Destination: Universe!
{{Short description|Book by A.E. van Vogt}}
{{Distinguish|Destination Universe}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = Destination: Universe!
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = DSTNTNVRS19XX.jpg
| caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
| author = A. E. van Vogt
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Boris Dolgov
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Science fiction
| publisher = Pellegrini & Cudahy
| release_date = 1952
| english_release_date =
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = xv + 295
| oclc = 2152944
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Destination: Universe! is the second collection of science fiction short stories by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt. It was published in hardcover by Pellegrini & Cudahy in 1952, and repeatedly reprinted in paperback, by three different publishers, over the next 25 years. The first British edition appeared in 1953, followed by several paperback reprints. A French translation, Destination Univers, was issued in 1973 and reprinted six times over the next 25 years.{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?11179 |title=Bibliography: Destination: Universe! |publisher=ISFDB |access-date=21 October 2012}} The collection has also been translated into Swedish (1954, as Destination universum{{cite book |title=Destination universum |oclc=186231394 }}), Portuguese (1960, as Rumo ao Universo), and Romanian (1994, as Destinația univers{{cite book |title=Destinația univers |oclc=39284397 }}).
Contents
- "Far Centaurus" (Astounding 1944)
- "The Monster" (Astounding 1948)
- "Dormant" (Startling Stories 1948)
- "Enchanted Village" (Other Worlds 1950)
- "A Can of Paint" (Astounding 1944)
- "Defense" (Avon Fantasy Reader 1947)
- "The Rulers" (Astounding 1944)
- "Dear Pen Pal" (The Arkham Sampler 1949)
- "The Sound" (Astounding 1950)
- "The Search" (Astounding 1943){{cite web |first=William G. |last=Contento |title=Destination: Universe! (Pellegrini Cudahy, 1952, $3.50, 309pp, hc) |url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t90.htm#A1995 |work=Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections |date=26 January 2008 |accessdate=21 October 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308195650/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t90.htm#A1995 |url-status=dead }}
Reception
P. Schuyler Miller reviewed the collection favorably, singling out "Far Centaurus" as "unforgettable and unforgotten.""The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, December 1952, pp .103 A 1952 review of Destination: Universe in Galaxy Science Fiction, despite finding fault with the "coldness of [van Vogt's] writing and the woodenness of his characterizations," acknowledged him as "the most superb imaginations of all time," and assessed "Far Centaurus", "The Monster", "The Enchanted Village", "Dear Pen Pal", and "The Search" as "class A stories," while calling "Defense" "very powerful and shocking." "A Can of Paint" was rated "minor", while "Dormant", "The Rulers", and "The Sound" received mixed or negative reviews.{{cite magazine |date=July 1952 |title=Destination, Universe! |url=https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine-1952-07/page/n105/mode/2up?view=theater |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction |pages=105–106 |isbn=9781944409074}}
References
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Category:1952 short story collections
Category:Short story collections by A. E. van Vogt
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