- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Avon (Jan 1 1952)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B000H0K0OE
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
One of VVs best,
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One of Van Vogt's best collections of short stories, just about up to the awesome level of Destination Universe.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another set of short stories,
By "the_ronnymaster" (Rishon le-Zion Israel) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Away and beyond (Mass Market Paperback)
I like the Master's novels much better than his short stories, I mean, He sometimes cut's a novel short - so just imagine his short stuff!Still, pouring pure imagination and genius from every pore, this anthology get's only 4 stars compared to other works of Van Vogt, not the general sci-fi library.
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Another set of short stories,
By "the_ronnymaster" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Away and beyond (Mass Market Paperback)
I like the Master's novels much better than his short stories, I mean, He sometimes cut's a novel short - so just imagine his short stuff!Still, pouring pure imagination and genius from every pore, this anthology get's only 4 stars compared to other works of Van Vogt, not the general sci-fi library. 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Amazing Stories!,
By David Adams - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Away and beyond (Mass Market Paperback)
Again, as I wrote in my review for Destination: Universe, I would not pass over these short stories too lightly. Some fans consider his short pieces to be his BEST work. They are certainly powerful and do not get bogged down the way some of his novels do. This is well worth checking out.Away and Beyond (1952) is vintage van Vogt, with 7 good stories: "The Vault of the Beast" (1940) An implacable shape changing alien monster from Mars is defeated by a flight of van Vogtian super mathematics. The Great Engine (1943) is interesting, but not one of the great tales. ** The Great Judge (1948) is a brief P.K. Dickian tale *** Secret Unattainable (1942) includes Hitler's secret weapon, a good story. *** "The Harmonizer" (1944) A Stapledonian vignette which compresses eighty million years in a few pages. The Second Solution (1942)- is a good beast tale. *** "Film Library" (1946) A particularly vivid "hard SF" dream which is not about anything but itself. * Asylum (1942) - not just a vampire tale, but a PK Dickian story! **** |
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