Series
Null-A
A. E. van Vogt & John C. Wright · 4 novels · 1948–2008
A. E. van Vogt's Null-A novels follow Gilbert Gosseyn, a man whose memories keep proving false, through a future society organized around the non-Aristotelian logic ('Null-A') of General Semantics. The World of Null-A and The Pawns of Null-A form the classic 1940s-50s core, with Null-A Three added decades later; John C. Wright's Null-A Continuum closes out the storyline after van Vogt's death. It's dense, puzzle-box science fiction built around identity and perception.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Null-A at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1940s1
- 1950s1
- 1960s0
- 1970s0
- 1980s1
- 1990s0
- 2000s1
Shape
Mood
Bright and intense: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The World of Null-Adarkest · calmest
- The Pawns of Null-Abrightest · most intense