The Weapon Makers
OCLC 2153412 | | |
The Weapon Makers is a science fiction novel by Canadian writer A. E. van Vogt.
The novel was originally serialized in
The events in the novel take place approximately seven years after the events described in
Reception
Groff Conklin described the 1952 edition as "a fascinating book... despite its bombast and its blithe impossibilities."[1] Boucher and McComas described the novel as "a grand fantasy-melodrama," although they questioned "whether its noble imaginative adventure has anything to do with science fiction."[2] P. Schuyler Miller reviewed the novel favorably, describing it as "less pretentious and possibly less profound than the "Null-A" books."[3]
Publication history
- 1947 — USA, Providence, R.I.: The Hadley Publishing Co., 224p. (the text of the original 1943 magazine serial)
- 1952 — USA, Greenberg, 220p. (revised version, subsequent printings use this text)
- 1954 — UK, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 224p. (first UK edition)
- 1955 — USA, Ace Double, as One Against Eternity
- 1967 — Japan, Tokyo sogensha, 288p.[4]
- 1970 — UK, London: New English Library, 141p.
- 2016 — Japan, Tokyo Sogensha, 330p.(revised version,)[5]
References
- ^ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1952, p.106
- F&SF, August 1952, p.103
- Astounding Science Fiction, September 1952, p.170
- ^ "武器製造者". HMV. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "武器製造業者 【新版】". Tokyo Sogensha. Tokyo Sogensha. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
External links
- The Weapon Makers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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