"Future Perfect"
| Title | "Future Perfect" |
| Year for Search | 1973 |
| Authors | van Vogt, A[lfred] E[lton](1912-2000) |
| Tertiary Authors | van Vogt, A. E. |
| Secondary Title | Vertex |
| Volume / Edition | 1.3 |
| Pagination | 40-45, 76-81 |
| Date Published | August 1973 |
| Keywords | Canadian author, Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Flawed utopia. A hyper-organized eutopia that controls all aspects of life for the benefit of each person is defeated by a young man in love with a young woman who, under the rules, he cannot marry. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in 2020 Vision. Ed. Jerry Pournelle (New York: Avon, 1974), 151-74; and in Transfinite: The Essential A.E. van Vogt. Ed. Joe Rico and Rick Katze (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2002), 389-407. |
| Author Note | Although van Vogt (1912-2000) left Canada in 1944, he is considered the founder of Canadian science fiction. |
| Full Text | 1973 van Vogt, A[lfred] E[lton] (1912-2000). “Future Perfect.” Vertex 1.3 (August 1973): 40-45, 76-81. Rpt. in 2020 Vision. Ed. Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle (1933-2017) (New York: Avon, 1974), 151-74; and in Transfinite: The Essential A.E. van Vogt. Ed. Joe Rico and Rick Katze (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2002), 389-407. Flawed utopia. A hyper-organized eutopia that controls all aspects of life for the benefit of each person is defeated by a young man in love with a young woman who, under the rules, he cannot marry. Although van Vogt left Canada in 1944, he is considered the founder of Canadian science fiction. |
