The War Against the Rull Author:A. E. Van Vogt A.E. Van Vogt is one of the Grand Masters of science fiction in the 20th century and The War Against the Rull is one of his classic works from the 1940s, the Golden Age of Astounding Stories. Out of print now for years, we are pleased to publish it again, and to augment it with the Rull stories not incorporated into the novel version.