Alfred Elton Van Vogt Libri

Per nove anni la mamma lo aveva allevato e preparato per quel momento, pure si sentì stringere alla gola, quando mentalmente disse: "Buona fortuna, mamma!" Perchè Jommy era uno slan, apparteneva cioè alla super-razza che, dotata di antenne nascoste tra i capelli e di poteri telepatici straordinari, gli uomini perseguitavano e trucidavano a vista. Perchè? Qual'era il cosmico segreto degli slan? Che cosa andavano silenziosamente preparando nella titanica metropoli del più remoto futuro? tra grattacieli di 500 piani alti un chilometro? Ecco un romanzo di fantascienza che darà al lettore sensazioni, speranze, stupori e sogni senza fine. A. E. Van Vogt è un classico di questo genere di narrativa e diventerà l'autore preferito anche dei tifosi di fantascienza italiani. Perchè i libri di Van Vogt vi faranno sognare per tutta la vita.

Nat Cemp è un Polimorfo, un essere superiore frutto di mutazioni genetiche, che vigila sul genere umano. L'intero universo è accessibile a questi individui che possiedono tutta la conoscenza tecnologica della propria razza e del contesto nel quale vivono. Questa gigantesca saga narra la storia di Nat Cemp e dei Polimorfi i quali, nel perseguire la missione che si sono proposti, vanno a scontrarsi con coloro che amministrano le sorti della Galassia. Una nuova, avvincente storia di uno dei più famosi scrittori di Fantascienza.

Molti asseriscono che questo sia il miglior romanzo di Van Vogt. Noi diciamo invece che è senza dubbio uno dei migliori scritti dal grande autore canadese, e questo, si badi bene, senza togliere alcunchè alla bontà del narrato. Come in tutti i libri di Van Vogt, le avventure si succedono praticamente ogni due o tre pagine, tanto che il lettore rimane letteralmente ubriacato dallo svolgersi degli eventi che lo incalzano senza dargli modo di riprendere fiato. Portato su due piani di esistenza differenti -quello della nostra Terra e quello di un altro pianeta abitato da razze stranissime la cui caratteristica comune è quella di essere dotate di un terzo occhio situato in mezzo alla fronte- si sviluppa intorno al conflitto che vede contrapposte le uniche due Cinture d'Argento che si combattono per il possesso della città di Naze e del suo mondo.

Peter Holroyd, comandante di un reparto corazzato impegnato in un combattimento in Africa Orientale durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, si risveglia nel corpo del grande Ptath, Signore di Gonwolane, ma non ha ben chiara quale sia stata la sua vita precedente e cosa lo aspetti ora. Conteso da due donne - una malvagia e astuta, l'altra buona e prigioniera della prima - cerca di orientarsi in questo nuovo ed esotico mondo, mentre i sette incantesimi di protezione che aveva predisposto a propria salvaguardia vengono meno uno ad uno, con la prospettiva di diventare anche lui schiavo come la donna che lo ama...

Pendrake had stumbled into a land whose inhabitants were picked up at random by a time machine. They came from many centuries, but they had one thing in common; they submitted, out of fear, to the rule of the most brutal and primitive among them...The Beast. He looked like a creature out of the primeval jungle, hairy and naked except for the black fur strip that hung around his belly. With no weapons but his superior intellect, Pendrake had to fight to stay alive -- at least long enough to rescue his wife from the savage grasp of The Beast.

Turning torture and brainwashing inside out, Ruxton combated his cruel oriental captors with their own subtle techniques. The Violent Man is the startling novel of a man who pitted himself against the brains of a nation, the might of an army, and the demands of two erotic, insatiable women.

Science fiction adventure as an alien spacecraft is frozen in time in earth's 18th Century creating problems for the captain of a pirate ship

Gilbert Gosseyn, the null-A genius of the Earth-Venus war, never realized that this interplanetary war was but a borrowed incident in a greater conflict until he was thrust onto the galactic battlefield as a mere pawn. But in picking Gosseyn as "expendable," those cosmic opponents unleashed forces they had never dreamed existed. One was the entrance of a powerful third party in the war. The second was the ability of certain other pawns to foresee the future. Finally, there was the secret of Gosseyn's original purpose - a secret which could decide the fate of the entire galaxy!

