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Slan
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I love these old SF classics that are jammed full of ideas, action and vision. This is no exception. Paper thin characters and light on world building it may be but one can't help forgiving it because of it's fast pace and brevity. This is full of Van Vogt's far fetched notions and mind bending plot developments that one will have come to expect if one has read any of his other works.
My main disappointment was the suddenness of the ending which left the story feeling unfinished. There being no proper sequel one can only imagine where he might have gone with the story had he ever tried to conclude it. I know there was an unfinished draft for a sequel that was later developed by his widow and Kevin J. Anderson but I don't want to read that for fear that it won't be very good.
Ultimately, a classic piece of golden age SF that captures the ideals and mood of the time in which it was written very well.
My main disappointment was the suddenness of the ending which left the story feeling unfinished. There being no proper sequel one can only imagine where he might have gone with the story had he ever tried to conclude it. I know there was an unfinished draft for a sequel that was later developed by his widow and Kevin J. Anderson but I don't want to read that for fear that it won't be very good.
Ultimately, a classic piece of golden age SF that captures the ideals and mood of the time in which it was written very well.
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Oct 12, 2015 03:22PM
There actually is a sequel. Slan Hunter. It was written by Kevin J Anderson, with notes/outline that Van Vogt had before his death. I believe he received permission to write the sequel after Van Vogt died. I hear it's mediocre, but I don't care, I'm reading it nevertheless.
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Yeah. I agree. I probably felt that way when I first read this book around 1960. You just have to take it on faith that Jommy and Kier will get the job done.
