The Pawns of Null-A

The Pawns of Null-A is a 1956 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer A. E. van Vogt, originally published as a four-part serial in Astounding Stories from October 1948 to January 1949 as The Players of Null-A. It incorporates concepts from the General semantics of Alfred Korzybski and refers to non-Aristotelian logic. All later US editions have used the original name. The first UK edition was published in 1960 as The Pawns of Null-A,^[1] later UK editions have appeared under both titles.

The Pawns of Null-A

Cover of the first standalone edition (under alternative title)
Author	A. E. van Vogt
Cover artist	Ed Valigursky
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ace Books (standalone)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Preceded by	The World of Null-A
Followed by	Null-A Three

The novel is a continuation of the story of Gilbert Gosseyn from The World of Null-A, expanding on the galactic events which drove the interplanetary invasion of the earlier story.