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It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.

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A. E. van Vogt
Age: 87 †
Born: 1912
Born: April 26
Died: 2000
Died: January 26
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Alfred Elton van Vogt
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