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When I first read Vault of the Ages it was an exciting book; in reviewing it as an adult close to 40 years later as an adult I find it still an enjoyable read. Looking back on the stories I read in my youth this had to be the first in the series of this genre of post doomsday chronicles that I continued to enjoy...
This book emphasizes messages about human responsibility and the importance of using science only for good almost as though accentuated with a bright yellow Hi-Lighter Pen.
The story is set in the Alleghenies roughly 500 years after a nuclear holocaust, Vault of the Ages tells the story peaceful farming tribes vs. fierce warriors. Carl, our lead hero and son of the village Chief is responsible for trading with the people from the ruined city to obtain metal and other needed materials form the remains of skyscrapers etc...
Carl and his companions discover a "time vault," basically a large time capsule remaining from the pre-holocaust civilization, containing numerous tools, books, models of apparatus and more depicting the sciences that have since been lost. With the aid of the newly discovered sciences and much common sense he is able to help his people.
In rereading the description of the 'VAULT' it brings a smile to my face when I look around our office, library and museum facilities here at the Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation here in Glendale Arizona.... I can imagine a facility such as this being the 'VAULT' spoken of in this story. I wonder what the world will be like in 500 years and what part the material preserved by the museum here will play in it....
Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC
See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org
Coury House / SMECC
5802 W. Palmaire Ave. Phone 623-435-1522
Glendale Az 85301 USA |
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Winston Science Fiction Classics
Here's a complete listing of titles and authors
for the WINSTON SCIENCE FICTION SERIES: Take this
list with you as you journey to complete your set!
THE ANT MEN by Eric North (1955)
cover by Paul Blaisdell
ATTACK FROM ATLANTIS by Lester Del Rey (1953)
cover by Kenneth Fagg
BATTLE ON MERCURY by Erik Van Lhin (1953)
(Lester Del Rey)
cover by Kenneth Fagg
DANGER: DINOSAURS! by Richard Marsten (1953)
(Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain)
cover by Alex Schomburg
EARTHBOUND by Milton Lesser (1952)
cover by Peter Poulton
FIND THE FEATHERED SERPENT by Evan Hunter (1952)
cover by Henry Sharp
FIVE AGAINST VENUS by Philip Latham (1952)
cover by Virgil Finlay
ISLANDS IN THE SKY by Arthur C. Clarke (1952)
cover by Alex Schomburg
THE LOST PLANET by Paul Dallas (1956)
cover by Alex Schomburg
MAROONED ON MARS by Lester Del Rey (1952)
cover by Paul Orban
MISSING MEN OF SATURN by Philip Latham (1953)
cover by Alex Schomburg
MISSION TO THE MOON by Lester Del Rey (1956)
number 2 in the Jim Stanley series
cover by Alex Schomburg
MISTS OF DAWN by Chad Oliver (1952)
cover by Alex Schomburg
MOON OF MUTINY by Lester Del Rey (1961)
number 3 in the Jim Stanley series
cover by Ed Emshwiller
THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET by Kenneth Wright (1953)
(Lester Del Rey)
cover by Alex Schomburg
MYSTERY OF THE THIRD MINE by Robert W. Lowndes (1953)
cover by Kenneth Fagg
PLANET OF LIGHT by Raymond F. Jones (1953)
number 2 in the Clonar series
cover by Alex Schomburg
ROCKET JOCKEY by Philip St. John (1952)
(Lester Del Rey)
cover by Alex Schomburg
ROCKET TO LUNA by Richard Marsten (1953)
(Evan Hunter)
cover by Alex Schomburg
ROCKETS TO NOWHERE by Philip St. John (1954)
(Lester Del Rey)
cover by Alex Schomburg
ROCKETS THROUGH SPACE by Lester Del Rey (1957)
**Special Companion Book**
cover and illustrated by James Heugh
THE SECRET OF THE NINTH PLANET by Donald A. Wollheim (1959)
cover by James Heugh
THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS by Donald A. Wollheim (1954)
cover by Alex Schomburg
SECRET OF THE MARTIAN MOONS by Donald A. Wollheim (1955)
cover by Alex Schomburg
SON OF THE STARS by Raymond F. Jones (1952)
number 1 in the Clonar series
cover by Alex Schomburg
SONS OF THE OCEAN DEEPS by Bryce Walton (1952)
cover by Paul Orban
SPACEMEN, GO HOME by Milton Lesser (1961)
cover by Ed Emshwiller
STADIUM BEYOND THE STARS by Milton Lesser (1960)
cover by Mel Hunter
THE STAR CONQUERORS by Ben Bova (1959)
cover by Mel Hunter
THE STAR SEEKERS by Milton Lesser (1953)
cover by Paul Calle'
STEP TO THE STARS by Lester Del Rey (1954)
number 1 in the Jim Stanley series
cover by Alex Schomburg
TROUBLE ON TITAN by Alan E. Nourse (1954)
cover by Alex Schomburg
VANDALS OF THE VOID by Jack Vance (1953)
cover by Alex Schomburg
VAULT OF THE AGES by Poul Anderson (1952)
cover by Paul Orban
THE WORLD AT BAY by Paul Capon (1954)
cover by Alex Schomburg
THE YEAR AFTER TOMORROW edited by
Lester Del Rey, Carl Carmer & Cecile Matschat (1954)
cover and illustrated by Mel Hunter
THE YEAR WHEN STARDUST FELL by Raymond F. Jones (1958)
cover by James Heugh
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