tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post3076716532382857617..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Wasting Time on A. E. van VogtBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-27354920213347812092012-07-08T18:04:40.487-04:002012-07-08T18:04:40.487-04:00How can anyone resist a book which contains chapte...How can anyone resist a book which contains chapters that start like this:<br /><br /><i>'He stood finally at the wall visiplate, staring out at the burnished immensity of Venus. The planet, already vast, was expanding visibly, like a balloon being blown up. Only it didn't stop expanding, and, unlike an overgrown balloon, it didn't burst.'</i><br /><br />Van Vogt - intentionally or not - wrote very funny books.Junk Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815834128251943035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-62600686723021820132012-01-20T17:56:00.659-05:002012-01-20T17:56:00.659-05:00I will try more someday. As it is Masters of Time...I will try more someday. As it is <i> Masters of Time</i> and <a href="http://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2010/09/sf-not-sm.html" rel="nofollow"><i>The House that Stood Still</i></a> (my only other van Vogt) have all but exhausted. Dare I hope I've begun with the worst?Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-74715355272011772932012-01-20T11:39:02.842-05:002012-01-20T11:39:02.842-05:00van Vogt did a lot of "fix-up" works, tu...van Vogt did a lot of "fix-up" works, turning short stories in novels, and most of them suffer this same problem: disjointed, confusing, in the end not very good. Try Voyage of the Space Beagle if you want a better van Vogt read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-38024834160481507562012-01-20T10:02:03.232-05:002012-01-20T10:02:03.232-05:00I have a copy of that eerie FANTASY PRESS edition....I have a copy of that eerie FANTASY PRESS edition. Van Vogt and SF writers of that era frequently used that "fix-up" technique to turn short stories into novels.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com