594 “in the: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt (Lakemont, Georgia: Fictioneer Books, 1975), p. 29.
595 “Reading science: A.E. van Vogt, The Best of A.E. van Vogt (New York: Pocket Books, 1976), p. 255.
596 “ESP; trans-light: A.E. van Vogt, letter to Alexei and Cory Panshin, October 10, 1985.
597 “We are: Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World (New York: Free Press/Macmillan, 1967), p. 76.
598 “Is it: Ibid, p. 84.
599 “a system: Ibid, p. 75.
600 “The materialistic: Ibid, p. 152.
601 “My theory: Ibid, p. 91.
602 “If organisms: Ibid, p. 109.
603 “Successful organisms: Ibid, p. 205.
604 “ballistic calculator”: Robert A. Heinlein, “Misfit,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow (New York: Putnam, 1967), p. 523.
605 “Mr. System”: A.E. van Vogt, letter to Alexei and Cory Panshin, April 22, 1985.
606 “I feel: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 47.
607 “The creature: A.E. van Vogt, “Vault of the Beast,” in van Vogt, Away and Beyond (New York: Avon, 1953), p. 7. The text here is van Vogt’s original version. The revised text, as it was published in Astounding, may be found in John W. Campbell, Jr., ed., The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952).
608 “robot”: Ibid, p. 25.
609 “android”: Ibid.
610 “great and: Ibid, p. 7.
611 “ ‘Our purpose: Ibid, p. 31.
612 “ ‘I didn’t: Ibid, p. 32.
613 “ ‘ultimate prime: A.E. van Vogt, “Vault of the Beast,” p. 15.
614 “ ‘ultimate metal’ ”: Ibid.
615 “In a: A.E. van Vogt, letter to Alexei and Cory Panshin, October 10, 1985.
616 “Alfred Vogt”: John W. Campbell, unpublished letter to [A.E. van Vogt], January 17, 1939.
617 “On and: A.E. van Vogt, “Black Destroyer,” in Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, eds., Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space (New York: Modern Library, 1957), p. 177.
618 “the all-necessary: Ibid, p. 178.
619 “ ‘We’re going: Ibid, p. 198.
620 “The sense: Ibid, p. 181.
621 “He whirled: Ibid, p. 182.
622 “It was: Ibid, p. 193.
623 “For just: Ibid.
624 “ ‘In fact: Ibid, p. 202.
625 “ ‘the electronic: Ibid, p. 200.
626 “ ‘We have: Ibid, p. 202.
627 “they found: Ibid, p. 205.
628 “You’ve done: John W. Campbell, unpublished letter to [A.E. van Vogt], January 17, 1939.
629 “If this: Ibid.
630 “ ‘a race: A.E. van Vogt, “Discord in Scarlet,” Astounding, December 1939, p. 18.
631 “a devastating: Ibid, p. 32.
632 “ ‘After all: Ibid, p. 34.
633 “ ‘You assume: Ibid.
634 “I have: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, pp. 78-79.
635 “Generally, either: Ibid, p. 79.
636 “I have tried: Ibid.
637 “ ‘Remember this: A.E. van Vogt, “Repetition,” as “The Gryb,” in van Vogt, The Proxy Intelligence and Other Mind Benders (New York: Paperback Library, 1971), p. 43.
638 “ ‘I have: Ibid, p. 159.
639 “ ‘fix-up’ novel”: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 132.
640 “encyclopedic synthesist”: Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1948), p. 43.
641 “He was: A.E. van Vogt, The Voyage of the Space Beagle (New York: Macfadden Books, 1968), p. 7.
642 “the problems: Ibid, pp. 191-192.
643 “I pointed: John W. Campbell, letter to E.E. Smith, Ph.D., dated May 26, 1959, in Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine and George Hay, eds., The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 (Franklin, Tennessee: AC Projects, 1985), p. 368.
644 “The super-man: John W. Campbell, letter to Clifford D. Simak, dated June 18, 1953, in The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1, p. 178.
645 “the great: A.E. van Vogt, in an unpublished manuscript entitled “Systematic Thought Number Two: The Fictional Sentence,” p. 5.
646 “The human-like: A.E. van Vogt, quoted in van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” p. 192.
647 “The writer: A.E. van Vogt, in an unpublished manuscript entitled “Systematic Thought Number Three: Getting Ideas Through Dreaming,” p. 7.
648 “People do: A.E. van Vogt “The Development of a Science Fiction Writer: III,” in Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction, No. 3, March 1973, p. 28.
649 “I mean: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 79.
650 “Checks from: Ibid, p. 62.
