The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence (114 page)

562
“ ‘absolutes of: Ibid, p. 188.

563
“Almost any: John W. Campbell, letter to J.B. Rhine dated November 23, 1953, in Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine and George Hay, eds., The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 (Franklin, Tennessee: A.C. Projects, 1985), p. 223.

564
“Your group: Ibid.

565
“Many of: John W. Campbell, “The Scientist,” in Harry Harrison, ed., John W. Campbell: Collected Editorials from Analog (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966), pp. 69-70.

566
“The engineer: John W. Campbell, letter to J.B. Rhine dated November 23, 1953, in The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1, p. 226.

567
“ ‘Look you: Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp, Land of Unreason (New York: Henry Holt, 1942), p. 41.

568
“ ‘What does: Ibid, pp. 208-209.

569
“ ‘The question: L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, The Incomplete Enchanter (Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1950), p. 160.

570
“ ‘That puts: L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, The Castle of Iron, in Unknown, April 1941, p. 13.

571
“As in: John W. Campbell, “Editor’s Page: Mercury,” in Astounding Stories, February 1938, p. 97.

572
“Robopsychology”: Isaac Asimov, “Liar!” in Asimov, I, Robot (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, n.d.), p. 108.

573
So persistently that Chip Delany: Samuel R. Delany, “The Necessity of Tomorrows,” in Delany, Starboard Wine (Pleasantville, N.Y.: Dragon Press, 1984), pp. 28-29.

574
“That would: L. Ron Hubbard, “Typewriter in the Sky,” in Hubbard, Typewriter in the Sky/Fear (New York: Gnome Press, 1951), p. 33.

575
“Up there: Ibid, p. 134.

576
“growing willingness: Jack Williamson, Wonder’s Child: My Life in Science Fiction (New York: Bluejay Books, 1984), p. 125.

577
“ ‘a Black: Jack Williamson, Darker Than You Think (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1948), p. 34.

578
“Probability—he: Ibid, p. 97.

579
“The direct: Ibid.

580
“ ‘I don’t: Ibid, pp. 111-112.

581
“the deKalbs”: Robert A. Heinlein, “Waldo,” in Heinlein, Waldo and Magic, Inc. (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1951), p. 18 et passim.

582
“Back in: Robert A. Heinlein, “Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues,” in Basil Davenport, et. al., The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism (Chicago: Advent, 1959), p. 33.

583
“To Rambeau: Robert A. Heinlein, “Waldo,” in Heinlein, Waldo and Magic, Inc., p. 59.

584
“ ‘I’ve learned: Ibid, pp. 63-64.

585
“Waldo was: Ibid, p. 67.

586
“ ‘One of: Ibid, pp. 78-79.

587
“ ‘I think: Ibid, p. 92.

588
“Waldo was: Ibid, pp. 100-101.

589
“ ‘a thing: Ibid, p. 102.

590
“The world: Ibid.

591
“ ‘As for: Ibid, p. 118.

CHAPTER 16: A NEW MORAL ORDER

592
“an extrovert: A.E. van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” in Martin H. Greenberg, ed., Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers (Carbondale and Edwardsville, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981), p. 187.

593
“Childhood was: A.E. van Vogt, quoted in Sam Moskowitz, Seekers of Tomorrow (Cleveland and New York: World, 1966), p. 215.

594
“in the: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt (Lakemont, Georgia: Fictioneer Books, 1975), p. 29.

595
“Reading science: A.E. van Vogt, The Best of A.E. van Vogt (New York: Pocket Books, 1976), p. 255.

596
“ESP; trans-light: A.E. van Vogt, letter to Alexei and Cory Panshin, October 10, 1985.

597
“We are: Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World (New York: Free Press/Macmillan, 1967), p. 76.

598
“Is it: Ibid, p. 84.

599
“a system: Ibid, p. 75.

600
“The materialistic: Ibid, p. 152.

601
“My theory: Ibid, p. 91.

602
“If organisms: Ibid, p. 109.

603
“Successful organisms: Ibid, p. 205.

604
“ballistic calculator”: Robert A. Heinlein, “Misfit,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow (New York: Putnam, 1967), p. 523.

605
“Mr. System”: A.E. van Vogt, letter to Alexei and Cory Panshin, April 22, 1985.

606
“I feel: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 47.

