Title: Siege of the Unseen

Title: Siege of the Unseen Title Record # 22189
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1946-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English

Note: First appearance under this title in Ace Double 1959 with The World-Swappers by John Brunner.

Synopsis: From the first page of the Ace Double: "The three eyes of evil - The crash was over, the car on its side. Slade sprawled dizzily on his back, while something warm trickled from his forehead into his left eye. He wiped it away, and saw with a start it was blood. The skin was torn raggedly... "A third eye was plainly visible. The eyelid of it was closed by a surplus of sticky matter, but abruptly he grew aware that it was pulsing with a vague perception of light..." At first it was a grotesque discover, when the accident revealed that young businessman Michael Slade was a bizarre freak - a man with three eyes. But the impact of what it meant to see with three eyes was even more macabre. For Slade, that shocking third eye was his entry into a strange new dimension of terror and adventure - a fearful new world that would wrap itself about him forever!"

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Translations

Serializations

Year	Title
1946	The Chronicler
1973	The Three Eyes of Evil

Year	Language	Title
1952^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator	Italian	L'occhio dell'infinito
1962^ⓘTranslated by Horst Mayer.	German	Der Mann mit dem dritten Auge
1963^ⓘTranslated by Fernando M. Sesén (credited as F. Sesén)	Spanish	Asediante invisible
1963^ⓘTranslated by Alain Dorémieux.	French	L'assaut de l'invisible
1972^ⓘTranslated by Albert van Hageland. Retitled <i>Twee Zilveren Gordels</i> for the 1975 publication.	Dutch	Het derde oog
1975^ⓘTranslated by A. van Hageland. Retitling of <i>Het derde oog</i> in the 1972 publication.	Dutch	Twee Zilveren Gordels
1977^ⓘTranslated by Alain Dorémieux.	French	À l'assaut de l'invisible^?A l'assaut de l'invisible
1979^ⓘTranslated by Tiziana Bordi	Italian	L'assedio degli invisibili
1994	Italian	L'occhio dell'infinito [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]

Year	Title
1946	The Chronicler (Part 1 of 2)
1946	The Chronicler (Part 2 of 2)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science Fiction, October 1946	1946-10-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	180	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Timmins
Astounding Science Fiction, November 1946	1946-11-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	180	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Timmins
Five Science Fiction Novels	1952-04-00	ed. Martin Greenberg	Gnome Press		$3.50^?$: US dollar	382	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Frank Kelly Freas
Siege of the Unseen / The World Swappers	1959-10-00	John Brunner, A. E. van Vogt	Ace Books (Ace Double #D-391)	D-391	$0.35^?$: US dollar	103+ 153	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	omni	Ed Valigursky
M 33 in Andromeda	1971-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	65-584	$0.95^?$: US dollar	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Robert Geissmann
M 33 in Andromeda	1971-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	65-584	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Robert Geissmann
The Three Eyes of Evil and Earth's Last Fortress	1973-06-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-97983-6	£1.95^?£: UK pound	218	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Mike Cook
Science Fiction Special (16)	1976-03-00	uncredited	Sidgwick & Jackson (Science Fiction Special #16)	0-283-98232-2	£^?£: UK pound	159+ 190+ 218	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Earth's Last Fortress and The Three Eyes of Evil	1977-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere Books	0-7221-8732-7	£0.85^?£: UK pound	173	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss
Science Fiction Special (26)	1978-05-00	uncredited	Sidgwick & Jackson (Science Fiction Special #26)	0-283-98456-2	£6.95^?£: UK pound	218+ 159	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Earth's Last Fortress and The Three Eyes of Evil	1979-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8740-8	£0.90^?£: UK pound	173	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Foss

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Reviews

Review by Frederik Pohl (1960) in If, May 1960 , reprinted in:
If, #4 [UK] (1960)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1960) in Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, June 1960
Review [French] by Jacques Goimard (1963) in Fiction, #119