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Quality


While van vogt piques our curiosity with the revelation of slans who are not telekinetic he spends a good deal of time with a c...  Read More


Theres little doubt that this novel shows some sign of age but the quality of the ideas presented still shine through


Dated for sure but it was very easy to connect with the characters

Price


I was very happy to discover that slan was now available as a kindle book and at a very reasonable price


Slan 1951 is a standalone sf novel

Shipping


It is fast paced and definitely worth reading

Packaging/appearance


Here im going to use terms from the excelent wild cards books


The story is told through the eyes of two of the slan

Competitiveness


It ranked 2nd on the astoundinganalog alltime poll in 1952 5th in 1956 and 3rd in 1966

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    novel, first, great, human and many.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 191 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 15 2021.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its writer was in my view the preeminent one that gave science fiction as literature a bad name


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Seriously if you get bent out of shape about precocious and ambitious boys fiction youre going to miss out on a lot of literature and a good chunk of history


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its about a boy who has the ability to read minds and knows that if the normal humans find out that he can they will try to kill him


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This is the first book i ever read by van vogt and it is certainly not what i expected


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    He seems to hint at the fact that if a society tries to keep one part rooted in the past but still tries to advance somewhere something is going to have to give in


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The adventures of jommy cross in the world of slan haters tendrilless slan s and vicious pursuers is endlessly fascinating


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    With a few updates i think it would make a fun movie


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    There might be no mutants xmen today without the work of ae van vogt

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