651 “sixty electro: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, September 1940, p. 12.
652 “ ‘Don’t forget: Ibid, p. 11.
653 “ten-point steel”: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, November 1940, p. 145.
654 “hypnotism crystals”: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, December 1940, p. 129.
655 “tendrilless slans”: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, September 1940, p. 40, et passim.
656 “ ‘Madam, in: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, November 1940, p. 137.
657 “And she: Ibid, p. 153.
658 “Inside the: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, December 1940, p. 145.
659 “From a: A.E. van Vogt, letter to the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America, dated March 1977 (actually 1978).
660 “Kier Gray: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, December 1940, p. 155.
661 “ ‘Man, man: Ibid, p. 157.
662 “ ‘What is: lbid, pp. 155-156.
663 “ ‘the mutation-after-man.’ ”: Ibid, p. 157.
664 “ ‘make a: Ibid, p. 160.
665 “It was: Ibid, p. 162.
666 “That son: John W. Campbell, letter to Harry Harrison, dated April 4, 1954, in The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1, p. 234.
667 “For years: A.E. van Vogt, The Best of A.E. van Vogt, p. 146.
668 “Details penetrated: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, December 1940, p. 123.
669 “the leader: Damon Knight, In Search of Wonder (Chicago: Advent:Publishers, 1967), p. 61.
670 “utter and: Ibid, p. 60.
671 “I had: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 84.
672 “Slan Shack”: See Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays (Chicago: Advent: Publishers, 1969), p. 33.
673 “Tendril Towers”: Ibid, p. 250.
674 “Man is: Claude Degler, in Cosmic Digest, Spring 1943, quoted in Warner, All Our Yesterdays, p. 186.
675 “the Cosmic: See Warner, op. cit., p. 185.
676 “Fans are: Ibid, p. 42.
677 “Being a: A.E. van Vogt, letter to the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America, dated March 1977 (actually 1978).
678 “FINE WEAPONS: A.E. van Vogt, “The Seesaw,” in Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, eds., Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, Vol. 3, 1941 (New York: DAW Books, 1980), p. 212.
679 “THE FINEST: Ibid.
680 “ ‘eighty-four of: Ibid, p. 217.
681 “ ‘trillions and: Ibid, p. 219.
682 “ ‘You are: Ibid, p. 224.
683 “Quite suddenly: Ibid, p. 230.
684 “Every unfolding: A.E. van Vogt, “Recruiting Station,” in Groff Conklin, ed., Omnibus of Science Fiction (New York: Crown, 1952), p. 366.
685 “By April: A.E. van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” p. 189.
686 “I write: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 92.
687 “I was: Ibid, p. 97.
688 “In order: Ibid, p. 65.
689 “the singleness: A.E. van Vogt, “Secret Unattainable,” in van Vogt, Away and Beyond, p. 82.
690 “all the: Ibid.
691 “ ‘My invention: Ibid, p. 113.
; 692 “ ‘Here is: Ibid, pp. 117-118.
693 “ ‘reality of: Ibid, p. 117.
694 “Poor, unsuspecting: A.E. van Vogt, “Recruiting Station,” in Groff Conklin, ed., Omnibus of Science Fiction, p. 419.
695 “the glorious: A.E. van Vogt, “The Weapon Shop,” in Robert Silverberg, ed., Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970), p. 144.
696 “ ‘Information Center”‘: Ibid, p. 170.
697 “ ‘the brilliant: Ibid, p. 176.
698 “ ‘It is: Ibid.
699 “ ‘Weapon Shop’: John W. Campbell, letter to A.E. van Vogt, dated June 12, 1942, quoted in van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” pp. 190-191.
700 “Possessor Kingston: A.E. van Vogt, “The Search,” in van Vogt, Destination: Universe (New York: New American Library, 1952), p. 145, et passim.
701 “probability worlds: Ibid, p. 145.
702 “the time: Ibid, p. 146.
703 “the Palace: Ibid, p. 145.
704 “ ‘When I: Ibid, p. 152.
705 “ ‘They’re in: Ibid, p. 153.
706 “His memory: Ibid, p. 155.
707 “Science fiction: A.E. van Vogt, “Postscript,” Destination: Universe, p. 158.
708 “meteorite”: A.E. van Vogt, “Asylum,” in van Vogt, Away and Beyond, p. 231.
709 “the first: Ibid, p. 202.
710 “ ‘life force”‘: Ibid, p. 203.
711 “ ‘Its rays: Ibid, p. 246.
712 “ultra”: Ibid, p. 198.
713 “ ‘It is: Ibid.
