TY - STAND KW - Canadian author KW - Male author KW - US author AU - A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt (1912-2000) AU - A. E. van Vogt AB -
Anarchist eutopia as the setting for resistance to an alien invasion with the aliens believing that the apparently disorganized humans will be easy pickings. The system is tied together by a billions-strong network of AI (kirilian computers in the text) so that ethical and moral lapses can be identified and corrected.
C5 -Merril, MoU-St, PSt
C6 -Although the author (1912-2000) left Canada in 1944, he is considered the founder of Canadian science fiction.
C7 - 1977 CY - New York DA - 01/1977 LA - eng N1 -U.K. ed. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1978
N2 -Anarchist eutopia as the setting for resistance to an alien invasion with the aliens believing that the apparently disorganized humans will be easy pickings. The system is tied together by a billions-strong network of AI (kirilian computers in the text) so that ethical and moral lapses can be identified and corrected.
PB - Ace Books PP - New York PY - 1977 EP - 248 pp. TI - The Anarchistic Colossus ER -