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{{quote|''You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.''}}

A hardworking writer of [[Science Fiction]] during the [[Golden Age]], Alfred Elton van Vogt was certainly one of the most prolific. Though often overshadowed by the "Big Three" ([[Arthur C. Clarke]], [[Robert A. Heinlein]] and [[Isaac Asimov]]), van Vogt penned a great many long-lived classics, including ''[[Slan]]'', ''The Book of Ptath'', ''The Voyage of the Space Beagle'', ''The Weapon Shops of Isher,'' and the ''Null-A'' series. He cranked out dozens of short stories, many of which have been anthologized over and over again. Like several of his contemporaries, he also forayed into the realms of mainstream fiction and nonfiction.