The World of Null-A

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novel science fiction novel

The World of Null-A is a classic mid-20th-century science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt that explores a future society structured around non-Aristotelian logic and complex mind games.

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instanceOf	novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ
alternateTitle	The World of Ā NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	A. E. van Vogt NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded	Retro Hugo Award nomination for Best Novel (1945) ⓘ
basedOn	general semantics ⓘ
centralTheme	general semantics in society ⓘ identity and self-discovery ⓘ mind training and mental games ⓘ non-Aristotelian logic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Canada ⓘ
criticalReception	influential but controversial among critics ⓘ
exploresPhilosophy	rejection of strict Aristotelian either-or logic ⓘ relativity of human perception ⓘ
featuresConcept	Null-A society NERFINISHED ⓘ multiple bodies for one mind ⓘ telepathy ⓘ teleportation ⓘ
featuresOrganization	Games Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1945 ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter	Crang NERFINISHED ⓘ Enro the Red NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Hardie NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRevisedEdition	revised book version (late 1940s) ⓘ
hasSequel	Null-A Three NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pawns of Null-A NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	New Wave science fiction writers ⓘ later philosophical science fiction ⓘ
influencedBy	non-Aristotelian logic ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Gilbert Gosseyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
notableFor	complex, twist-heavy plotting ⓘ early use of general semantics in fiction ⓘ
originalMagazine	Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPublicationForm	serial ⓘ
partOfSeries	Null-A series NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonist	Gilbert Gosseyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherBookEdition	Simon & Schuster NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ future Earth ⓘ
subgenre	philosophical science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory	far future ⓘ

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