714 “Great Galactic”: Ibid, p. 249.
715 “On all: Ibid, p. 242.
716 “ ‘Return to: Ibid, p. 250.
717 “ ‘If altruism: A.E. van Vogt, “The Proxy Intelligence,” in The Proxy Intelligence and Other Mind Benders, p. 63.
718 “The problem: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 81.
719 “That was: Ibid.
720 “Amazingly, then: A.E. van Vogt, “Asylum,” in van Vogt, Away and Beyond, p. 252.
CHAPTER 17: AN EMPIRE OF MIND
721 “On the: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1979), p. 311.
722 “Never, I: Isaac Asimov, in Asimov, ed., Before the Golden Age (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1974), p. 910.
723 “ ‘mad geniuses’ ”: Isaac Asimov, “Homo Sol,” in Asimov, The Early Asimov, Book One (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest, 1974), p. 215.
724 “ ‘his guarded: Jack Williamson, “After World’s End,” in Williamson, The Legion of Time (New York: Pyramid, 1967), p. 182.
725 “Rhine’s famous: Ibid, p. 116.
726 “Men multiplied: Ibid, pp. 118-119.
727 “hundred-times-told”: Isaac Asimov, The Rest of the Robots (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964), p. xii.
728 “I was: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 311.
729 “It’s a: blurb for Asimov’s “Foundation,” Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1942, p. 38.
730 “got longer: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 312.
731 “I started: Ibid.
732 “ ‘And after: Isaac Asimov, “Foundation,” Astounding, May 1942, pp. 52-53. The book version says “thirty thousand years”: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 28, in Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, n.d.).
733 “ ‘We have: Isaac Asimov, “Foundation,” Astounding, May 1942, p. 38.
734 “the multi-intelligence: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 405.
735 “It was: Ibid.
736 “Psycho-history dealt: Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire, p. v, in Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy.
737 “I’m sure: Isaac Asimov, letter to Alexei Panshin, dated February 17, 1987.
738 “ ‘the definitive: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 41, in Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy.
739 “ ‘a psychological: Ibid, p. 56.
740 “ ‘You give: Ibid, p. 64.
741 “ ‘The Encyclopedia: Ibid, p. 73.
742 “ ‘To that: Ibid, pp. 73-75.
743 “ ‘The solution: Ibid, p. 75.
744 “The idea: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 314.
745 “ ‘At present: John W. Campbell, letter to Jack Williamson, October 7, 1941, quoted in Williamson, Wonder’s Child: My Life in Science Fiction (New York: Bluejay Books, 1984), p. 133.
746 “Bob has: Jack Williamson, Wonder’s Child, p. 134.
747 “ ‘The old: Jack Williamson: “Breakdown,” in Williamson, People Machines (New York: Ace, 1971), p. 159.
748 “ ‘the chronological: John W. Campbell, letter to Jack Williamson, date unstated, quoted in Williamson, Wonder’s Child, p. 135.
749 “ ‘A robot: Isaac Asimov, “Runaround,” in Asimov, I, Robot (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1950), p. 51.
750 “ ‘What I: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 85.
751 “ ‘Violence is: Ibid, p. 84.
752 “ ‘I want: John W. Campbell, quoted in Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 318.
753 “ ‘they could: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 93.
754 “ ‘Force the: Ibid, p. 94.
755 “ ‘You have: Ibid, p. 73.
756 “ ‘Let the: Ibid, p. 122.
757 “ ‘In the: Ibid, p. 124.
758 “ ‘With his: Ibid.
759 “ ‘A man: Ibid, p. 129.
760 “ ‘My figures: Ibid, p. 131.
761 “ ‘According to: Ibid.
762 “ ‘flubdub and: Robert A. Heinlein, Sixth Column (New York: Gnome Press, 1949), p. 121.
763 “ ‘You were: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 86.
764 “ ‘He believes: Ibid, p. 103.
765 “ ‘I started: Ibid, p. 86.
766 “One whose: Ibid, p. 113.
767 “ ‘And never: Ibid, p. 132.
768 “ ‘Together we: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 104.
769 “ ‘ He’s the: Ibid, p. 91.
CHAPTER 18: MAN TRANSCENDING
770 “We will: John Campbell, “Editor’s Page: Too Good At Guessing,” Astounding, April 1942, p. 6.
771 So Campbell wrote back to say: this account is based upon George O. Smith, Worlds of George O. (New York: Bantam, 1982), p. 3.
772 “Fundamentally, I: John W. Campbell, letter to Jack Williamson, dated October 7, 1941, quoted in Williamson, Wonder’s Child (New York: Bluejay Books, 1984), p. 134.
