{"product_id":"slan-paperback","title":"Slan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfred Elton Van Vogt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. E. Van Vogt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1940s, the Golden Age of science fiction flowered in the magazine \u003ci\u003eAstounding.\u003c\/i\u003e Editor John W. Campbell, Jr., discovered and promoted great new writers such as A.E. van Vogt, whose novel \u003ci\u003eSlan\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the works of the era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlan\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Jommy Cross, the orphan mutant outcast from a future society prejudiced against mutants, or slans. Throughout the forties and into the fifties, \u003ci\u003eSlan\u003c\/i\u003e was considered the single most important SF novel, the one great book that everyone had to read. Today it remains a monument to pulp SF adventure, filled with constant action and a cornucopia of ideas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition has a new introduction by Kevin J. Anderson.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. E. Van Vogt\u003c\/b\u003e was a SFWA Grand Master. He was born in Canada and moved to the U.S. in 1944, by which time he was well-established as one of John W. Campbell's stable of writers for \u003ci\u003eAstounding Science-Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He lived in Los Angeles, California and died in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134461186183,"sku":"9780312852368","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8c615275e93714d2d3fe2a56b5b1fdb3.webp?v=1732642008","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/slan-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}