{"product_id":"bbc0000076997","title":"The World of Null-A - Van Vogt, A. E.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe World of Null-A\u003c\/u\u003e by Van Vogt, A. E. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Mass-Market Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Sphere, 1972\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe classic novel of non-Aristotelian logic and the coming race of supermen!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScience Fiction Grandmaster A. E. van Vogt was one of the giants of the 1940s, the Golden Age of classic SF. Of his masterpieces, The World of Null-A is his most famous and most influential. Published in 1949 it was the first major trade SF hardcover, and has been in print in various editions ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe entire careers of Philip K. Dick, Keith Laumer, Alfred Bester, Charles Harness, and Philip Jose Farmer were created or influenced by The World of Null-A , and so it is required reading for anyone who wishes to know the canon of SF classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the year 2650 and Earth has become a world of non-Aristotelianism, or Null-A. This is the story of Gilbert Gosseyn, who lives in that future world where the Games Machine, made up of twenty-five thousand electronic brains, sets the course of people's lives. Gosseyn isn't even sure of his own identity, but realizes he has some remarkable abilities and sets out to use them to discover who has made him a pawn in an interstellar plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sphere, 1972","offers":[{"title":"The World of Null-A \/ Good","offer_id":50468781195556,"sku":"BBC0000076997GD","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_03808eea-5e66-44a5-931e-9a8b657968a9.jpg?v=1781790533","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/bbc0000076997","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}