Empire of the Atom

infobox Book |
name = Empire of the Atom


image_caption = Dust-jacket of the first edition
author = A. E. van Vogt
illustrator =
cover_artist = Malcolm Smith
country = United States
language = English
series = Gods
genre = science fiction novel
publisher = Shasta Publishers
pub_date = 1957
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 192 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 290721
preceded_by =
followed_by = The Wizard of Linn

"Empire of the Atom" is a science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt. It was first published in 1957 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 2,000 copies. The novel is a fix-up of the first five of van Vogt's Gods stories which originally appeared in the magazine "Astounding". The remaining Gods stories are collected in "The Wizard of Linn". Author and critic James Blish observed that the plot of the Gods stories resembled that of Robert Graves' "Claudius" novels [cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute |coauthors=Peter Nicholls| title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | location=New York| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin | pages=1269 | date=1995|id=ISBN 0-312-13486-X] .

Contents

* "A Son Is Born"
* "Child of the Gods"
* "Hand of the Gods"
* "Home of the Gods"
* "The Barbarian"

Plot introduction

The novel concerns adventures of a mutant genius in a barbaric future where spaceships are used without being understood.

Publication history

*1957, USA, Shasta Publishers OCLC|290721, Pub date 1957, Hardback
*1957, USA, Ace Books D-242 OCLC|4049107, Pub date 1957, Paperback, abridged, Ace Double with "Space Station No. 1" by Frank Belknap Long
*1959, Germany, Zimmermann, Pub date 1959, Hardback, as "Das Erbe des Atoms"
*1959, Germany, Terra 95, Pub date 1959, Hardback, as "Das Erbe des Atoms"
*1963, Italy, La Tribuna SF B. C., Pub date 1963, Hardback, as "L'impero dell'atomo", with "The Wizard of Linn"
*1966, USA, Macfadden 60-267 OCLC|2302660, Pub date 1966, Paperback
*1968, France, Ed. Opta 'Classique SF' 11, Pub date 1968, Hardback, as "L'empire de l'atome", with "The Wizard of Linn"

Notes

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=594 | date=1998
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*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=431 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8