The Best of Astounding Book

The title for this collection is odd, as this is a collection of a few classic short stories (that are not his most notorious) compiled with more recent works (which are rather unknown) and non-fiction essays and articles with other non-fiction writings. So, it is not his "best" but is, however, very interesting stuff. Maybe it ought to have been titled, "Interesting writings of A.E. van Vogt" instead. If you are one of those strange readers who believe van Vogt's writing is interesting (as I am), then this is for you. If not, this is not a good collection to begin with. Better to go with, "The Worlds of A.E. van Vogt" as it is more indicative as what one would consider his "best" work.