Title: Vault of the Beast

Title: Vault of the Beast Title Record # 40823
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1940-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: This was the first s-f story written by A. E. van Vogt (in 1938), but its publication in Astounding Science Fiction was delayed for editorial reasons until 1940.

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Year	Language	Title
1961^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Jesco%20von%20Puttkamer&type=Name&mode=exact">Jesco von Puttkamer</a>	German	Das Gewölbe des Ungeheuers^?Das Gewoelbe des Ungeheuers
1965^ⓘTranslated by Pierre Billon	French	Le caveau de la bête^?Le caveau de la bete
1969^ⓘTranslated by Frank Straschitz	French	Le caveau de la bête^?Le caveau de la bete
1974^ⓘTranslated by Ivain de Léon	Dutch	De kluis van het beest
1974^ⓘTranslated by Denis Verguin	French	La caverne de la bête^?La caverne de la bete
1976^ⓘTranslated by Tommy Schinkler	Swedish	Odjuret på Mars
1980^ⓘTranslated by Denis Verguin (1974)	French	Le caveau de la bête^?Le caveau de la bete
1980^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Der Turm der Bestie
1989^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Marcel%20Bieger&type=Name&mode=exact">Marcel Bieger</a>	German	Der Turm des Ungeheuers
1990	Italian	La torre di Kalorn [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]
2003	Italian	La cripta della bestia

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
5	2016 Retro Hugo	Best Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1940	1940-08-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20^?$: US dollar	164	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Rogers
The Other Side of the Moon	1949-03-00	ed. August Derleth	Pellegrini & Cudahy		$3.75^?$: US dollar	[viii]+ 461	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Other Side of the Moon	1949-05-00	ed. August Derleth	Pellegrini & Cudahy		$3.75^?$: US dollar	[viii]+ 461	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Away and Beyond	1952-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Pellegrini & Cudahy		$3.50^?$: US dollar	309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Glanzman-Parker
Away and Beyond	1952-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Avon	548	$0.25^?$: 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
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1952-02-20	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Simon & Schuster		$3.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 583	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Leo Manso
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1952-02-20	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Simon & Schuster			xv+ 583, [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Leo Manso
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1953-00-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Simon & Schuster / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar	xv+ 585	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Leo Manso
The Second Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1954-00-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	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).	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mudge-Marriott
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1956-12-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Berkley Books	G-41	$0.35^?$: US dollar	188	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	Richard Powers
The Other Side of the Moon	1963-07-00	ed. August Derleth	Panther	1541	2/6^?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).	144	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
The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1964-00-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Four Square Books	1166	5/-^?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).	320	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
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1964-01-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Berkley Medallion	F875	$0.50^?$: US dollar	192	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	Richard Powers
Monsters	1965-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	52-515	$0.50^?$: US dollar	154	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
Monsters	1965-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	52-515	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	154	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
Monsters	1967-09-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	52-555	$0.50^?$: US dollar	154	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	Jerome Podwil
Monsters	1967-09-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	52-555	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	154	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	Jerome Podwil
Selections from The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology	1967-12-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Berkley Medallion	X1490	$0.60^?$: US dollar	192	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	Paul Lehr
Monsters	1970-08-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	63-406	$0.60^?$: US dollar	154	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 LoGrippo
Monsters	1970-08-00	A. E. van Vogt	Paperback Library	63-406	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	154	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 LoGrippo
Monsters	1970-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Corgi	0-552-08570-7	£0.25^?£: UK pound	190	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
The Best of A. E. van Vogt	1974-05-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere Books	0-7221-8774-2	£0.60^?£: UK pound	437	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	Tony Roberts
The Best of A. E. van Vogt	1974-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98167-9	£3.50^?£: UK pound	437	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tony Roberts
The Blal	1976-08-00	A. E. van Vogt	Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp.	0-89083-200-5	$1.25^?$: US dollar	224	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	D. A. Daily
Away and Beyond	1977-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Jove / HBJ	0-515-04426-1	$1.75^?$: US dollar	254	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
Monsters	1977-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Corgi	0-552-10605-4	£0.80^?£: UK pound	190	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
Away and Beyond	1977-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Jove / HBJ	0-515-04426-1 / M426	C$1.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	254	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
The Blal	1978-01-00	A. E. van Vogt	Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp.	0-89083-315-X	$1.75^?$: US dollar	224	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	Douglas Beekman
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age	1978-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Harper & Row	0-06-010634-4	$14.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Irving Freeman
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age	1979-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	BCA - Book Club Associates	CN6459		445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age	1979-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Robson Books	0-86051-070-0	£5.95^?£: UK pound	445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Harold King
The Best of A. E. van Vogt Volume 1	1979-03-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8726-2	£1.10^?£: UK pound	219	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	Peter Elson
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940	1979-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #350)	0-87997-483-4 / UE1483	$2.25^?$: US dollar	350	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	Jack Gaughan
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940	1979-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-483-4 / UE1483	C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	350	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	Jack Gaughan
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction	1983-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-40147-9		432+ 350	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Romas
Space Odyssey	1983-09-00	ed. uncredited	Octopus Books	0-7064-1963-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound	349	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Chris Moore
Space Odyssey	1987-00-00	ed. uncredited	Gallery Books / W. H. Smith	0-8317-7988-8		349	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Chris Moore
Space Odyssey	1988-02-00	ed. uncredited	Treasure Press	1-85051-208-6	£5.99^?£: UK pound	349	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Chris Moore
The Monster Book of Monsters	1988-05-00	ed. Michael O'Shaughnessy	Xanadu	0-947761-42-X	£9.95^?£: UK pound	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Hannes Bok
The Monster Book of Monsters	1988-08-00	ed. Michael O'Shaughnessy	Bonanza Books	0-517-66293-0	$7.98^?$: US dollar	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Hannes Bok
Futures Past: The Best Short Fiction of A. E. van Vogt	1999-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	Tachyon Publications	1-892391-05-8	$17.00^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 203	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.	coll	Michael Dashow
Futures Past: The Best Short Fiction of A. E. van Vogt	1999-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	Tachyon Publications	1-892391-04-X	$50.00^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 203	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Dashow
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume Three	2001-06-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Tor	0-312-86877-4	$25.95^?$: US dollar	477	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Great Science Fiction Stories of 1940	2002-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Dorset Press	0-7607-3251-5	$9.95^?$: US dollar	350	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	Tom McKeveny
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3	2002-04-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Tor	0-312-86876-6	$16.95^?$: US dollar	477	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
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

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