Contents: 5 · Ah, Careless, Rapturous van Vogt! · Barry N. Malzberg · in 11 · Introduction · in 15 · Don’t Hold Your Breath · ss Saving Worlds, ed. Roger Elwood & Virginia Kidd, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973 38 · All We Have on This Planet · ss Stopwatch, ed. George Hay, NEL, 1974 47 · War of Nerves [Beagle] · nv Other Worlds May ’50 72 · The Rull [Rulls] · nv Astounding May ’48 99 · The Semantics of Twenty-First Century Science · ar, 1976 120 · Future Perfect · nv Vertex Aug ’73 146 · Being an Examination of the Ponsian and Holmesian Secret Deductive Systems · ar The Pontine Dossier v1 #2 ’71; speech given at the annual banquet of the Praed Street Irregulars in 1971. 152 · Home of the Gods [Clane] · nv Astounding Apr ’47 178 · The Violent Male · ar, 1976; last of a series of five talks given on radio station KPFK in 1964/65. 192 · Prologue to “The Silkie” [Silkie] · ex If Jul ’64 201 · The Proxy Intelligence [William Leigh] · na If Oct ’68 253 · Final Comment · aw

Colonel Martin was sent to Diamondia to report on the war between Earth-descended colonists and the guerilla warriors of the inhuman Irsk. Because something was going terribly wrong -- a darkness was setting in, mental confusion was epidemic, and there was evidence of Outside interference. The Darkness was impartial, and Morton's encounters with it were the most disturbing events of his career. For it seemed as if the Outside were deliberately stirring up the planetary pot, mixing minds with minds, and personalities with personalities. But when Morton realized that the only solution might be to find and use the incalculable power of the Lositeen Weapon, he realized also that the decision was too great for any one man -- even for all men together -- to make. A brand new novel from the Slan-man, A. E. van Vogt himself...with all of van Vogt's mind-shaking fireworks and narrative mastery.

Alternative cover editions exist here and here.Stories to thrill and delight you.Here is an author whose name is a sure guarantee of the most exciting and intriguing science fiction writing you can buy. The far ranging imagination of A. E. van Vogt will take you - Thousands of years into the future! Millions of years into the past! Trilions of miles into outer space! - and into other dimensions, galaxies and universes. Here is one of the modern masters of science fiction of whom it can well be said: "van Vogt's formula is grandoise - imaginative, I love it all." -Groff Conklin, Galaxy magazine. It contains the following stories:The Great Engine (1943) The Great Judge (1948) Secret Unattainable (1942) The Harmonizer (1944) The Second Solution (1942) Film Library (1946) Asylum (1942)

"Slan" was Van Vogt's first novel and remains his best known and most influential work. The story of a mutant boy who must flee the persecution of normal humans in order to face his real destiny, it is a story that continues to appeal to science fiction fans of all generations. 256 pp. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Clane, a mutant, returns from exile in an attempt to prevent the post-atomic Empire of Linn from breaking apart

The classic novel of non-Aristotelian logic & the coming race of supermen. Grandmaster A.E. van Vogt was one of the giants of the 1940s, the Golden Age of classic SF. Of his masterpieces, The World of Null-A is his most famous & most influential. It was the 1st major trade SF hardback ever, in 1949, & has been in print in various editions ever since. The entire careers of Philip K. Dick, Keith Laumer, Alfred Bester, Charles Harness & Philip Jose Farmer were created or influenced by The World of Null-A, & so it's required reading for anyone who wishes to know the SF classics canon. It's 2650 & Earth has become a world of non-Aristotelianism, of Null-A. This is the story of Gilbert Gosseyn, who lives in that future world where the Games Machine, made up of 25,000 electronic brains, sets the course of people's lives. Gosseyn isn't even sure of his own identity, but realizes he's some remarkable abilities & sets out to use them to discover who has made him a pawn in an interstellar plot.

The author of THE WORLD OF NULL-A, SLAN, and THE WEAPON MAKERS, brings to this collection the same sort of unforgettable "nova" concepts and the same surprises that have put him consistently among the top-selling science-fiction names.Here are interplanetary adventures such as THE FIRST MARTIAN, THE EARTH KILLERS, and FULFILLMENT. Here are fantasy stunners as THE SHIPS OF DARKNESS, here are the unclassifiable "specials" such as THE ULTRA MAN, THE REPLICATORS, and THE CATAAAAA. And more!THE FAR-OUT WORLDS OF A.E. VAN VOGT is a far-out event in science-fiction writing.Contents7 • The Replicators • (1965) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt28 • The First Martian • (1951) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt42 • The Purpose • (1945) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt82 • The Earth Killers • (1949) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt110 • The Cataaaaa • (1947) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt124 • Automaton • (1950) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt135 • Itself! • (1963) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt138 • Process • (1950) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt143 • Not the First • (1941) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt157 • Fulfilment • (1964) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Fulfillment 1951)182 • Ship of Darkness • (1948) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt198 • The Ultra Man • (1966) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt

