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A. E. van Vogt

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Also known as Alfred Elton van Vogt

Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)

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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

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
24
Total plays
410

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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.

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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 ) ​

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date of birth
1912-04-26
date of death
2000-01-26
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birth name
Alfred Elton van Vogt
start of work period
1939-00-00
name in native language
Alfred Elton van Vogt
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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).

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