Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author who was one of the most prolific, yet complex, writers of the mid-twentieth century "Golden Age" of the genre. Many fans of that era would have named van Vogt, Robert A. Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov as the three greatest science fiction writers. Wikipedia
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But the first book took a number of months to sell out, and the second book had to be canceled, but not before Weinberg had interviewed a number of Astounding 's contributors, including A.E. van Vogt. home.earthlink.net/~icshi/Interviews/Weinberg-1980.html
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