he Anarchistic Colossus...takes place in a future Earth where anarchy has become a way of life -- it is, however, a very special branch of anarchy, one that is controlled by the mysterious Kirlian computers...and one that must deal with a race of aliens who look upon the conquest of Earth as part of a very entertaining game...

Reality twisted... slightly. Earth shivered. For a split second the Solar System wasn't. And then was again. Less than a billionth of a second -- but a time shift had nonetheless happened. As the shadow ship started to emerge from the time jump, men and aliens were locked in a secret, undeclared war for control of the Earth. Genetically altered, the aliens looked exactly like humans. And they were in positions of power everywhere. Opposing them were two humans and one isolated brain in a mechanical body. But between them they held the one secret that the aliens had never learned about the people of Earth...

The colonies of Fifty Suns, hidden for eons in an ocean of stars, are finally traced by the warship, Star Cluster, of Imperial Earth. Torn By rebellion, Fifty Suns must crush the titanic Eart forces or submit to the domination of the Great Galactic Union. It falls to one man, Peter Maltby, brilliant leader of the feared Mixed Men, to unite the warring factions of his galaxy and guide them to victory.But first he must resolve his own crossed loyalties. For Captain Maltby of Fifty Suns is alsop the passionate lover of Lady Laurr, Grand Commander of the Star Cluster, warrior of Imperial Earth...

The computer controlled them all. Bio-magnetic recognition was infallible, instant. Its eyes were everywhere -- in the street, in the home. There was no escape as it scanned, recorded, knew. An armed Computer Maintenance Corps handled social control. The military-style personnel thought the computer was God. But the computer stole. Energy. With every personal scan, even casual recognition check there went a small but significant subject-to-computer mental energy transfer. Only the Computer Rebel Society saw the threat and had the will to organise against it. The computer, of course, made them outlaws.

NEL Books, 1973, British paperback. First British publication of this 1971 novel, considered the best among van Vogt's later work.

Although thirty light years distant, Mittend was Earth's nearest habitable planet. So the bored young heir, Steven Masters, contrived to join the first manned expedition just for a bit of excitement. When he found himself suddenly back on Earth in another man's body, it was more than he had expected. What then followed was a veritable kaleidoscope of events that was to involve him in multiple personalities, in more expeditions to Mittend, and in the affairs of the entity called Mother for whom Mittend itself was just a means to an end -- and Steven Masters the handy next step in a galactic program.

Centaurus was the destination of the space ship The Hope of Man. It had been traveling through space for almost twenty years, and still nine years of flight remained before Centaurus would be reached. For many on board the craft earth had become a vague memory, while for others it was a mere dot in the vast starry reaches of space. Restlessness was evident everywhere; the people wanted to return to a place they knew was inhabited -- not continue to an unknown where life was questionable. Mutiny seemed inevitable. Captain Lesbee knew that mutiny bred mutiny, but what was more vital was his knowledge of earth's possible obliteration. The one hope was Centaurus. Now more than ever, there could be no turning back. Order had to be maintained even at the price of human life. This is only the beginning of a dramatic and fascinating interspace voyage, where the greatest hazards are not the forces of an unknown scientific world, but man himself.

V sedmém čísle Poutníka najde čtenář povídku Roberta Ervina Howarda Ďábel v železo vtělený (v té době česky doposud nevydanou), další příběh z Dobrodružství Vesmírného ohaře – Riimové – a nakonec povídku Gustava Gaspariniho Dale 3000.

