I first read science fiction in the old British Ch... -A. E. van Vogt

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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.

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A. E. van Vogt was a science fiction author who made significant contributions to the genre with his imaginative and thought-provoking works. Known for his complex storylines and explorations of human psychology, van Vogt's writing pushed the boundaries of science fiction and captivated readers with his visionary narratives.

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Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Chri...
I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories....
It's difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in...
In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader....
Well, first of all, going off with dianetics was based upon a thought of mine....
I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's bloc...
My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior....
But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with what has to be done by a wri...
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write...
I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old....

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Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident....
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination....
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions....
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been o...
No sanction can stand against ignited minds....
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me....
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities....
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want....