Title: Masters of Time

Title: Masters of Time Title Record # 22190
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1942-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Year	Title
1942	Recruiting Station
1960^ⓘFirst appeared under this title as half of an Ace Double April 1960, with Lost in Space by George O. Smith, and then in the omnibus "The Three Eyes of Evil" (1973 UK).	Earth's Last Fortress

Year	Language	Title
1960^ⓘTranslated by Helmut & Edith Bittner, credited as 'Bi'.	German	Beherrscher der Zeit
1962^ⓘTranslated by uncredited	Dutch	De laatste vesting
1968^ⓘTranslated by Eurico da Fonseca	Portuguese	A última fortaleza terrestre
1975^ⓘTranslated by A. van Hageland	Dutch	De laatste vesting
1975^ⓘTranslated by A. van Hageland	Dutch	De Meesterbreinen
1978^ⓘTranslated by Jacqueline Huet Note that this text is presented as a translation of non-existent text called The Last Fortress but is correctly copyrighted 1942.	French	La dernière forteresse^?La derniere forteresse
1978^ⓘTranslated by Lore Strassl.	German	Beherrscher der Zeit
1986^ⓘTranslated by Lucia Morelli	Italian	L'ultima fortezza della Terra [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]
1994^ⓘTranslated by Mirela Baltă and Nicolae Baltă	Romanian	Stăpânii timpului^?Stapanii timpului

Year	Language	Title
1964^ⓘTranslated by Lucia Morelli	Italian	L'ultima fortezza della Terra (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nominations Below Cutoff (as Recruiting Station)	2018 Retro Hugo	Best Novella

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1942	1942-03-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	132	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Hubert Rogers
Masters of Time	1950-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Fantasy Press		$3.00^?$: US dollar	227	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Edd Cartier
Omnibus of Science Fiction	1952-11-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers		$3.50^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 562	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Omnibus of Science Fiction	1953-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 562	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Omnibus of Science Fiction	1953-04-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Crown Publishers			xiv+ 562	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Strange Adventures in Science Fiction	1954-06-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Grayson & Grayson		9/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	238	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Earth's Last Fortress / Lost in Space	1960-00-00	George O. Smith, A. E. van Vogt	Ace Books (Ace Double #D-431)	D-431	$0.35^?$: US dollar	114+ 142	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	omni	Ed Emshwiller , Ed Valigursky
Masters of Time	1967-01-00	A. E. van Vogt	Macfadden Books	50-334	$0.50^?$: US dollar	128	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.	chap
Masters of Time	1967-01-00	A. E. van Vogt	Macfadden Books	50-334	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	128	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.	chap
Masters of Time	1969-06-00	A. E. van Vogt	Macfadden Books	60-406	$0.60^?$: US dollar	128	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.	chap	Jack Faragasso
Masters of Time	1969-06-00	A. E. van Vogt	Macfadden Books	60-406	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	128	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.	chap	Jack Faragasso
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
Masters of Time	1974-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Manor Books	75520	$0.75^?$: US dollar	128	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.	chap
Masters of Time	1975-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Manor Books	95417	$0.95^?$: US dollar	128	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.	chap	Bruce Pennington
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
Omnibus of Science Fiction	1980-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-32097-5	$^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 561	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Eddie Jones
The Omnibus of Science Fiction	1984-00-00	ed. Groff Conklin	Chatham River Press	0-517-45370-3	$1.98^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 561	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Eddie Jones
Mercenaries of Tomorrow	1985-11-00	ed. Poul Anderson, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Critic's Choice	0-931773-41-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 372	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.	anth
Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt	2003-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	NESFA Press	1-886778-34-5	$29.00^?$: US dollar	571+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt	2006-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	NESFA Press	1-886778-34-5	$29.00^?$: US dollar	571+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Time Troopers	2022-04-05	ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio	Baen Books	978-1-9821-2603-2	$16.00^?$: US dollar	463	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Kieran Yanner
Time Troopers	2022-04-05	ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio	Baen Books	978-1-62579-861-9	$8.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Kieran Yanner
Time Troopers	2023-06-00	ed. Hank Davis, Christopher Ruocchio	Baen Books	978-1-9821-9279-2	$9.99^?$: US dollar	653	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.	anth	Kieran Yanner

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Review by uncredited (1950) in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1950
Review by Damon Knight (1950) in Worlds Beyond, January 1951, (1951)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1951) in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1951
Review by Frederik Pohl (1960) in If, September 1960 , reprinted in:
If, #6 [UK] (1960)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1961) in Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, May 1961
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1967) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, September 1967
Review [Dutch] by Rob Vooren (1975) in Holland-SF 1975, #3
Review [German] by Michael Nagula (1978) in Orion, #84: Tore zur Hölle

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