De jonge Lesbee zag Ganarette kijken naar de klok op het instrumentenpaneel. 'Ik heb je iets te zeggen, John,' zei hij. 'En het lijkt me het beste om dat nu te doen. Vijf minuten na het begin van de film neemt mijn groep de leiding van dit schip over. Het is onze bedoeling jou het commando te geven - maar alleen onder voorwaarde dat je je bereid verklaart terug te keren naar de aarde. Wij willen de oude knarren geen kwaad doen - als ze zich behoorlijk gedragen. Wat jou betreft - als je probeert iemand te waarschuwen, zullen we ons plan om jou kapitein te maken, opnieuw moeten bezien ...' Het aardse ruimteschip Hope of Man, al meer dan twintig jaar onderweg, heeft nog negen jaar voor de boeg voordat het Centaurus bereikt. Velen aan boord vinden het nu welletjes, maar voor de oude kapitein Lesbee is er al lang geen terug meer als de rebellen zich tegen hem keren ..

With the publication, in the July 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, of the story Seesaw, van Vogt began unfolding the complex tale of the oppressive Empire of Isher and the mysterious Weapon Shops. This volume, The Weapon Shops of Isher, includes the first three parts of the saga and introduces perhaps the most famous political slogan of science fiction: The Right to Buy Weapons is the Right to Be Free. Born at the height of Nazi conquest, the Isher stories suggested that an oppressive government could never completely subjugate its own citizens if they were well armed. The audience appeal was immediate and has endured long beyond other stories of alien invasion, global conflict and post war nuclear angst.

Comprising:The Human Zero by Erle Stanley Gardner;The Man Who Ploughed The Sea by Arthur C. Clarke;The Proxy Head by Robert Bloch;Hands Across Space by Chad Oliver;Itself! by A.E. van Vogt;The Imaginary by Isaac Asimov;The Cosmic Relief by Eric Frank Russell;I, Rocket by Ray Bradbury.

Welcome home, Space Commander Lane. We know you've had a difficult time this past year evading those enigmatic, hostile aliens you encountered out there in the unmapped spaces between the stars. But you've also been gone a total of 10 yrs.-- and things have changed back here on earth. Take spaceport now—it's a special city with peculiar problems all its own. So we kids had to organize and take care of each other—because our dads have been gone too long, and they'll be just as surprised as you when they return. You see, we have the power now. Cover art by Bruce Pennington.

1 De katooohhh (The cataaaaa,Fantasy Book 1947) p7 2 Niet de eerste keer (Not the first, Astounding SF 1941) p24 3 Niet alleen doden (Not only dead men Astounding SF 1942) p41 4 De machthebbers (The rulers, Astounding SF 1944) p65 5 Executie bij testament (Heir (un)apparent, Astounding SF 1945) p87 6 Laatste bevel (Final command, Astounding SF 1949) p112 7 Moordenaars van de Aarde (The Earth killers, Super Science Stories 1949) 137 8 Schip van duisternis (Skip of darkness, Fantasy Book 1947) p172 9 Ditzelf! (ltself!, Gamma 1963) p192 10 Opgegeven (The expendables Worlds of IF 1963) p196 11 De namakers (The replicators Worlds of IF 1965) p232 12 De klok (The timed clock, The book of Van Vogt 1972) p258 13 Eeuwig ersatz (Ersatz eternal, The book of Van Vogt 1972) p271 14 De ultramens (The ultra man, Worlds of tomorrow 1966) p276

Van Vogt a toujours eu la verve enthousiaste. Fi donc, allez, des invraisemblances et des légèretés de style répandus dans toute son œuvre. Prosélyte de la sémantique générale (une philosophie analytique comportementale), il s'est attaché à en éclairer les différents angles au fil de ses romans, à lire donc de préférence dans l'ordre de parution. Suite du Monde des A, Les Joueurs du A voit Gosseyn, héros perpétuellement largué mais conscient cette fois de ses pouvoirs (téléportation et autres choses mentales), se trouver pris au cœur d'un complot intersidéral dont il est à la fois pion et enjeu. Il intègre ainsi au début le corps d'Ashargin, prince d'une lointaine planète, sans savoir pourquoi ni comment en sortir…Fidèle à lui-même, Van Vogt brinquebale son héros aux quatre coins de l'univers, lui faisant prendre conscience de son rôle cosmique tout en actualisant son extraordinaire potentiel psychique. C'est que, démiurge pas chien, il fait des Joueurs du A un passionnant prétexte aux développements de la sémantique générale, tout en faisant s'affronter dictateurs galactiques, armadas spatiales et ectoplasmes mystérieux. Pour le plaisir d'une science-fiction très originale, loin des bleeps faciles des rayons lasers galvaudés.