773 “Looking for: Williamson, Wonder’s Child, p. 135.
774 “The seetee: Ibid.
775 “the so-called: George O. Smith, op. cit., p. 4.
776 “Hoping . . . not: Ibid.
777 “Sixa” and “Seilla” and “Ynamre”: Cleve Cartmill, “Deadline,” in Groff Conklin, ed., The Best of Science Fiction (New York: Crown, 1946), pp. 68, 71, et passim.
778 “I told: Will F. Jenkins, in Dick Eney, ed., The Proceedings; Discon (Chicago: Advent, 1965), p. 75.
779 “infinity drive”: A.E. van Vogt, The Weapon Makers, Astounding, March 1943, p. 114.
780 “ ‘restless and: A.E. van Vogt, The Weapon Makers, Astounding, February 1943, p. 19.
781 “an independent: Ibid, p. 13.
782 “No-man”: Ibid, p. 10, et passim.
783 “striking appearance: Ibid, p. 20.
784 “he is: A.E. van Vogt, in the synopses of The Weapon Makers, Astounding, March 1943, p. 96, and April 1943, p. 94.
785 “ ‘a stabilizing: A.E. van Vogt, The Weapon Makers, Astounding, April 1943, p. 109.
786 “ ‘I am: Ibid.
787 “ ‘Everything the: Ibid, p. 110.
788 “ ‘All of: Ibid, p. 126.
789 “ ‘Intelligence type: Ibid, p. 101.
790 “ ‘This much: Ibid, p. 130.
791 “village of: According to the entry “Sevagram” in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Micropaedia, Vol. 10 (Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1987), p. 664.
792 Henry Kuttner was born: No adequate account of the life of Henry Kuttner exists. The be
st to date is in Sam Moskowitz, Seekers of Tomorrow (Cleveland and New York: World, 1966).
793 “rotten start”: John W. Campbell, letter to Isaac Asimov, dated April 6, 1958, in Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine and George Hay, eds., The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 (Franklin, Tennessee: AC Projects, 1985), p. 338.
794 “the terrible: Ibid.
795 “Hank’s basic: C.L. Moore, “Introduction,” in Henry Kuttner, Fury (New York: Lancer, n.d.), pp. 5-6.
796 “ ‘The most treacherous: Ibid, p. 5.
797 “We collaborated: Ibid, p. 6.
798 “They worked: George O. Smith, op. cit., p. 31. The story was “Vintage Season” by Lawrence O’Donnell, Astounding, September 1946.
799 “After we’d: C.L. Moore, op. cit., p. 6.
800 “ ‘indestructible’ ”: Henry Kuttner, “Deadlock,” in Kuttner, Ahead of Time (New York: Ballantine, 1953), p. 163, et passim.
801 “the sort: Ibid, p. 167.
802 “The gadget: Ibid, p. 173.
803 “his job: Henry Kuttner, “The Twonky,” in The Best of Henry Kuttner (New York: Ballantine, 1975), p. 168.
804 “ ‘Great Snell!’: Ibid, p. 169.
805 “Subject basically: Ibid, p. 188.
806 “There was: Lewis Padgett, “Time Locker,” in Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, eds., Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space (New York: Modern Library, 1957), p. 286.
807 “He could: Ibid.
808 “ ‘I think: Ibid, p. 287.
809 “spiky sort: Ibid, p. 290.
810 “ ‘I suppose: Ibid.
811 “the shape: Ibid, p. 298.
812 “A grotesque: Ibid.
813 “ ‘I guess: Ibid, p. 307.
814 “Flames licked: Henry Kuttner, “Mimsy Were the Borogoves,” in The Best of Henry Kuttner, p. 4.
815 “a maze: Ibid, p. 17.
816 “a tesseract”: Ibid, p. 8.
817 “ ‘I did: Ibid, p. 9.
818 “ ‘Let’s suppose: Ibid, p. 20.
819 “ ‘This is: Ibid, p. 31.
820 “The children: Ibid, p. 33.
821 “ghastly” . . . “dead”: Ibid, pp. 34-35.
822 “There’s no: Ibid, p. 1.
823 “some of: Ibid.
824 “The song: Ibid, p. 32.
825 “Sometimes he’d: Lewis Padgett, “The Proud Robot,” in Padgett, Robots Have No Tails (New York: Gnome Press, 1952), p. 7.
826 “It did: Ibid, p. 22.
827 “ ‘A positron: Lewis Padgett, “Gallegher Plus,” in Padgett, Robots Have No Tails, p. 65.
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