- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books; 1 edition (Sep 26 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1416520899
- ISBN-13: 978-1416520894
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.5 x 3.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #393,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Empire of the Atom and The Wizard of Linn: Global war smashed civilization¿or so the legends told¿but not all of its machines. A caste of ¿scientists¿ arose who knew how to repair and operate the ancient machines¿but not how they worked¿and worshipped at the altars of the atomic gods who were said to make the machines run. Society was a strange mix of the modern and the medieval, with armies riding on horseback into huge spaceships, then flying to human colonies on other planets to wage war with swords and arrows. Then came the mutant Clane, who would have been put to death for his deformities had he not been born into the ruling family. Though his body was twisted, his mind was brilliant, and he not only recovered the lost science behind the ancient machines, but found the truth behind the legends of civilization¿s downfall. Alien invaders, not human war, had reduced humanity to barbarism as a prelude for a later return in force to colonize the Solar System. And that return would happen soon, unless Clane could find a way to stop it. . . . For the first time, the entire Clane saga, told in the two novels Empire of the Atom and The Wizard of Linn, is complete in one volume.
Mission to the Stars, Van Vogt¿s sweeping novel of interstellar adventure, is also included, along with the two short novels in the ¿Ezwal¿ series, chronicling the struggle of one man to convince a feral but intelligent species to join with humanity in the battle against a mutual enemy¿but first he must convince the lone Ezwal who is trapped with him in a deadly jungle to co-operate, or neither will survive.
About the Author
A. E. Van Vogt was one of the giants of the Golden Age of science fiction, when he, with his contemporaries Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, completely transformed the genre, leading it to a new level of maturity. His landmark novels Slan and The World of Null-A were two of the most influential SF novels of the 20th century, and were also two of the first SF novels to appear in hardcover from a major publisher. His ability to write complex wheels-within-wheels plots was often imitated, by writers as different as Philip K. Dick and Keith Laumer, but has never been equaled.
In 1996 he received the Grand Master Nebula Award for a lifetime body of work from the Science Fiction Writers of America. He also was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and received a special award from the World Science Fiction Convention. Booklist has noted that ¿Van Vogt created genuinely different aliens, endowed with extraordinary physical and mental powers as well as appetites, and the genre . . . has thrived on them since.¿
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Transgalactic, Nov 23 2008
By Art Ripley - Published on Amazon.com
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This is A.E. Van Vogt at his peak of power, the twists and turns of the action come at a headlong pace. I had read these when in the late 40's-early 50's, I was an avid reader of ASF. For anyone looking to capture the "Golden Years" can do no worse than starting with this collection.Art
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Great Classic, small women, Nov 17 2007
By Gaile "Independent Theologian," - Published on Amazon.com
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To own Transgalactic by A. E. Van Vogt is to own a classic from the "classical age" of Science Fiction. A compendium of novels and short stories written around a common theme of aliens from outer space, this thick book is a page burner and it was only when I was well into the second novel that I realized that van Vogt could only write about scheming women and even then avoided women characters like a plague. But the volume was fun to read.
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The aftermath of a global war which has ended civilization, Mar 4 2007
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Transgalactic (Paperback)
A.E. Van Vogt's TRANSGALACTIC tells of the aftermath of a global war which has ended civilization, leaving 'scientists' to repair and operate their old machines. A brilliant mutant recovers the lost science behind these machines, uncovering in the process the truth about humanity's decline.
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