The War Against the Rull [Hardcover]

A. E. Van Vogt (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Printing edition (1959)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000GDAMK4
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,742,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Od School, September 18, 2007

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SLigustinus (Seabrook, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The War Against the Rull (Paperback)

In "The War Against the Rull", A.E. Van Vogt did for me in Sci Fi what Nathaniel Hawthorne did in his "Last of the Mohicans". The central character in each story is a man of courage who goes against societal norms to reach out to members of completely alien cultures, to save those he loves from a common enemy. Here, Trevor Jamieson encounters blind and unyielding hatred from fellow humans for the Ezwal, a creature whom only he knows may hold the secret to humanity's life-or-death struggle with the insectoid Rull, a struggle which until now they were losing. In dealing with this hatred, he teaches those humans with whom he works the necessity of overcoming their fears and prejudices, to build the kind of alliances that would save them. Van Vogt's book begins with Jamieson's efforts to link up with an extremely hostile and dangerous Ezwal, to survive being stranded on Eristan II, a planet inhabited by the most intensely feral life forms in the galaxy. His survival there, his close brush with asassination on Carson's Planet, and his enlistment of his young son in the struggle were all wonderfully enjoyable reading. Make no mistake, the technology in the story may be dated, but so what........ The courage, empathy, fierce determination, and vision are all character traits that are timeless. Now if only we could see this wonderful creature - the Ezwal - come alive in the movies................

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Space opera, with an expected "twist" ending, August 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The War Against the Rull (Paperback)

I read this book, or parts of it over 30 (!) years ago when I wanted blasters and spaceships and lots of BEMs. It is one of the items in my 'keeper' library. The Rull enemy has a fantasy element (shapechanger) that will appeal, and a cold-blooded ability to eradicate the humans it opposes. Read it as an adventure yarn, and not as a comment on civilization.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my favourite, March 13, 2002

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Fesal Toosy (Pakistan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The War Against The Rull (Mass Market Paperback)

My favourite van vogt book. This is the book which got me hooked on to sci-fi. Exciting and gripping till the end.