607
“The creature: A.E. van Vogt, “Vault of the Beast,” in van Vogt, Away and Beyond (New York: Avon, 1953), p. 7. The text here is van Vogt’s original version. The revised text, as it was published in Astounding, may be found in John W. Campbell, Jr., ed., The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952).

608
“robot”: Ibid, p. 25.

609
“android”: Ibid.

610
“great and: Ibid, p. 7.

611
“ ‘Our purpose: Ibid, p. 31.

612
“ ‘I didn’t: Ibid, p. 32.

613
“ ‘ultimate prime: A.E. van Vogt, “Vault of the Beast,” p. 15.

614
“ ‘ultimate metal’ ”: Ibid.

615
“In a: A.E. van Vogt, letter to Alexei and Cory Panshin, October 10, 1985.

616
“Alfred Vogt”: John W. Campbell, unpublished letter to [A.E. van Vogt], January 17, 1939.

617
“On and: A.E. van Vogt, “Black Destroyer,” in Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, eds., Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space (New York: Modern Library, 1957), p. 177.

618
“the all-necessary: Ibid, p. 178.

619
“ ‘We’re going: Ibid, p. 198.

620
“The sense: Ibid, p. 181.

621
“He whirled: Ibid, p. 182.

622
“It was: Ibid, p. 193.

623
“For just: Ibid.

624
“ ‘In fact: Ibid, p. 202.

625
“ ‘the electronic: Ibid, p. 200.

626
“ ‘We have: Ibid, p. 202.

627
“they found: Ibid, p. 205.

628
“You’ve done: John W. Campbell, unpublished letter to [A.E. van Vogt], January 17, 1939.

629
“If this: Ibid.

630
“ ‘a race: A.E. van Vogt, “Discord in Scarlet,” Astounding, December 1939, p. 18.

631
“a devastating: Ibid, p. 32.

632
“ ‘After all: Ibid, p. 34.

633
“ ‘You assume: Ibid.

634
“I have: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, pp. 78-79.

635
“Generally, either: Ibid, p. 79.

636
“I have tried: Ibid.

637
“ ‘Remember this: A.E. van Vogt, “Repetition,” as “The Gryb,” in van Vogt, The Proxy Intelligence and Other Mind Benders (New York: Paperback Library, 1971), p. 43.

638
“ ‘I have: Ibid, p. 159.

639
“ ‘fix-up’ novel”: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 132.

640
“encyclopedic synthesist”: Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1948), p. 43.

641
“He was: A.E. van Vogt, The Voyage of the Space Beagle (New York: Macfadden Books, 1968), p. 7.

642
“the problems: Ibid, pp. 191-192.

643
“I pointed: John W. Campbell, letter to E.E. Smith, Ph.D., dated May 26, 1959, in Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine and George Hay, eds., The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 (Franklin, Tennessee: AC Projects, 1985), p. 368.

644
“The super-man: John W. Campbell, letter to Clifford D. Simak, dated June 18, 1953, in The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1, p. 178.

645
“the great: A.E. van Vogt, in an unpublished manuscript entitled “Systematic Thought Number Two: The Fictional Sentence,” p. 5.

646
“The human-like: A.E. van Vogt, quoted in van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” p. 192.

647
“The writer: A.E. van Vogt, in an unpublished manuscript entitled “Systematic Thought Number Three: Getting Ideas Through Dreaming,” p. 7.

648
“People do: A.E. van Vogt “The Development of a Science Fiction Writer: III,” in Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction, No. 3, March 1973, p. 28.

649
“I mean: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 79.

650
“Checks from: Ibid, p. 62.

651
“sixty electro: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, September 1940, p. 12.

652
“ ‘Don’t forget: Ibid, p. 11.

653
“ten-point steel”: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, November 1940, p. 145.

654
“hypnotism crystals”: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, December 1940, p. 129.

655
“tendrilless slans”: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, September 1940, p. 40, et passim.

656
“ ‘Madam, in: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, November 1940, p. 137.

657
“And she: Ibid, p. 153.

658
“Inside the: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, December 1940, p. 145.

659
“From a: A.E. van Vogt, letter to the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America, dated March 1977 (actually 1978).

660
“Kier Gray: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, December 1940, p. 155.

661
“ ‘Man, man: Ibid, p. 157.

662
“ ‘What is: lbid, pp. 155-156.

663
“ ‘the mutation-after-man.’ ”: Ibid, p. 157.

