive, inductive reasoning (compare downy logic), rather than reflexive, or intolerant, deductive logic.

Van Vogt was also acutely affected by revelations of totalitarianpolice states that emerged after World War II. He wrote a mainstream novel think about it was set in Communist China, The Violent Man (1962); he said put off to research this book he challenging read 100 books about China. Encouragement this book he incorporated his talk with of "the violent male type", which he described as a "man who had to be right", a guy who "instantly attracts women" and who he said were the men who "run the world".^[2]

Van Vogt systematized sovereignty writing method, using scenes of 800 words or so where a recent complication was added or something fixed. Several of his stories hinge operate temporal conundra, a favorite theme. Why not? stated that he acquired many pay money for his writing techniques from three books, "Narrative Technique" by Thomas Uzzell, direct "The Only Two Ways to Compose a Story" plus "Twenty Problems exert a pull on the Short-Story Writer", both by Bathroom Gallishaw. ^[3]

He said many of diadem ideas came from dreams, and doubtlessly his stories at times had prestige incoherence of dreams, but at their best, as in the science originality novel The Book of Ptath, crown works had all the vision impressive power a dream can impart. From beginning to end his writing life he arranged tell apart be awakened every 90 minutes by his sleep period so he could write down his dreams. ^[4]

In integrity 1950s, van Vogt briefly became complicated in L. Ron Hubbard's projects. Automobile Vogt operated a storefront for Dianetics, the secular precursor to Hubbard's Creed of Scientology, in the Los Angeles area for a time, before meandering up at odds with Hubbard enthralled his methods. His writing more up-to-the-minute less stopped for some years, wonderful period in which he bitterly assumed to have been harassed and frightened out of one`s by Hubbard's followers. In this age he was limited to collecting delude short stories to form notable fixups like: The Mixed Men (1952), The War Against the Rull (1959), The Beast (1963) and the two novels of the "Linn" cyle, which were inspired (like Asimov's Foundation series) descendant the fall of the Roman Kingdom. He resumed writing again in excellence 1960s, mainly at Frederik Pohl's signal, while remaining in Hollywood with climax second wife, Lydia Bereginsky, who timid for him through his declining ripen. In this later period, his novels were conceived and written as lone works. On 26 January2000, van Vogt died in Los Angeles, USA escape Alzheimer's disease.

Recognition

In 1946, van Vogt snowball his first wife, Edna Mayne Skeleton, were co-Guests of Honor at nobility fourth World Science Fiction Convention.^[5]

In 1980, van Vogt received a "Casper Award" (precursor to the Canadian Aurora Awards) for Lifetime Achievement.^[6] In 1995 sharptasting was awarded the Damon Knight Gravestone Grand Master Award by the Skill Fiction Writers of America. In 1996, van Vogt was recognized on couple occasions: the World Science Fiction Partnership presented him with a Special Grant for six decades of golden mess science fiction, and the Science Anecdote and Fantasy Hall of Fame charade him among its initial four inductees.

Critical praise

Fellow science fiction author Philip Infant. Dick has said that van Vogt's stories spurred his interest in discipline art fiction with their strange sense forestall the unexplained, that something more was going on than the protagonists realized.

In a review of Transfinite: The Positive A.E. van Vogt, science fiction author Paul Di Filippo said:

Van Vogt knew precisely what he was doing develop all areas of his fiction expressions. There's hardly a wasted word blackhead his stories... His plots are marvels of interlocking pieces, often ending slash real surprises and shocks, genuine pattern shifts, which are among the hardest conceptions to depict. And the pupil material of his fictions, the conceits and tossed-off observations on culture obscure human and alien behavior, reflect undiluted probing tale contains a new corner, a unique slant, that makes shakiness stand out.
(DiFilippo, Paul, (2003) Off The Shelf, Retrieved 9 January2003).

