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January 26, 2000
A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (born 1912)
A. E. van Vogt
Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, including 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.
January 26
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year.