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This new A.E. van Vogt bibliography replaces both the Database and Compendium by combining their contents into a single file. The Database was my rather shoddy first attempt at creating such a bibliography, while the Compendium was a more recent (and fairly successful) check-list for various editions of his books. (The last versions of both the Database and the Compendium are available as a combined download for whoever wants them for whatever reason.) The format of the Compendium has been retained with a few modifications to form the foundation of this new bibliography, and in addition to all the information that was present in the Database, many more background details and illuminating notes on his novels and stories have been added. Also included is a newly-written, extensive essay on the authorship of the E. Mayne Hull stories, plus new indices, supplement guides, and topical lists. And, at long last, all entries are now thoroughly cross-indexed with internal hyperlinks. This new feature makes navigation within the document a breeze. For more details, download the Storysource and read the Introduction.
The Storysource is in PDF format, so if you do not already have an application on your computer capable of reading such files I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader. It can be freely downloaded for Windows or Macintosh from Adobe's website.
The Storysource was created using AppleWorks 6.2.9 and then converted to PDF format using James W. Walker's excellent (and quite inexpensive) shareware program PrintToPDF. I'm currently using OS X on a PowerPC Macintosh, and though this program was created for OS 9 it runs perfectly within the Classic environment. I heartily recommend this program for anyone using Mac OS 10.4.11 or earlier who needs to create PDFs with bookmarks and hyperlinks, but without paying hundreds of dollars in order to do it.