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Science fiction author A. E. van ___
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A Vogt (plural Vögte ) was a title in the Old Swiss Confederacy , inherited from the feudal system of the Holy Roman Empire , corresponding to the English reeve . The German term Vogtei is ultimately a loan from Latin [ad]vocatia .
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Thus, during a period when a new type of science fiction was coming into vogue and creating reputations for Heinlein, van Vogt, Sturgeon, and Asimov, Hamilton found himself labeled a specialist in blood-and-thunder juveniles.
Van Vogt seems to have been the first science-fiction author with the courage to explore the sociological implications of the superhuman race living in and among humans.
Two childhood incidents, individually trivial, scarred van Vogt emotionally for the rest of his life.
When van Vogt turned to science fiction in 1939 his writing was already in every sense of the word professional.
It is noteworthy to point out that while stylistically van Vogt and other science-fiction writers of this period were influenced by the mainstream, their themes were derived from authors in their own fields.
Van Vogt confided that he plotted his stories in terms of 800-word sequences.
During 1941 only two relatively minor short stories by van Vogt were published.
Van Vogt, living then in Toronto, had been turned down by his draft board because of poor vision.
The moment was opportune for van Vogt to return and he did it impressively.
By this time it was obvious that van Vogt had developed a clear, sharp style of his own.
Since the heyday of, first, Heinlein and then van Vogt, the bulk of modern science fiction has visualized governments of the future as outright dictatorships, religious dictatorships, military dictatorship, or unvarnished monarchies.
To many, among them van Vogt, the system offered the promise of disposing of glasses through a system of visual exercise and mental orientation.
New stories from van Vogt continued to appear with some regularity through 1950.
The teacher who took the book of fairy tales from the hands of a twelve-year-old van Vogt never removed them from his heart and mind.
The 1947 Beowulf Poll conducted by Gerry de la Ree saw van Vogt edge out such formidable competitors as A.