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Published February 2003
Hardcover (Trade) price: $29.00

First edition, First printing
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"

Hardcover (Trade)

Published January 2019
Hardcover (Trade) price: $32.00

First edition, Third printing
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"

First edition, first printing of this book was February 2003

Transfinite

The Essential A. E. van Vogt

This text relates to the First edition • Hardcover (Trade)

by A. E. van Vogt

"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."

Table of Contents

  • 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)

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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.

van Vogt spines
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
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