Title: The World of Null-A

Title: The World of Null-A Title Record # 795
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1948-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Null-A
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Serialized in 1945, first book publication in 1948 as The World of Ā.

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Serializations

Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1948	The World of Ā^?The World of A The World of Null-A

Year	Language	Title
1953^ⓘTranslated by Boris Vian	French	Le monde des Ā^?Le monde des A
1956^ⓘTranslated by T. Araújo	Portuguese	Xadrez cósmico
1958^ⓘTranslated by Rainer Eisfeld as Armin von Eichenberg	German	Welt der Null-A
1966^ⓘTranslated by Boris Vian	French	Le monde du Non A
1968^ⓘTranslated by Per Tregange	Dutch	De wereld van nul-a [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]
1968^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Welt der Null-A [as by Alfred Elton van Vogt]
1968^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Welt der Null-A
1973^ⓘTranslated by Riccardo Valla	Italian	Il mondo del non-A
1975^ⓘTranslated by Per Tregange	Dutch	De wereld van nul-a
1975^ⓘTranslated by José María Aroca	Spanish	El mundo de los No-A [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]
1979^ⓘTranslated by Kjell Rehnström	Swedish	Världen och Noll-A
1986^ⓘTranslated by Rainer Eisfeld. Unabridged and completely revised translation;	German	Welt der Null-A
1988^ⓘTranslated by Maria Helena Fernandes	Portuguese	O mundo de Zero-A
1990^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Sadoul and Boris Vian	French	Le monde du non-A
2009^ⓘTranslated by Pék Zoltán	Hungarian	A nulla-A világa^?A nulla-A vilaga
2010^ⓘTranslated by Riccardo Valla	Italian	Non-A [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]

Year	Title
1945^ⓘTitle actually uses "A" with bar over it.	World of Null-A (Part 1 of 3)
1945	World of Null-A (Part 2 of 3)
1945	World of Null-A (Part 3 of 3)

Year	Language	Title
1953^ⓘTranslated by Sem Schlumper	Italian	Anno 2650 (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
2	1996 Retro Hugo	Best Novel
Nominations Below Cutoff ^ⓘ2 nominations with 0.75 final points	2020 Retro Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Universe Maker / The World of Null-A	1953-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	Ace Books (Ace Double #D-31)	D-31	$0.35^?$: US dollar	138+ 182	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	omni	Paul Orban , Stanley Meltzoff
Triad	1959-05-00	A. E. van Vogt	Simon & Schuster / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar	527	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The World of Null-A	1964-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Ace Books	F-295	$0.40^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Ed Emshwiller
The World of Null-A	1970-01-00	A. E. van Vogt	Dennis Dobson	0-234-77472-X	30/-^?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).	[4]+ 246+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Richard Weaver (artist)
The World of Null-A	1970-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01802-4 / S1802	$0.75^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Richard Powers
The World of Null-A	1970-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01802-4	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	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.	novel	Richard Powers
The World of Null-A	1970-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01802-4	$0.75^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Richard Powers
The World of Null-A	1971-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere Books (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #2)	87637	£0.30^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Eddie Jones
The World of Null-A	1971-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #2)	87653	£0.30^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Eddie Jones
The World of Null-A	1972-07-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere (Sphere Science Fiction Classics)	87637	£0.30^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Eddie Jones
The World of Null-A	1974-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02558-6	$0.95^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Paul Lehr
The World of Null-A	1974-03-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02558-6	$0.95^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Paul Lehr
The World of Null-A	1974-03-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02558-6	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	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.	novel	Paul Lehr
The World of Null-A	1974-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02558-6	$0.95^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Paul Lehr
The World of Null-A	1974-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8757-2	£0.45^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The World of Null-A	1976-08-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8746-7	£0.65^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The World of Null-A	1977-01-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03322-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Paul Lehr
The World of Null-A	1978-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03322-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Paul Lehr
The World of Null-A	1980-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8769-6	£0.95^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The World of Null-A	1981-09-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8816-1	£1.35^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The World of Null-A	1982-03-00	A. E. van Vogt	Berkley Books	0-425-05454-3	$2.25^?$: US dollar	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.	novel	Vincent Di Fate
The World of Null-A	1984-04-00	A. E. van Vogt	John Goodchild Publishers (SF-Alternatives)	0-86391-022-X	£8.95^?£: UK pound	246	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David Harrop
The World of Null-A	1985-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere Books	0-7221-8816-1	£1.95^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The World of Null-A	1986-03-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8816-1	£1.95^?£: UK pound	221	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The World of Null-A	1990-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Ariel Press	0-89804-153-8	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 196	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.	novel	Mark Peyton
The World of Null-A	2002-10-00	A. E. van Vogt	Orb	0-765-30097-4	$14.95^?$: US dollar	272	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.	novel	Hubert Rogers
The World of Null-A	2010-02-24	A. E. van Vogt	Orb	978-1-4299-8362-4	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review by Walter Gillings [as by Thomas Sheridan] (1948) in Fantasy Review, April-May 1948
Review by uncredited (1948) in Fantasy Book, Vol. 1, No. 3
Review by The Editor (1948) in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1948
Review by John Haley (1948) in The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1948 , reprinted in:
The Arkham Sampler: A Facsimile Edition (2010)
Review by Sam Moskowitz (1949) in Fantastic Novels Magazine, January 1949
Review by Morris Tish (1949) in Amazing Stories, December 1949
Review by Damon Knight (1950) in Worlds Beyond, February 1951, (1951) , reprinted in:
In Search of Wonder (1971)
In Search of Wonder (1974)
Review by uncredited (1951) in Weird Tales, March 1951 , reprinted in:
Weird Tales (2012)
Review by Wilson Tucker [as by Bob Tucker] (1951) in Other Worlds Science Stories, September 1951
Review by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Robert W. Lowndes] (1951) in Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories, November 1951
Review by Dale C. Donaldson (1951) in The Fanscient, #13-14 Spring-Summer 1951
Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
'333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
Review by Robert Silverberg (1965) in Amazing Stories, January 1965
Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1970) in Locus, #59 July 16, 1970
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review [Spanish] by
Julián Díez^?Julian Diez
(2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
Review by Walter Chaw (2003) in Strange Horizons, 9 June 2003
Review by Graham Sleight (2009) in Locus, #583 August 2009
Review [French] by Feyd Rautha (2020) in Bifrost, #98