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The World of Ā follows a man in an ostensibly utopian world, ruled by those deemed mentally superior. Seeking validation of his own intellect from the all‑ensuring Machine, he discovers that his memories are fabricated. In investigating his true nature, he learns he possesses multiple bodies that awaken upon death, that a vast interstellar human society exists beyond the Solar System, and that a powerful empire aims to conquer Earth and Venus—an alien world inhabited by non‑Aristotelian thinkers. His latent psychic potential, when honed, grants him the ability to manipulate matter with his mind.
First publish date: 1948
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: A. E. van Vogt
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