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Away And Beyond (Mass Market Paperback)

by A. E. Van Vogt (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)


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  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Publisher: Berkley Medallion; Later Edition edition (January 1, 1963)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B000GU4FLY
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader, July 21, 2008
A collection that is half above average stories - comes out to 3.19, in the usual Van Vogt style.

Away and Beyond : The Great Engine - A. E. van Vogt
Away and Beyond : The Great Judge - A. E. van Vogt
Away and Beyond : Secret Unattainable - A. E. van Vogt
Away and Beyond : The Harmonizer - A. E. van Vogt
Away and Beyond : The Second Solution - A. E. van Vogt
Away and Beyond : Film Library - A. E. van Vogt
Away and Beyond : Asylum - A. E. van Vogt
Away and Beyond : Heir Unapparent - A. E. van Vogt


No idea what it is, but it works.

2.5 out of 5


Rad execution.

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Six file hyperspace machine ratzi revenge.

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Plant is alive.

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Not really beastly, take the load off.

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Us types just don't get along.

3 out of 5


Blackmail poison descendant.

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2.0 out of 5 stars No room to grow with the plot and characters, May 26, 2008
By Mike Dalke "2theD" (Ban Chang, Rayong, Thailand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Away and beyond (Paperback)
While I really enjoyed his written novels House That Stood Still, Man of a Thousand Names and especially Voyage of the Space Beagle, I found these short stories to be bare-boned. Yes, short stories are supposed to be short and to the point but the stories here lack a seed for the imagination to grow then to appreciate the focus of the characters and to swim in the completion of a warm story. Only one or two of these stories (Film Library and Great Engine) gave me that seed to grow with the story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Stories!, December 2, 2006
By David Adams (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Away and beyond (Paperback)
Again, as I wrote in my review for Destination: Universe, I would not pass over these short stories too lightly. Some fans consider his short pieces to be his BEST work. They are certainly powerful and do not get bogged down the way some of his novels do. This is well worth checking out.
Away and Beyond (1952) is vintage van Vogt, with 7 good stories:
"The Vault of the Beast" (1940) An implacable shape changing alien
monster from Mars is defeated by a flight of van Vogtian super mathematics.
The Great Engine (1943) is interesting, but not one of the great tales. **
The Great Judge (1948) is a brief P.K. Dickian tale ***
Secret Unattainable (1942) includes Hitler's secret weapon, a good story. ***
"The Harmonizer" (1944) A Stapledonian vignette which compresses eighty million years in a few pages.
The Second Solution (1942)- is a good beast tale. ***
"Film Library" (1946) A particularly vivid "hard SF" dream which is not about anything but itself. *
Asylum (1942) - not just a vampire tale, but a PK Dickian story! ****
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