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"This book presents a three-decades long project that includes research, interviewing, writing and convention presentations about the late "golden age of sf" author, A. E. van Vogt. This book emphasizes an interest that van Vogt and Drake shared in the subject of general semantics. Additional perspectives are presented which shed light on how and why van Vogt wrote some of his fiction and nonfiction."
H. L. Drake, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- writer
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- long lived adults
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
- rude people
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- challenged
Commentary on society?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
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