Synopsis
Thomas is a Minister for the Earth, gone to Europa where the Europan settlers have forged a plan to fight Earth in handing Europa to the Martian settlement government. The Europans plan to ensure the Minister never leaves Europa.
History
First publication: Astounding, April 1940
Review
The Gryb is the title creature and is really a sort of example to prove to the Europan trying to kill Thomas that there is more than meets the eye in the Minister’s politics. So the story is about politics and how situations tend to repeat in history, beings can be relied upon to fall into traps that have been sprung on other beings in the past. It’s an enjoyable story, but it lacks the imagination and suspense of Van Vogt’s previous few stories. Recommended for anyone who loves Van Vogt or Golden Age SF. It is a good example of the Astounding stories of the 40s.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
The Gryb, paperback, New English Library, 1980-04-00
All of the stories in the Rull series:
The Second Solution
The Rull
The Sound
The Green Forest
The First Rull
Cooperate—Or Else!
The War Against the Rull
The Gryb
