- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books (1 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1416520899
- ISBN-13: 978-1416520894
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.5 x 3.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 892,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After civilization collapsed, a caste of "scientists" arose who operated the indestructible and eternally functioning machines and worshipped at the altars of the atomic gods. Society was a strange mix of the modern and the medieval, with armies marching on horseback into ancient spaceships, then flying to human colonies on other planets to wage war with swords and arrows. Then came the mutant Clane, with a twisted body and a brilliant mind, who not only recovered the lost science behind the ancient machines, but found that alien invaders, not human war, had reduced humanity to barbarism as a prelude to colonizing the Solar System. And they would return soon, unless Clane could stop them...For the first time, the entire Clane saga, told in the novels "Empire of the Atom" and "The Wizard of Linn", is complete in one volume. Plus the sweeping novel of interstellar adventure, "Mission of the Stars", and two additional short novels by a Grand Master of science fiction.
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Transgalactic
23 Nov 2008
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This is A.E. Van Vogt at his peak of power, the twists and turns of the action come at a headlong pace. I had read these when in the late 40's-early 50's, I was an avid reader of ASF. For anyone looking to capture the "Golden Years" can do no worse than starting with this collection.
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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Great Classic, small women
17 Nov 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
To own Transgalactic by A. E. Van Vogt is to own a classic from the "classical age" of Science Fiction. A compendium of novels and short stories written around a common theme of aliens from outer space, this thick book is a page burner and it was only when I was well into the second novel that I realized that van Vogt could only write about scheming women and even then avoided women characters like a plague. But the volume was fun to read.
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
The aftermath of a global war which has ended civilization
4 Mar 2007
Format:Paperback
A.E. Van Vogt's TRANSGALACTIC tells of the aftermath of a global war which has ended civilization, leaving 'scientists' to repair and operate their old machines. A brilliant mutant recovers the lost science behind these machines, uncovering in the process the truth about humanity's decline.
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