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Panther, 1974. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Some moderate foxing, especially on page edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:0586024387
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"Fans are Slans," became the catchphrase of early science fiction fandom in the wake of this novel. Like the Slans - telepathic mutants hiding out in a hostile population - science fiction fans considered themselves a haunted special minority, imbued with transcendent and visionary insight, sure to prevail in the fullness of time. Communes were called "Slan shacks" and fans occupied them. In the wake of the atomic bomb and theories of atomic mutation, the premise of SLAN seemed ever more credible.There are two kinds of Slans - those whose tendrils publicize their power to read the minds of ordinary humans and so-called tendrilless Slans whose strange power is concealed (allowing these Slans to hide). The tendrilled Slans were exterminated in a pogrom a while ago; now human society is ruled by the dictator Kier Gray who promises to locate and eliminate the tendrilless Slans. Johnny Cross, a young adolescent, is a secret Slan who in the novel's opening scene is fleeing with his mother, pursued by a human mob. The mob assaults and kills his mother, who dies charging Johnny with the responsibility to confront Kier Gray in his palace and destroy him so that the Slans may live.The novel is the narrative of Johnny's odyssey through the Slan sub-societies and toward his final confrontation with Kier Gray. In Gray's palace lives the young, beautiful Slan, Kathleen Layton,who Gray spared from a mob so that a Slan and her powers could be investigated at close quarters. How Johnny finds his way past Gray's defenses toward that confrontation and what he shockingly learns from that meeting embody the point of the novel and the heart of Van Vogt's novelistic technique.
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- Title SLAN
- Author A.E. VAN VOGT
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 156
- Language ENG
- Publisher Panther, London
- Date April 1968
- ISBN 9780586024386
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London: Panther Books. Very Good+. 1985. Softcover. Panther Books, London 1985 reprint. ISBN: 0586024387. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Cover has light scuffing and very light edgewear; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages; "Slan is legendary science fiction author A. E. Van Vogt's first and best-known novel...... The story is classic golden age science fiction: Jommy Cross is a slan, a genetically bred superhuman whose race was created to aid humanity but is now despised by "normal" humans. Slans are usually shot on sight, but that doesn't stop Jommy's mother from bringing him to see the world capital of Centropolis, the seat of power for Earth's dictator, Kier Gray. But on their latest trip to Centropolis, the two slans are discovered, and Jommy's mother is killed. Jommy, only 9 years old, unwittingly becomes caught up in a plot to undermine Gray, who may be more sympathetic to slans than the public suspects. The nonstop action and…
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Panther books, London, 1968. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. slight rubbing of the left-hand edge of the rear panel, age toning of the page edges, previous owner's name on the first page. A super race, capable of mind reading and equipped with bodies many times more resistant to fatigue that ordinary mortals, living in constant fear of discovery, for the rewards are great if anyone should capture a Slan  dead or alive. Jommy Cross was their only hope. He alone had the secret of his father's invention. He alone was capable of proving that their knowledge could benefit mankind. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 160 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0586024387. ISBN/EAN: 9780586024386. Inventory No: 0248773. . 9780586024386
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Panther books, London, 1974. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. very slight rubbing of the edges of the paperback binding, tracer foxing to the first page, and to the front edges of the text block. A super race, capable of mind reading and equipped with bodies many times more resistant to fatigue that ordinary mortals, living in constant fear of discovery, for the rewards are great if anyone should capture a Slan  dead or alive. Jommy Cross was their only hope. He alone had the secret of his father's invention. He alone was capable of proving that their knowledge could benefit mankind. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 160 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0586024387. ISBN/EAN: 9780586024386. Inventory No: 0285201. . 9780586024386
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