664
“ ‘make a: Ibid, p. 160.

665
“It was: Ibid, p. 162.

666
“That son: John W. Campbell, letter to Harry Harrison, dated April 4, 1954, in The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1, p. 234.

667
“For years: A.E. van Vogt, The Best of A.E. van Vogt, p. 146.

668
“Details penetrated: A.E. van Vogt, Slan, Astounding, December 1940, p. 123.

669
“the leader: Damon Knight, In Search of Wonder (Chicago: Advent:Publishers, 1967), p. 61.

670
“utter and: Ibid, p. 60.

671
“I had: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 84.

672
“Slan Shack”: See Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays (Chicago: Advent: Publishers, 1969), p. 33.

673
“Tendril Towers”: Ibid, p. 250.

674
“Man is: Claude Degler, in Cosmic Digest, Spring 1943, quoted in Warner, All Our Yesterdays, p. 186.

675
“the Cosmic: See Warner, op. cit., p. 185.

676
“Fans are: Ibid, p. 42.

677
“Being a: A.E. van Vogt, letter to the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America, dated March 1977 (actually 1978).

678
“FINE WEAPONS: A.E. van Vogt, “The Seesaw,” in Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, eds., Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, Vol. 3, 1941 (New York: DAW Books, 1980), p. 212.

679
“THE FINEST: Ibid.

680
“ ‘eighty-four of: Ibid, p. 217.

681
“ ‘trillions and: Ibid, p. 219.

682
“ ‘You are: Ibid, p. 224.

683
“Quite suddenly: Ibid, p. 230.

684
“Every unfolding: A.E. van Vogt, “Recruiting Station,” in Groff Conklin, ed., Omnibus of Science Fiction (New York: Crown, 1952), p. 366.

685
“By April: A.E. van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” p. 189.

686
“I write: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 92.

687
“I was: Ibid, p. 97.

688
“In order: Ibid, p. 65.

689
“the singleness: A.E. van Vogt, “Secret Unattainable,” in van Vogt, Away and Beyond, p. 82.

690
“all the: Ibid.

691
“ ‘My invention: Ibid, p. 113.

692
“ ‘Here is: Ibid, pp. 117-118.

693
“ ‘reality of: Ibid, p. 117.

694
“Poor, unsuspecting: A.E. van Vogt, “Recruiting Station,” in Groff Conklin, ed., Omnibus of Science Fiction, p. 419.

695
“the glorious: A.E. van Vogt, “The Weapon Shop,” in Robert Silverberg, ed., Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970), p. 144.

696
“ ‘Information Center”‘: Ibid, p. 170.

697
“ ‘the brilliant: Ibid, p. 176.

698
“ ‘It is: Ibid.

699
“ ‘Weapon Shop’: John W. Campbell, letter to A.E. van Vogt, dated June 12, 1942, quoted in van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” pp. 190-191.

700
“Possessor Kingston: A.E. van Vogt, “The Search,” in van Vogt, Destination: Universe (New York: New American Library, 1952), p. 145, et passim.

701
“probability worlds: Ibid, p. 145.

702
“the time: Ibid, p. 146.

703
“the Palace: Ibid, p. 145.

704
“ ‘When I: Ibid, p. 152.

705
“ ‘They’re in: Ibid, p. 153.

706
“His memory: Ibid, p. 155.

707
“Science fiction: A.E. van Vogt, “Postscript,” Destination: Universe, p. 158.

708
“meteorite”: A.E. van Vogt, “Asylum,” in van Vogt, Away and Beyond, p. 231.

709
“the first: Ibid, p. 202.

710
“ ‘life force”‘: Ibid, p. 203.

711
“ ‘Its rays: Ibid, p. 246.

712
“ultra”: Ibid, p. 198.

713
“ ‘It is: Ibid.

714
“Great Galactic”: Ibid, p. 249.

715
“On all: Ibid, p. 242.

716
“ ‘Return to: Ibid, p. 250.

717
“ ‘If altruism: A.E. van Vogt, “The Proxy Intelligence,” in The Proxy Intelligence and Other Mind Benders, p. 63.

718
“The problem: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt, p. 81.

719
“That was: Ibid.

720
“Amazingly, then: A.E. van Vogt, “Asylum,” in van Vogt, Away and Beyond, p. 252.

CHAPTER 17: AN EMPIRE OF MIND

721
“On the: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1979), p. 311.