The Pawns of Null-A
 Cover of the first standalone edition (under alternative title) | |
| Author | A. E. van Vogt |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ed Valigursky |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ace Books (standalone) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | The World of Null-A |
| Followed by | Null-A Three |
The Pawns of Null-A is a 1956 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer A. E. van Vogt, originally published as a four-part serial in Astounding Stories from October 1948 to January 1949 as The Players of Null-A. It incorporates concepts from the General semantics of Alfred Korzybski and refers to non-Aristotelian logic. It was published in the UK with the original name and in later US republication also had the original name restored.
The novel is a continuation of the story of Gilbert Gosseyn from The World of Null-A, expanding on the galactic events which drove the interplanetary invasion of the earlier story.
External links
- The Pawns of Null-A title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Pawns of Null-A as serialized in Astounding, parts one, two, three, and four on the Internet Archive