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The VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780020259909
ISBN: 0020259905
Label: Scribner Paper Fiction
Manufacturer: Scribner Paper Fiction
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: June 08, 1992
Publisher: Scribner Paper Fiction
Studio: Scribner Paper Fiction
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Editorial Review:
One of the great original classics of modern SF returns! An all-time classic space saga, The Voyage of the Space Beagle is one of the pinnacles of Golden Age SF, an influence on generations of stories. An episodic novel filled with surprises and provocative ideas, this is the story of a great exploration ship sent out into the unknown reaches of space on a long mission of discovery. They encounter several terrifying alien species, including the Ix, who lay their eggs in human bodies, which then devour the humans from within when they hatch. This is one of the most entertaining and gripping stories in all of classic SF.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Not Free SF Reader
The original scary Alien is Black Destroyer - the rest isn't up to that standard of this old space opera, as the crew tries to solve alien problems - best when they are desperately trying to do so, such as in War of Nerves, not sitting around scientisting at each other.
Although a 3.25, we'll round up for Black Destroyer.
Voyage of the Space Beagle : Black Destroyer - A. E. van Vogt
Voyage of the Space Beagle : Discord in Scarlet - A. E. van Vogt
Voyage of the ... Read More
Rating:  - Nexialism vs. far-flung complex aliens
Written in 1959 - wiseguy, hard SF space novel readers don't knock it yet! A.E. van Vogt presents, carries and completes a beautiful presentation about a roaming scientific spaceship visiting worlds strewn acorss the glaxay. His vision of aliens don't have the normal Golden Age hokiness than many books at the time have. The Space Beagle meets four species which are so different from the normal "two-arm, two-leg, slimy" alien. These aliens can control wavelengths or exist as pure energy or can project ... Read More
Rating: - Into the Unknown
The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950) is a standalone SF novel. The Space Beagle is a roving laboratory ship that is outward bound to another galaxy. Almost every human science is represented onboard the great ship, including one Nexialist. These scientists are searching for new and unusual data that they can use to evaluate and revise existing scientific theories.
In this novel, Ellott Grosvenor -- the Nexialist -- observes as the other scientists encounter a huge black cat-like animal ... Read More
Rating: - A classic...
You hear that a lot. This is a classic, that is a classic. But this IS a classic.
The Voyage of the Space Beagle is one of those books that have inspirited many later authors and movies. A. E. Van Vogt is one of the Fathers of modern Sci-Fi. While the Black Destroyer may, or may not, have inspirited the makers of the movie Alien I do know that two of the aliens in the book also show up in Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials along side such great aliens as the Puppeteers, The Thing, the Overlords, ... Read More
Rating: - Classic Sci-Fi and the Basis for Alien
The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt is a book that could best be described as Classic Sci-Fi. Science Fiction in general is a genre that is very new to me, and I have never read any van Vogt. So I decided to go on a voyage!
This book was originally 4 short stories that were put together in a "fixup" by van Vogt. The stories are all about the crew of the Space Beagle (a Darwin reference) and its intergalactic expedition. The crew is made up of military personnel and scientists that ... Read More
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