Following the success of the stories that formed The Weapon Shops of Isher, van Vogt wrote the novel, The Weapon Makers, in 1943, to enlarge the story of human immortality, the conflict between a controlling government, The House of Isher, the mysterious Weapon Shops and man's place in the universe. The promise of the Weapon Shops' slogan, The Right to Buy Weapons is the Right to Be Free, is described thus: "Many of these weapons still carried the old names. “Guns” they were called, or “revolvers,” or “rifles,” but there the resemblance ended. These “guns” did not shoot bullets, they discharged energy in many forms and quantities. Some of them could kill or destroy at a thousand miles if necessary, and yet they were controlled by the same sensitive elements as the Weapon Shop door. Just as the door refused to open for police officers, Imperial soldiers or people unfriendly to the Shops, so these guns had been set to fire only in self-defense, and against certain animals during open season. They also had other special qualities, particularly as to defense and speed of operation."

Die Zukunft: Längst haben die Menschen die Erde hinter sich gelassen und sich aufgemacht, neue Welten zu entdecken. So wie die fast tausendköpfige Besatzung der Space Beagle, eines gewaltigen Forschungsraumschiffes, das von Planet zu Planet reist, um neue Kulturen zu erforschen. Einer von ihnen ist Dr. Elliott Grosvenor. Grosvenor ist ein Nexialist, ein Universalgelehrter, für den die Reise zu den Sternen die Krönung seiner wissenschaftlichen Karriere ist. Fremde Planeten und feindlich gesinnte Aliens machen die Expedition für ihn zum größten Abenteuer seines Lebens ...

V pátém čísle poutníka začíná první část Dobrodružství Vesmírného ohaře od A. E. van Vogta, nazvaná Zorl. Dále sešit nabízí povídky Gustava Gaspariniho Nebezpečná planeta a Meč s Fénixem od Roberta Ervina Howarda. Poslední část Poutníka je věnována Asimovovu vesmíru.

A space vehicle from Earth's distant future is trapped in the l8th Century, lands in the Caribbean Sea, and its crew boards the pirate ship Orinda. The unwitting pirate, Captain Fletcher, must cope with the uncanny problems posed by time-displacement, an alien "cabin boy;' captives sentenced towalk the plank who drown but do not die, and an ominous battleship that has sneaked in from a different point in the galaxy. How the "cabin boy" struggles to restore his ship, fight off the enemy battleship, and prevent Earth's history from being irrevocably changed, makes for a wonderful adventure that blends futuristic time-travel with the swashbuckling excitement of l8th-Century pirates.

bundle of short science fiction stories

Wie angewurzelt blieb Grayson stehen. Andere Männer kamen vorbei, aber kein einziger zeigte auch nur das geringste Interesse an dem Drama, daß sich zwischen ihm und den drei Wächtern abspielte. Die drei trennten sich, als sie ihn fast erreicht hatten. Einer blieb vor ihm stehen, die beiden anderen traten hinter ihn. Es waren diese beiden, die ihn packten und seine Hände fesselten. Sie zogen ihn hastig zu einer Tür. Fast hundert Meter lang ging es im Laufschritt weiter. Dann um eine Ecke und etwa zwanzig Meter diesen Korridor entlang - Halt, Grayson, der heftig atmete, sah, daß sie sich vor einer Tür befanden. Einer der Männer streckte die Hand aus - fast lässig, so schien es Grayson, nachdem sie so schnell gerannt waren - und klopfte an. Die Tür öffnete sich in völlige Dunkelheit. Eine Sekunde lang dachte er darüber nach. Und dann wurde er von hinten geschubst. Grayson ging durch die offene Tür, als sei es seine freie Entscheidung.

V šestém čísle sešitové řady Poutník pokračuje dobrodružství kosmické lodi Vesmírný ohař v části nazvané Ixtl. Od Roberta Ervina Howarda přinášíme druhou část Nemedijských kronik. Další dvě povídky jsou od českých autorů – Ivan Adamovič popisuje v Posledním Cimmeřanovi svou návštěvu u R. E. Howarda a Carola Biedermannová s Janem Pavlíkem se v příběhu Přátelé z onoho světa věnují setkání Conana s kapitánem Kirkem z kosmické lodi Enterprise.

