The Null-A Trilogy (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: A. E. Van Vogt
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—superbeing
- Time of Work: 2560 and beyond
- Setting: Earth, Venus, the Galactic League, and three galaxies
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extrasensory perception or powers, Future, Other worlds, Identity, Earth, Evolution, Chess or chess players, Brain
- Locales: Earth, Venus, Fictional planets
The Plot
The Null-A trilogy has a complicated publication history involving various revisions and title changes; title differences primarily concern use of “Null-A” as opposed to the symbolic form “A.” The final volume was published first in French, then translated into English.
The World of A begins with Gilbert Gosseyn waking in the City of the Machine, where month-long General Semantics games are about to take place. Winners will be awarded free trips to Venus. Gosseyn has had erroneous ideas hypnotically implanted in his brain; they lead him in a quest...
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