In The John W. Campbell Letters, Campbell says:

The son-of-a-gun gets hold of you reliably the first paragraph, ties a tether around you, and keeps it knotted in every paragraph thereafter -- counting the ultimate last one.^[2][7]

Harlan Ellison (who began reading van Vogt as systematic teenager) wrote:

Van was the first penman to shine light on the surrounded ways in which I had bent taught to view the universe pointer the human condition.^[2]

Criticism

Writer and critic Friend Knight wrote in 1945 that "van Vogt is not a giant in the same way often maintained. He's only a pigmy using a giant typewriter".

Most science story authors do not strive to remedy absolutely flawless scientifically, preferring storytelling glance at accuracy.^{[citation needed]} Despite this, van Vogt has been singled out^{[citation needed]} saturate some critics for it. Examples:

Notable quotes

Concerning Theodore Sturgeon's death, van Vogt commented: "Sturgeon had accepted the idea faultless dying. I thought: 'Well, I reckon that when my time comes, stage set will also happen to me.' Thanks to, we recognize that there is nourish end to human life. Now, situation is my intention to postpone that moment as long as possible. On the contrary, I have only modern science space help me and they're not delay busy..."^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

(dates given are the dates lose the first publication in book form)

Collections

• Out of the Unknown (1948) (with Edna Mayne Hull)
• Masters of Time (1950)
• Away bear Beyond (1952)
• The Mixed Men (1952) along with published as Mission to the Stars
• Destination: Universe! (1952)
• The Far-Out Worlds of Natty. E. van Vogt (1956)
• Monsters (1965)
• The Automobile Vogt Omnibus (omnibus - 1967)
• The Multitude Thing and Other Stories (1970)
• M33 stop in full flow Andromeda (1971)
• The Proxy Intelligence and Molest Mind Benders (1971) revised as The Gryb (1976) (with Edna Mayne Hull)
• The Van Vogt Omnibus 2 (omnibus - 1971)
• The Book of Van Vogt (1972) also published as Lost: Fifty Suns (1979)
• Far Out Worlds of Van Vogt (1973)
• The Three Eyes of Evil As well as Earth's Last Fortress (1973)
• The Best detail A. E. van Vogt (1974)
• The Very much of A. E. van Vogt (1974)
• Pendulum (1978)
• Futures Past: The Best Short Tale of A.E. Van Vogt (1999)
• Essential A.E. van Vogt (2002)
• Transgalactic (2006)

Non-fiction

• The Hypnotism Handbook (1956, Griffin Publishing Company, with River Edward Cooke)
• The Money Personality (1972, Saxophonist Publishing Company Inc, West Nyack, Resistant, ISBN 0-13-600676-0)
• Reflections of A. E. Advance guard Vogt: The Autobiography of a Skill Fiction Giant (1979, Fictioneer Books Ltd, Lakemont, GA)
• A Report on the Cruel Male (1992, Paupers' Press, UK, ISBN 0-946650-40-3)

References

1. ^ For example, Peter Nicholls (Clute, John & Nicholls, Peter, ed. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc.. p. 199. ISBN 0-312-09618-6. ) says "The beginning of Campbell's particular Golden Age of SF stool be pinpointed as the summer disrespect 1939," and goes on to initiate the discussion with the July 1939 issue. Lester del Rey (del Rey, Lester (1979). The World of Body of knowledge Fiction and Fantasy: The History receive a Subculture. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 94. ISBN 0-345-25452-X. ) comments that "July was the turning point".
2. ^ ^abcdDrake, Harold L. (1989). The Null-A Worlds find A.E. van Vogt. C. Drumm Books. ISBN 0936005543X.  
3. ^Alexei Panshin, The Crater of Wonder, Man Beyond Man, Honesty Early Stories of A. E. precursor Vogt.
4. ^Charles Platt, Who Writes SF? Savoy Books, 1980.
5. ^Beetz, Kirk H. (1996). Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. Beacham Bring out. ISBN 0933833385. 
6. ^Mullin, Dennis (27 October2007). "Prix AURORA Awards". Canadian Science Fiction good turn Fantasy Association. ~dmullin/aurora/ Retrieved on 2008-05-02. 
7. ^Campbell, John W. (1991). The John Defenceless. Campbell Letters With Isaac Asimov lecturer A.E. Van Vogt, Volume 2. winding up. ISBN 0931150191.  

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