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Original NESFA Press publication April 2003
1st edition, 3rd printing, January 2019

Hardcover (Trade) price: $32.00
Weight: 2.54

ISBN-13: 978-1-886778-34-4
ISBN-10: 1-886778-34-5
Page count: 576
Book Size: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"

Transfinite

The Essential A. E. van Vogt

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by A. E. van Vogt

“Far Centaurus” is a finalist for the 1945 Best Short Story Retro Hugo!

“Asylum” is a finalist for the 1943 Best Novella Retro Hugo!

Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt contains the most popular and important stories from van Vogt's wide and varied career. Between 1939 and 1986—a span of almost 50 years—almost 100 of his short stories, novelettes, and novellas were published. The stories included in this volume range in scope from the vast reaches of time and space found in "The Rull" or "Far Centaurus" to the more closely defined settings such as in the humorous and possibly deadly "A Can of Paint."

Introduction (Hal Clement)
Foreward (Joe Rico)
Black Destroyer
The Monster
Film Library
Enchanted Village
Asylum
Vault of the Beast
The Ghost
The Rull
Recruiting Station
A Can of Paint
The Search
Dear Pen Pal

The Harmonizer
The Great Judge
Far Centaurus
Secret Unattainable
Future Perfect
The Great Engine
Dormant
The Sound
The Rulers
Final Command
War of Nerves
Don't Hold Your Breath
Discord in Scarlet
Afterward (Rick Katze)

A. E. van Vogt

Born 1912 in Canada, Alfred Elton van Vogt was one of the science fiction writers who made John W. Campbell's complete renovation of the science fiction field possible. His first stories, "Black Destroyer" and "Discord in Scarlet" (published in 1939 in Astounding) are included in this volume, and remain exciting and full of seminal ideas. His stories are best known for their mind-expanding concepts and their rapid introduction of exciting new ideas that fired the imaginations of his readers. He wrote over 60 novels and almost 100 short stories.

He and his first wife, fellow SF writer E. Mayne Hull, were Guests of Honor at Pacificon, the fourth World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles in 1946. His other honors include the Caspar Award for contributions to Canadian Science Fiction and SFWA Grand Master in 1996.

A. E. van Vogt died January 2000 in Hollywood, California—a great loss to the field.

The Question of the Transfinite (A. E. van Vogt) Spine Stamping

Does it appear that there's a problem with the top of the spine stamping of your copy? That really isn't the case. See below for an explanation.


dust jacket	spine stamp

The the top of the spine die design is not just a rectangle but an outline of Coeurl's head. If you put the spine stamping next to the dust jacket this should be apparent. So, you probably don't have a defective copy after all.

Thank you,

NESFA Press

Edited by Joe Rico and Rick Katze
Cover art by Bob Eggleton
Cover design by Alice N. S. Lewis