Beschreibung

Informationen zum Autor A. E. van Vogt Klappentext In the 1940s, the Golden Age of science fiction flowered in the magazine Astounding. Editor John W. Campbell, Jr., discovered and promoted great new writers such as A.E. van Vogt, whose novel Slan was one of the works of the era. Slan is the story of Jommy Cross, the orphan mutant outcast from a future society prejudiced against mutants, or slans. Throughout the forties and into the fifties, Slan was considered the single most important SF novel, the one great book that everyone had to read. Today it remains a monument to pulp SF adventure, filled with constant action and a cornucopia of ideas. This edition has a new introduction by Kevin J. Anderson. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of Jommy Cross, the orphan boy mutant, an outcast from a future society prejudiced against mutants, who grows up to be a superman and to represent the next stage in human evolution.

Autorentext

A. E. van Vogt

Klappentext

In the 1940s, the Golden Age of science fiction flowered in the magazine Astounding. Editor John W. Campbell, Jr., discovered and promoted great new writers such as A.E. van Vogt, whose novel Slan was one of the works of the era.

Slan is the story of Jommy Cross, the orphan mutant outcast from a future society prejudiced against mutants, or slans. Throughout the forties and into the fifties, Slan was considered the single most important SF novel, the one great book that everyone had to read. Today it remains a monument to pulp SF adventure, filled with constant action and a cornucopia of ideas.

This edition has a new introduction by Kevin J. Anderson.

Zusammenfassung
Tells the story of Jommy Cross, the orphan boy mutant, an outcast from a future society prejudiced against mutants, who grows up to be a superman and to represent the next stage in human evolution.

Produktinformationen

Titel:	Slan
Autor:	A. E. Van Vogt, A. E. Van Vogt
EAN:	9780312852368
ISBN:	0312852363
Format:	Taschenbuch
Hersteller:	Tor Books USA
Herausgeber:	St. Martins Press-3pl
Genre:	Science-Fiction & Fantasy
Anzahl Seiten:	255
Gewicht:	367g
Größe:	H216mm x B140mm x T16mm
Jahr:	2000