The Voyage of the Space Beagle
The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950) is a science fiction novel by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt. An example of space opera subgenre, the novel is a "fix-up" compilation of four previously published stories:"Black Destroyer"
"War of Nerves"
"Discord in Scarlet"
"M33 in Andromeda"
Cover of the first edition
Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian-born American science fiction author. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, notably Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentieth century, the genre's so-called Golden Age, and one of the most complex. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him their 14th Grand Master in 1995.
Van Vogt about 1963
Van Vogt's "Ship of Darkness" was the cover story in the second issue of Fantasy Book in 1948.