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Vault of the Beast

A. E. van Vogt

First published August 1940
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

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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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2016 Retro Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (48)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1940 Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1940 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 50
August 1940 Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1940 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 32
March 1949 The Other Side of the Moon Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 312
May 1949 The Other Side of the Moon Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 312
1952 Away and Beyond Pellegrini & Cudahy Collection 3
1952 Away and Beyond Avon Collection 7
February 1952 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster Anthology 60
February 1952 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster Anthology 60
1953 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 60
1954 The Second Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Grayson & Grayson Anthology
December 1956 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Berkley Books Anthology 104
July 1963 The Other Side of the Moon Panther Anthology 87
1964 The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Four Square Books Anthology 70
January 1964 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Berkley Medallion Anthology 107
February 1965 Monsters Paperback Library Collection 134
February 1965 Monsters Paperback Library Collection 134
September 1967 Monsters Paperback Library Collection 134
September 1967 Monsters Paperback Library Collection 134
December 1967 Selections from The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Berkley Medallion Anthology 107
August 1970 Monsters Paperback Library Collection 134
August 1970 Monsters Paperback Library Collection 134
November 1970 Monsters Corgi Collection 165
May 1974 The Best of A. E. van Vogt Sphere Books Collection 12
November 1974 The Best of A. E. van Vogt Sidgwick & Jackson Collection 12
August 1976 The Blal Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 193
November 1977 Away and Beyond Jove / HBJ Collection 7
November 1977 Monsters Corgi Collection 165
November 1977 Away and Beyond Jove / HBJ Collection 7
January 1978 The Blal Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 193
October 1978 Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age Harper & Row Anthology 99
1979 Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age BCA - Book Club Associates Anthology 99
1979 Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age Robson Books Anthology 99
March 1979 The Best of A. E. van Vogt Volume 1 Sphere Collection 12
August 1979 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 DAW Books Anthology 149
August 1979 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 149
1983 Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 149|2149
September 1983 Space Odyssey Octopus Books Anthology 222
1987 Space Odyssey Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 222
February 1988 Space Odyssey Treasure Press Anthology 222
May 1988 The Monster Book of Monsters Xanadu Anthology 9
August 1988 The Monster Book of Monsters Bonanza Books Anthology 9
October 1999 Futures Past: The Best Short Fiction of A. E. van Vogt Tachyon Publications Collection 180
October 1999 Futures Past: The Best Short Fiction of A. E. van Vogt Tachyon Publications Collection 180
June 2001 The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Three Tor Anthology 326
2002 Great Science Fiction Stories of 1940 Dorset Press Anthology 149
April 2002 The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3 Tor Anthology 326
April 2003 Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt NESFA Press Collection 135
October 2006 Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt NESFA Press Collection 135