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The Weapon Shops of Isher
| Author: | A. E. Van Vogt |
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Random House, 2004 Gollancz, 1987 Alfred A. Knopf, 1987 Pocket Books, 1977 Ace Books, 1954 Greenberg, 1951 |
| Series: | The Weapon Shops of Isher: Book 1 |
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| Book Type: | Novel |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Pulp Time Travel |
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Synopsis
With the publication, in the July 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, of the story Seesaw, van Vogt began unfolding the complex tale of the oppressive Empire of Isher and the mysterious Weapon Shops. This volume, The Weapon Shops of Isher, includes the first three parts of the saga and introduces perhaps the most famous political slogan of science fiction: The Right to Buy Weapons is the Right to Be Free. Born at the height of Nazi conquest, the Isher stories suggested that an oppressive government could never completely subjugate its own citizens if they were well armed. The audience appeal was immediate and has endured long beyond other stories of alien invasion, global conflict and post war nuclear angst.
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