beach@msudoc.UUCP (Covert Beach) (11/24/86)
A couple of days ago I got into a discussion with someone about the "Weapon Shops of Isher" by A.E. VanGoght (sp?) and I was reminded about a mysterious character who was never explained. He was only called Earth's one immortal man or something like that. I believe it also said he founded the Weapon Shops. Was this character ever developed in any other book or was he just a plot cupon? Thanx
firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) (11/25/86)
In article <655@msudoc.UUCP> beach@msudoc.UUCP (Covert Beach) writes: > > A couple of days ago I got into a discussion with someone about the >"Weapon Shops of Isher" by A.E. VanGoght (sp?) and I was reminded about >a mysterious character who was never explained. He was only called >Earth's one immortal man or something like that. I believe it also said >he founded the Weapon Shops. Was this character ever developed in any >other book or was he just a plot cupon? The author is A E Van Vogt, and the theme is developed further in The Weapon Makers. From these books comes one of my favourite SF quotations: "The right to bear arms is the right to be free".