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A. E. van Vogt
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Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)
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Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912–2000) was a Canadian and American writer and novelist active in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Born in Gretna, he began his work period in 1939 and wrote in English. His notable works include *The Weapon Shops of Isher*, *The Players of Null-A*, and *The World of Null-A*. He was married to Edna Mayne Hull.
Van Vogt received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He died of pneumonia in Hollywood in 2000. He had previously been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 26 April 1912
- Died
- 26 January 2000
- Works
- 334
Top works
- Men against the stars
- The voyage of the Space Beagle
- Mission to the stars
- The War Against the Rull
- The War Against the Rull
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1770-12-17
- Active to
- 1827-03-26
Discography
- Beethoven - Haydn
- Beethoven Immortal: Sonatas Para Piano 3, 12 Y 17
- Beethoven late string quartets (Volume 3)
- Beethoven: String Quintet op. 29 / Mendelssohn: String Quintet op. 87
- Beethoven/The Great Composers
- Berühmte Sinfonien Nr. 9
- Berühmte Werke
- Eroica (Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major op. 55)1954
- Septett Es-dur1960
- Eroica-Variationen / 6 Variationen G-Dur / 32 Variationen c-moll1984
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24
- Total plays
- 410
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,474x
- Densely Connected Convolutional Networks
· 2017 · cited 33,751x
- Molecular dynamics with coupling to an external bath
· 1984 · cited 28,832x
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,642x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,638x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.”
- “He had a sense of having been saved from the necessity of making a decision rather than of having made one.”
- “Give me a title and we'll start from there.”
- “Childhood was a terrible period for me. I was like a ship without anchor being swept along through darkness in a storm. Again and again I sought shelter, only to be forced out of it by something new.”
- “Holroyd took her hand gingerly. It felt warm, almost tinglingly alive, as if the life force behind it had flame in it, an electric, vibrant fire. The thought came; what an experience it would be to kiss a woman who was so alive! He looked sharply at the girl. Had that subtle suggestion flowed from her mind along her arm? He decided it hadn’t. He was perfectly capable of having such a thought all by himself.”
- “Religious habits had in their texture a conservatism unmatched by any other human institution.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Alfred Vogt , ( 1912-04-26 ) April 26, 1912, Edenburg, near Gretna, Manitoba , Canada
- Died
- January 26, 2000 (2000-01-26) (aged 87), Los Angeles, California, US
- Occupation
- Writer
- Period
- 1939–1986 (science fiction)
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Literary movement
- Golden Age of Science Fiction
- Spouse
- Edna Mayne Hull ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; died 1975 ) Lydia Bereginsky ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Family name
- Vogt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Gretna
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Spouse
- Edna Mayne Hull
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The World of Null-A
- Genre
- science fiction
- Movement
- Golden Age of Science Fiction
- Image
- Harlan Ellison, A. E. van Vogt and Lydia van Vogt.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1912-04-26
- date of death
- 2000-01-26
- Commons category
- A. E. van Vogt
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- birth name
- Alfred Elton van Vogt
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- name in native language
- Alfred Elton van Vogt
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Elton van Vogt (/væn voʊkt/ VAN VOHKT; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, including Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentieth century, the genre's so-called Golden Age, and one of the most complex. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him their 14th Grand Master in 1995 (presented 1996).
Biography
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