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Title: The Empire of Isher by A. E. Van Vogt ISBN: 0312875002 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 5
Summary: Van's best series in one big book
Comment: "The Weapon Shops of Isher" is an interestingly mosaic novel based on a few short stories published in the '40s, and the plot strands understandably hardly touch, but the overall effect is one of a nice cross-section of this society.
"The Weapon Makers," a 1943 novel that was written as a finale to the stories that made up "The Weapon Shops of Isher" is even better than the first, and is perhaps Van's finest novel. The plot is very straight-forward but nonetheless full of surprises and interesting turns. The writing style is far better than most of his output, which when combined with the excellent plot and characters makes an outstanding masterpiece.
Rating: 3
Summary: Confusion about two different books
Comment: Another reviewer has reviewed a different book. "Reviewer: Trevor J Hall (see more about me) from PERRY,, ME USA At last the two books of the life of the mutant prince of the House of Lin have been combined in one cover...."
This is actually a review of _Empire of the Atom_, an SFnal re-telling of Robert Graves's _I Claudius_, and a quite different book, also by Van Vogt.
As to the books at hand, they are some of vV's best, but suffer from all his characteristic faults -- the too frequent plot changes, the endless consipiricies (often where the leaders of two opposed sides are secretly the same person) a society whose economic basis is dubious at best. But it is a page-turner, and one that keeps this reader returning from time to time. A classic that any SF fan should read sometime or other.
Rating: 5
Summary: a classic by a giant in the field
Comment: At last the two books of the life of the mutant prince of the House of Lin have been combined in one cover. A E van Vogt is a master wordsmith, 'thus died a whole legion of men', and this is one of his masterpeices. Somehow both dated and yet timeless this is the career of a mutant prince overcoming his handicaps and ultimately triumphing against his political foes, inspiring loyalty in his companions and gaining the cooperation and admiration of his piratical foes. The tale is told in a somewhat ironic vein which is unforgettable. I have spent many years wishing for a further sequel.
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Title: The War Against the Rull by A. E. Van Vogt ISBN: 0312852398 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The World of Null-A by A. van Vogt ISBN: 0765300974 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 25 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Slan by A. E. Van Vogt ISBN: 0312852363 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Null-A Three by A. E. Van Vogt ISBN: 0886770564 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 1985 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: The Players of Null-A by A. E. Van Vogt ISBN: 0425054802 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 1982 List Price(USD): $2.25 |
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