The Silkie Author:A. E. Van Vogt How would you create a superman? That's the key to this startling new novel by the master original thinker of science-fiction, A.E. van Vogt. Tor THE SILKIE was a being that could move through space, water or on land with equal ease, could think like a computer, communicate etherically and change form to suit changing circumstances. — But were th... more »e Silkies all that was claimed for them? Were they truly man's own creations as heirs and helpers-or were they "ringers" from some unknown outer-space world or some anti-humanity conspiracy?
The Silkies themselves did not know and that's what makes this action-packed utterly unusual novel great. It's Van Vogt's first new novel in many years.« less