The Mind Cage [A.E. Van Vogt]

[Sci Fi] [Body Swap] [Sedition]

The Mind Cage

A.E. Van Vogt

Simon and Schuster, NY. 1957. Book Club Edition hardcover. A few minor tears to the edge of the dust jacket, text block tight. Some uniform yellowing. A very good copy.

Heady sci-fi from an underrated master of the form.Think proto PKD with this one - our protagonist, David Marin, after going to bat for a seditious scientist, Wade Trask, finds himself body-swapped into Trask's body and now has to work his way out of a physically and spiritually labyrinthine legal system. A bit of a cult classic in certain circles. Fans of PKD and latter era Ernst Junger will dig this.