The Mind Cage

First edition (publ. Simon & Schuster)
Cover artist H. Marcelin

The Mind Cage is a 1957 novel by A E Van Vogt created and adapted from a short story The Great Judge (1948).

Plot summary

David Marin risks his career to defend Wade Trask, a scientist being tried for sedition, but when Trask switches their brains, Marin finds himself branded an enemy of the state.

Reception

Floyd C. Gale wrote that "Van Vogt, master of the tortuous plot, goes through torture to prove it ... [he] still is highly imaginative and his patented jig-saw puzzles are good fun, even though pieces persistently remain missing".^[1]

References

↑ Gale, Floyd C. (September 1958). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. p. 101.

External links

The Mind Cage title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Works by A. E. van Vogt

Novels

The Book of Ptath
The House That Stood Still
The Voyage of the Space Beagle
The Mixed Men
The Universe Maker
Planets for Sale
The Mind Cage
The War against the Rull
The Beast
Rogue Ship
The Winged Man
The Silkie
Quest for the Future
Children of Tomorrow
The Battle of Forever
The Darkness on Diamondia
Future Glitter
The Secret Galactics
The Man with a Thousand Names
Supermind
The Anarchistic Colossus
Renaissance
Cosmic Encounter
Il villaggio incantato
Computerworld
To Conquer Kiber

Series

Null-A	The World of Null-A The Pawns of Null-A Null-A Three

Slan	Slan Slan Hunter - by Kevin J. Anderson

The Weapon Shops of Isher	The Weapon Makers The Weapon Shops of Isher

Clane	Empire of the Atom The Wizard of Linn

Collections

Out of the Unknown
Masters of Time
Destination: Universe!
Away and Beyond
The Twisted Men
Monsters
The Far-Out Worlds of A. E. van Vogt
The Proxy Intelligence and Other Mind Benders
M33 in Andromeda
More Than Superhuman
The Book of van Vogt
Three Eyes of Evil and Earth's Last Fortress
The Worlds of A. E. van Vogt
The Gryb
The Best of A. E. van Vogt
The Universe Makers
The Universe Makers and The Proxy Intelligence
Pendulum
Futures Past: The Best Short Fiction of A.E. Van Vogt
Transfinite: The Essential A.E. van Vogt
Transgalactic

Non-fiction

The Hypnotism Handbook with Charles Edward Cooke The Money Personality Reflections of A. E. Van Vogt: The Autobiography of a Science Fiction Giant A Report on the Violent Male

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