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Drake, H. L. – 1980
A. E. van Vogt's theory of "unreality" explains in part how he has become so prolific in a literary genre--science fiction/science fantasy--which only recently has experienced a rise in popularity. His theory states that the science fictional sentence must have in it something that requires a contribution from the reader. If the author…
Descriptors: Authors, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Writing Processes
Drake, H. L. – 1980
A general semantics perspective of science fiction writer A. E. van Vogt is presented in this paper. The first major section of the paper contains a biographical sketch of van Vogt and traces the influence of A. Korzybski's work on general semantics, "Science and Sanity," on his writing, while the second major section provides an…
Descriptors: Authors, Communication (Thought Transfer), Fantasy, Language Usage
