Postcards from a Dying World

Ep 152 * SF Hall of Fame #7 The Weapons Shop by AE Van Vogt w/ David Gill & Keith Giles


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In 1970 Avon Books published a landmark anthology “Science Fiction Hall of Fame” featuring 16 classic short stories that represent landmark tales of the genre. The stories were voted on by the members of the new (at the time in the late 60s) organization Science Fiction Writers of America. In this series, I will be joined by a panel of different guests to break down these stories and talk about the authors in the book.

In this episode, I am joined by two experts on Philip K Dick. Wait a second I thought this episode was about AE Van Vogt. It is.. but the Canadian Golden Age author was a massive influence on PKD, so I was interested in introducing two Dickheads to Van Vogt. So joining me is the Total Dickhead blogger – Professor David Gill and author/publisher/editor Keith Giles of Quior Books.

The story we are covering is the 1942 classic “The Weapons Shop” by AE Van Vogt. This story appeared in the December 1942 issue of Astounding…

Read it here:

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v30n04_1942-12_dtsg0318/page/n7/mode/2up

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