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Slan

A. E. van Vogt

First published September 1940
Type Novel
Series Slan #1

The struggle of a race of mutants engineered to be superhuman to avoid extinction under a totalitarian world government, from the points of view of a young boy growing up in the slums and a young girl growing up in the government leader's palace.


Revised in 1951, according to Clute & Nicholls, for the 1951 Simon & Schuster edition.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1952 Analog Award All-Time Best Book Runner-up
2016 Retro Hugo Award Best Novel Winner

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1940 Cover Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1940 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 9
October 1940 Cover Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1940 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 9
November 1940 Cover Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1940 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 119
December 1940 Cover Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1940 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 119
1946 Cover Slan Arkham House Novel
1951 Cover Slan Simon & Schuster Novel
July 1952 Cover Fantastic Story Magazine, Summer 1952 Best Books, Inc. MAGAZINE 10
1953 Cover Slan Dell Novel 7
1953 Cover Slan Dell Novel 7
January 1953 Cover I Romanzi di Urania #8 Mondadori MAGAZINE 3
June 1953 Cover Slan Weidenfeld & Nicolson Novel
1954 Cover À la poursuite des Slans Gallimard Novel
March 1954 Cover Häpna!, mars 1954 Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner MAGAZINE
April 1954 Cover Häpna!, april 1954 Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner MAGAZINE
May 1954 Cover Häpna!, maj 1954 Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner MAGAZINE
June 1954 Cover Häpna!, juni 1954 Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner MAGAZINE
July 1954 Cover Häpna!, juli-augusti 1954 Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner MAGAZINE
September 1954 Cover Häpna!, september 1954 Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner MAGAZINE
October 1954 Cover Häpna!, oktober 1954 Grafiska Förlaget Kindberg & Söner MAGAZINE
1955 Cover Slan Weidenfeld & Nicolson Novel
1955 Cover Slan Livros do Brasil Novel
1955 Slan E.D.H.A.S.A. Novel
1956 新しい人類スラン 元々社 Novel
March 1959 Cover Slan Moewig Novel
May 1959 Cover Triad Simon & Schuster / SFBC Omnibus 369
November 1960 Cover Slan Panther Novel
May 1961 Cover Slan Ballantine Books Novel 5
October 1962 Cover Slan Panther Novel 5
September 1964 Cover Urania #350 Mondadori MAGAZINE 3
May 1967 Cover Slan Heyne Novel
1968 Cover Slan Aeonian Press Novel
April 1968 Cover Slan Berkley Medallion Novel 5
April 1968 Cover Slan Panther Novel
June 1968 Cover À la poursuite des Slans / La faune de l'espace OPTA Omnibus 9
1970 Cover Slan Panther Novel 5
August 1970 Cover Slan Berkley Medallion Novel 5
1971 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1971 Cover Slan Heyne Novel
January 1971 Cover Slan Berkley Medallion Novel 5
July 1971 Slan Panther Novel
August 1971 Cover Van Vogt Omnibus (2) Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus
1972 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
August 1972 Cover Slan Berkley Medallion Novel 5
1973 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1973 Cover Slan Berkley Medallion Novel 5
1973 Cover Slan Lindfors Novel
1973 Cover Slan Heyne Novel
June 1973 Cover Slan Editrice Nord Novel 3
1974 Cover Slan Brabantia Nostra Novel 7
January 1974 Cover Slan Panther Novel 5
July 1975 Cover Slan Berkley Medallion Novel
August 1975 Cover Slan Berkley Medallion Novel 5
September 1975 Cover Slan Panther Novel
September 1975 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
October 1975 Cover Slan Garland Publishing Novel
December 1975 Slan Garland Publishing Novel
September 1976 Cover À la poursuite des Slans Gallimard Novel
January 1977 Cover Slan Meulenhoff Novel
March 1977 Cover Slan Berkley Medallion Novel 5
October 1977 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1978 Cover À la poursuite des Slans Éditions Famot Novel
March 1978 Cover Slan Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Novel 1
September 1978 Cover Slan Panther Novel 5
1979 Slan Heyne Novel
June 1979 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1980 Slan Heyne Novel
October 1980 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
July 1981 Cover Slan Meulenhoff Novel
November 1982 Cover Slan Berkley Books Novel 5
February 1983 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1985 Cover Slan Panther Novel 5
1985 Cover Slan Meulenhoff Novel
January 1985 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
July 1985 Cover Slan Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Novel
July 1985 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
April 1986 Cover Welten der Zukunft: Chroniken aus Raum und Zeit Band 12 Heyne Omnibus 377
February 1987 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
August 1987 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
March 1989 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
May 1991 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1992 Cover Science Fiction almanah Monolit knjiga 7 Flamarion Anthology 9
June 1992 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1994 Cover Slan The Easton Press Novel 1
February 1995 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1998 Cover Slan Editura Nemira Novel
March 1998 Cover Slan Tor Novel 9
June 1998 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
1999 Cover Слен Офир Novel
November 2000 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
October 2002 Cover A la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
September 2003 Cover Slan Mondadori Novel 11
January 2005 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
2006 Cover Slan Novel
June 2007 Cover Slan & Slan Hunter Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 7
July 2007 Cover Slan Orb Novel 9
July 2010 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
October 2012 Cover Slan Agency Editions Novel
March 2013 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel
September 2015 Cover À la poursuite des Slans J'ai Lu Novel