Title: The Pawns of Null-A

Title: The Pawns of Null-A Title Record # 796
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Null-A
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: A magazine version of this novel was published serially in "Astounding Science-Fiction" under the title "The Players of A" copyrighted 1948.NOTE:The magazine title appears to be "Players of A"

Synopsis: From the back cover of the Ace first edition: "The galaxy was their playing field, the universe their prize! - Gilbert Gosseyn, the null-A genius of the Earth-Venus war, never realized that this interplanetary struggle was but a border incident in a greater conflict until he was thrust onto the galactic battlefield as a mere pawn. But in picking Gosseyn as "expendable," those cosmic opponents unleashed forces they had never dreamed existed. One was the entrance of a powerful third party in the war. The second was the ability of certain other pawns to foresee the future. Finally, there was the secret of Gosseyn's original purpose - a secret which could decide the fate of the entire Galaxy!"

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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1966^ⓘClute and Nicholls give Pawns of Null-A as first book publication in 1956 and this revised title as 1966, although the original magazine publications as Players of Null-A was first.	The Players of Null-A

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by Boris Vian	French	Les aventures de Ã
1958^ⓘTranslated by Armin von Eichenberg = Rainer Eisfeld	German	Kosmischer Schachzug
1966^ⓘTranslated by Boris Vian	French	Les joueurs du non A
1968^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm. New translation: DO NOT MERGE with previous title	German	Kosmischer Schachzug
1969^ⓘTranslated by Per Ense	Dutch	De schakers van nul-a [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]
1971^ⓘTranslated by Boris Vian	French	Les joueurs du Ā^?Les joueurs du A
1973^ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli	Italian	Le pedine del non-A
1975^ⓘTranslated by Per Ense	Dutch	De schakers van nul-a
1979^ⓘTranslated by Kjell Rehnström	Swedish	Spelarna och Noll-A
1986^ⓘTranslated by Rainer Eisfeld unabridged and completely revised	German	Die kosmischen Schachspieler
1988^ⓘTranslated by Maria Helena Fernandes	Portuguese	Os Jogadores de Zero-A
1990^ⓘTranslated by Boris Vian	French	Les joueurs du non-A
2010^ⓘTranslated by Riccardo Valla	Italian	Le pedine del Non-A [as by Alfred E. van Vogt]

Year	Title
1948^ⓘTitle actually uses "A" with bar over it.	The Players of Ā (Part 1 of 4)^?The Players of A (Part 1 of 4)
1948	The Players of Ā (Part 2 of 4)^?The Players of A (Part 2 of 4)
1948	The Players of Ā (Part 3 of 4)^?The Players of A (Part 3 of 4)
1949	The Players of Ā (Part 4 of 4)^?The Players of A (Part 4 of 4)

Year	Language	Title
1964^ⓘTranslated by Lucia Morelli	Italian	Gli schiavi del non-A (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Pawns of Null-A	1956-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Ace Books	D-187	$0.35^?$: 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.	novel	Ed Valigursky
The Pawns of Null-A	1960-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Digit Books	R377	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).	191	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 Pawns of Null-A	1972-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere Books (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #5)	87661	£0.30^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Eddie Jones
The Pawns of Null-A	1972-02-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere Books (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #5)	87718	£0.30^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Eddie Jones
The Pawns of Null-A	1974-11-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #5)	0-7221-8772-6	£0.45^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The Pawns of Null-A	1976-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere Books	0-7221-8747-5	£0.65^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The Pawns of Null-A	1976-08-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8747-5	£0.65^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington
The Pawns of Null-A	1985-00-00	A. E. van Vogt	Sphere	0-7221-8773-4	£1.95^?£: UK pound	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.	novel	Bruce Pennington

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Reviews

Review by Anthony Boucher (1957) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1957
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1957) in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1957 , reprinted in:
Astounding Science Fiction, October 1957 (UK) (1957)
Review by Villiers Gerson (1957) in Amazing Stories, July 1957
Review [French] by
Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
(1958) in Satellite [France], #1
Review [French] by
Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
(1958) in Fiction, #52
Review by James Cawthorn (1966) in New Worlds, August 1966
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1966) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, October 1966
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review [French] by Feyd Rautha (2020) in Bifrost, #98