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Slan (Slan, #1)
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Three and half stars.
Slan is poorly written but I enjoyed the reading (well, my reviews are also poorly written ;-)
As a lot of classics this novel could seem a bit silly to the current reader: the female characters, some aspects of the plot, and of course the state of the art of science knowledge...
However Slan has good ideas, for example when the author imagines a society in which some humans have superpowers (telepathy, intelligence, strength, etc) but at the same time they must hide and protect themselves from different superhumans, so I understand that this novel was acclaimed in its time.
I suppose that then (in 1940) A. E. van Vogt’s novel made a lot of fans -the “proto-geeks” if I may say so- daydream to be the main character: socially maladjusted but in a sense superior, etc.
Slan is poorly written but I enjoyed the reading (well, my reviews are also poorly written ;-)
As a lot of classics this novel could seem a bit silly to the current reader: the female characters, some aspects of the plot, and of course the state of the art of science knowledge...
However Slan has good ideas, for example when the author imagines a society in which some humans have superpowers (telepathy, intelligence, strength, etc) but at the same time they must hide and protect themselves from different superhumans, so I understand that this novel was acclaimed in its time.
I suppose that then (in 1940) A. E. van Vogt’s novel made a lot of fans -the “proto-geeks” if I may say so- daydream to be the main character: socially maladjusted but in a sense superior, etc.
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Oct 08, 2018 07:26AM
There used to be buttons and t-shirts and bumper stickers available at conventions that said: "Fans are Slans!"
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Now that you say it, I think I read it somewhere
Good review! I adore this book, it was one of my earliest sci-fi novels and it still gives me that 'first love' glow. It is true that it has dated badly though, as so much of the early sci-fi has.
Thanks! I agree, it is oudated but... I love retrofuturism! The next one will be "The World of Null-A".
