The Weapon Shops of Isher

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TitleThe Weapon Shops of Isher
Year for Search1949
Authorsvan Vogt, A[lfred] E[lton](1912-2000)
Tertiary Authorsvan Vogt, A. E.
Date Published1949
PublisherGreenberg Publisher
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsCanadian author, Male author, US author
Annotation

Shops with advanced science and powerful weapons make relative freedom possible. 
Additional Publishers

Rpt. New York: Ace Books, © 1951; Ace Double bound with Murray Leinster, Gateway to Elsewhere (1954); and in A Treasury of Great Science Fiction. 2 vols. Ed. Anthony Boucher (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1959), 1: 413-527.
Info Notes

The book includes revised versions of “The Seesaw.” Astounding Science Fiction 27.5 (July 1941): 60-74; “The Weapon Shop.” Astounding Science Fiction 30.4 (December 1942: 9-27; rpt. in Give Me Liberty. Ed. Martin Harry Greenberg and Mark Tier (New York: Baen, 2003), 159-210; and in Freedom! Ed. Martin Harry Greenberg and Mark Tier (New York: Baen, 2006), 129-69; and “The Weapon Shops of Isher.” Thrilling Wonder Stories 33.3 (February 1949): 11-60. 
Holding Institutions

Merril
Author Note

Although van Vogt (1912-2000) left Canada in 1944, he is considered the founder of Canadian science fiction.
Full Text

1949 van Vogt, A[lfred] E[lton] (1912-2000). The Weapon Shops of Isher. New York: Greenberg Publisher. Rpt. New York: Ace Books, © 1951; Ace Double bound with Murray Leinster, Gateway to Elsewhere (1954); and in A Treasury of Great Science Fiction. 2 vols. Ed. Anthony Boucher (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1959), 1: 413-527. The book includes revised versions of “The Seesaw.” Astounding Science Fiction 27.5 (July 1941): 60-74; “The Weapon Shop.” Astounding Science Fiction 30.4 (December 1942: 9-27; rpt. in Give Me Liberty. Ed. Martin Harry Greenberg and Mark Tier (New York: Baen, 2003), 159-210; and in Freedom! Ed. Martin Harry Greenberg and Mark Tier (New York: Baen, 2006), 129-69; and “The Weapon Shops of Isher.” Thrilling Wonder Stories 33.3 (February 1949): 11-60. Merril, PSt

Shops with advanced science and powerful weapons make relative freedom possible. Although van Vogt left Canada in 1944, he is considered the founder of Canadian science fiction.