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SLAN
by Vogt, A. E. Van
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York, U.S.A: Nelson Doubleday, 1968. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book Club Edition in Very Good Condition with Good Vintage Dust Jacket. Jacket painting by Gary Viskupic. First Published 1940, by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for "Astounding Science-Fiction", October-December, 1940. Binding of brown paper-wrapped boards, orange titles to spine,very clean and unmarked with light wear to spine head, lower edges rubbed. Internals in Fine Condition. The Slans--mutants, superior human beings capable of taking over the world but mostly killed out in the Slan Wars--but some remain, feared and hated by the human government. Fast-paced and engrossing, a novel that explores the concept of human evolution. 176 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 1968, Nelson Doubleday, Garden Cith, NY
Synopsis
Slan is a science fiction novel written by A. E. van Vogt, as well as the name of the fictional race of superbeings featured in the novel. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction (September - December 1940). It was subsequently published in hardcover in 1946 by Arkham House, in an edition of 4,051 copies. Lydia van Vogt, A. E. van Vogt's widow, and Kevin J. Anderson wrote a sequel to Slan, titled Slan Hunter, based on an unfinished draft by van Vogt.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027188
- Title
- SLAN
- Author
- Vogt, A. E. Van
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION MUTANTS TELEPATHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Science Fiction;
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