The Weapon Shops of Isher

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fix-up novel science fiction novel

The Weapon Shops of Isher is a classic science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt, renowned for its depiction of a powerful, independent network of weapon dealers that symbolizes resistance to authoritarian government.

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Label	Occurrences
The Weapon Makers	3
The Weapon Shops of Isher canonical	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fix-up novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ
author	A. E. van Vogt ⓘ
basedOn	short stories by A. E. van Vogt ⓘ
centralOrganization	Weapon Shops ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Canada ⓘ
coverArtist	Edd Cartier ⓘ
depicts	conflict between Weapon Shops and the Isher Empire ⓘ independent network of weapon dealers ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1951 ⓘ
followedBy	The Weapon Shops of Isher self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Weapon Makers
genre	science fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter	Empress Innelda Isher ⓘ Fara ⓘ Robert Hedrock ⓘ
hasEdition	hardcover edition ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ
hasFictionalTechnology	indestructible energy weapons ⓘ matter transmission ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later libertarian science fiction ⓘ
hasMotif	secret organization ⓘ technological superiority as political check ⓘ
hasReception	regarded as a classic of mid-20th-century science fiction ⓘ
hasSequel	The Weapon Shops of Isher self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Weapon Makers
hasSubject	advanced technology ⓘ civil liberties ⓘ monarchy ⓘ political power ⓘ rebellion ⓘ
includedIn	Isher universe ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
literarySeries	Isher series ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStructure	fix-up of previously published stories ⓘ
notableMotto	The right to buy weapons is the right to be free ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle	The Weapon Shops of Isher self-link ⓘ
originalMedium	pulp magazine stories ⓘ
pageCount	approx. 192 ⓘ
publisher	Greenberg ⓘ
setting	Isher Empire ⓘ far future Earth ⓘ
theme	individual liberty ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ resistance to authoritarian government ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	far future ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Weapon Makers

The Weapon Shops of Isher → hasSequel → The Weapon Shops of Isher self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Weapon Makers

The Weapon Shops of Isher → originalLanguageTitle → The Weapon Shops of Isher self-link ⓘ

A. E. van Vogt → notableWork → The Weapon Shops of Isher ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Weapon Makers