200 Miljoen A.D.- De ongelooflijk boeiende geschiedenis van Ptath, de grootste god die de menselijke geest ooit had geschapen.Door zijn dodelijke rivale Inernia als een sterfelijk wezen uitgeworpen in de gevaarlijke wereld van 200 Miljoen A.D.Zou Ptath deze ongelijke strijd winnen?De Silkie.- Een superman of een super ding? Een frankensteiner constructie of een computerachtige demon? Gevaarlijke indringer van Buiten? Mens? Vogel? Vis? Waren de Silkies een schepping van de mens, tot diens hulp en erve? Of waren zij gezonden uit de Ruimte met een anti-menselijk doel?De Silkies zelf wisten het niet en juist dat maakt deze ongewone roman tot een der grootste scheppimgen van A.E van Vogt.

Bevat twee boeken: 1. Het rijk van het atoom (The empire of the atom, 1956) 2. De tovenaar van Linn (The wizard of Linn, 1960)

"Evana bleef onzeker staan bij de grote poort van de ruimtehaven. Achter haar klonk een geluid en ruwe handen sloten zich om haar mond, grepen haar armen vast. Ze werd opgetild en door een deur in een vleugelloos vliegtuig geduwd, dat meteen omhoog dwarrelde op een manier, zoals rook uit een schoorsteen in de lucht verdwijnt." Dit is het begin; het begin van een avontuur dat Evana, alleen en onbeschermd in de ongelooflijke uitgestrektheid van de Randwerelden, nimmer zou vergeten. Ze had de overbevolkte en decadente aarde verlaten en was gevlucht naar dit stelsel in opbouw, waar voor iedereen een taak was. Maar ze had niet verwacht ooit voor Arthur Blord te werken, een man, die machtiger en rijker was dan wie dan ook in het universum. Samen vechten Arthur en Evana tegen SKAL, een wezen dat, eenzaam in zijn eeuwenoude vesting, zijn plannen beraamd. Want SKAL haat de mensheid in het algemeen en Arthur Blord in het bijzonder. Met een bezielde geestdrift schreven A.E. van Vogt en E. Mayne Hull deze meeslepende geschiedenis van de Randwerelden - een melkwegstelsel waar mannen met hetzelfde gemak chanteren, roven en moorden, als hun miljarden verdienen - en hun vrouwen kiezen.

Bevat: - De wereld van Nul-A - De schakers van Nul-A In 2560 AD is de aarde de wereld van Nul-A. Nul-A is een volkomen logische manier van denken die het leven gaat beheersen en langzamerhand onmisbaar wordt. In 2560 komt Gilbert Gosseyn naar de stad van de gigantische Spelmachine om zich samen met duizenden anderen te laten testen. Nu moet blijken of hij voldoende geoefend is in Nul-A. Maar — tot zijn stomme verbijstering merkt Gosseyn daar dat hij Gosseyn niet is; dat zijn herinneringen vals zijn; en nog verbazender, eenmaal uitgestoten door de andere kandidaten wordt hij gedood — maar hij komt weer tot leven in een ander lichaam! Later ontdekt Gosseyn dat hij ongewild een pion is in een verwoestend spel, gespeeld door een mysterieuze kosmische intelligentie... Maar wie is Gosseyn dan wél? En even belangrijk: wie is zijn duistere Volger?

Das Gedankenfenster: Eine-Diktatur beherrscht die Erde. Ihre Werkzeuge sind die Wissenschaftler, doch auch gegen sie muß man sich absichern. Die höchste Auszeichnung für einen Forscher ist seine Enthauptung. Aber unter den Wissenschaftlern gibt es eine kleine Widerstandsgruppe, die auf eine neue Entdeckung hofft - mit dem Gedankenfenster wollen sie den Tyrannen stürzen. Der neueste Roman von A. E. van Vogt, dem Altmeister der ScienceFiction. Deutsche Erstveröffentlichung

In de maatschappij van de toekomst gaat de wereld gebukt onder het juk van de dictatuur. De leidenkde figuren zijn de geleerden, maar ook zij staan onder een strenge controle, ten aanzien van hun werk en in hun persoonlijk leven. Het onvermijdelijke gebeurt! Een uitsluitend uit geleerden bestaande groep, de Hills, komt in verzet. Ook zij echter worden beschouwd als handlangers van de dictatuur. Maar Higenroth, de belangrijkste onder de rebellen, probeert de Hills om te vormen tot een hechte liga, tot krachtige oppositie in staat. Hij hoopt zijn plannen te realiseren met behulp van een revolutionair communicatiesysteem. Maar hij moet snel zijn, want hij staat op de nominatie om onthoofd te worden de volgende dag al...