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Ladataan... The Far-Out Worlds of A. E. Van VogtTekijä: A. E. van Vogt
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I have to say that it's a bit of a mixed bag; though mostly I enjoyed what I read.
The marks I have given only reflect how I enjoyed each story and are not intended as a criticism of the writer's work.
THE REPLICATORS - A retired marine who feels that the world has turned it's back on him has to face up to the fact that he is now responsible for he fate of the entire Earth when he attacks a visitor from another world who during the process inadvertently takes on his own bitter resentful feelings for the human race! [6/10]
THE FIRST MARTIAN - One man must choose sides between a race of Andean settlers and his best friend during the early days of Mars' colonisation; resulting in him being caught up in a terrorist plot to discredit the immigrant workers by killing a bunch of high state officials on a speeding land train. [8/10]
THE PURPOSE - Local reporter for the Herald 'Virginia Mention' begins investigating the 'Futurian Scientific Laboratories' following a minor fire at the premises; after noticing that the curious receptionist 'Edgar Gray' appears to be keeping inhumanly long hours behind his desk!
THE EARTH KILLERS - Rocket pilot Robert Morlake has a close encounter with a falling atomic bomb during a test flight of the new hybrid jet/rocket S29A. On landing he discovers that every major city in America has been obliterated!
THE CATAAAAA - A mysterious invitation to a travelling freak show leads one man to discover that one of the exhibits is in fact an alien with it's own secret agenda. [10/10]
AUTOMATION - A race of sexless clones rage war over their former human masters for supremacy. Now thanks to one chemist who has developed a hormone gas to counteract the drones brainwashing experiments on humans through the reawakening of the most basic primal urges victory can finally be assured! The only problem is the chemist is himself currently one of the drones! [1.5/10]
ITSELF! - A geriatric defence droid patrolling the oceans of Earth happens across an alien set to destroy the planet and does what it was programmed to do. [3.5/10]
PROCESS - On an alien world a gentle forest life form defends itself against attack from humanoid invaders
NOT THE FIRST - As the crew of the first Atomic powered spacecraft battle to prevent their ship from careering out of control and plunging at terminal velocity into a sun; even the most qualified science officers and physicists are at odds to explain why all the laws of physics seem to be being broken around them.
FULFILMENT - Ten thousand years in the future where the face of the Earth has been laid to waste, the only remaining sentient life form sits upon a desolate hillside with nothing to do but compute mathematical equations for all eternity. Then one day, across the other side of the valley, another being similar to itself appears out of a rift in time;
SHIP OF DARKNESS - When a spaceboat's time machine is ripped away from the control panel during a flight 300,000,000 years into the future it's lone pilot is left stranded on the surface of a gigantic space platform
THE ULTRA MAN - Ever since it's opening, the authorities have covered-up the truth: that a proportion of visitors to the Moon Base have been developing a temporary build-up of ESP and PSI ability during their stay.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my review of this book, and decide to add it to your collection. ( )