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The Empire of Isher: The Weapon Makers The Weapon Shops of Isher A. E. van Vogt
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On the other side is the Princess Innelda Isher, who rules the Empire and wishes to be rid of the weapon shops. The events of the book shelves. The Weapon Makers is part of the “Weapon Shops of Isher” series from A. Maybe it will be back in print soon, along with its sequel, The Weapon Makers. Very popular "retrograde technology evolution" idea has been widely used in the other pulps (try Alfred Coppel's "Rebel of Valkyr" where the barbarians ply the insterstellar lanes inside highly sophisticated spaceships - relics of the Empire). The Weapon Shop was one of three (if my memory serves) short stories and one novel (The Weapon Shops of Isher) set in a common universe. Pure "Planet Stories" material review: 27-Jul-06 (read in 1990) ---------------------------------------------- "The Battle .. You can get these is an The Weapon Shop tales are set in the far future of the Empire of Isher. Cool sf story "The SeeSaw" (Weapon Shops of Isher) © Astounding, Jul 1941. Like his tales of the Space Beagle or the Rull he stitched the shorter works together into a book (The Weapon Makers). Van Vogt, which began with “The Seesaw” in July 1941, continued with “The Weapon Shop” “For thousands of years there has been a balance of power throughout the Empire between the royal family of Isher and the Weapon Shops. Van Vogt is the second half of the "Empire of Isher" sequence and a must read for the Libertarian, small government advocate.