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Classic Science Fiction Collection: George O. Smith (Halcyon Classics)
January 27th, 2012 | 
Author: Classic Science Fiction Collection: George O. Smith (Halcyon Classics)
This ebook collection contains six classic works of science fiction by George O. Smith, who wrote during the Golden Age of Science fiction. These include Smith’s ESP thriller HIGHWAYS IN HIDING and his classic THE FOURTH R (also known as THE BRAIN MACHINE) about the life of a young boy whose parents invent a machine which gives him a college education at the age of five.
Includes an active table of contents with back-linking for easy navigation.
? Highways in Hiding
? The Fourth R
? History Repeats
? Instinct
? Stop, Look, and Dig
? The Big Fix
George Oliver Smith (1911-1981) was an accomplished American science fiction writer. Smith began publishing his work in the 1940s, often in popular pulps like ASTOUNDING STORIES. His popularity increased in the 1950s, when he published several well-received novels. Smith was a member of the Trap Door Spiders, an all-male literary club which inspired Isaac Asimov’s fictional mystery solvers, the Black Widowers.
This ebook collection contains six classic works of science fiction by George O. Smith, who wrote during the Golden Age of Science fiction. These include Smith’s ESP thriller HIGHWAYS IN HIDING and his classic THE FOURTH R (also known as THE BRAIN MACHINE) about the life of a young boy whose parents invent a machine which gives him a college education at the age of five.
Includes an active table of contents with back-linking for easy navigation.
â?¢ Highways in Hiding
â?¢ The Fourth R
â?¢ History Repeats
â?¢ Instinct
â?¢ Stop, Look, and Dig
â?¢ The Big Fix
George Oliver Smith (1911-1981) was an accomplished American science fiction writer. Smith began publishing his work in the 1940s, often in popular pulps like ASTOUNDING STORIES. His popularity increased in the 1950s, when he published several well-received novels. Smith was a member of the Trap Door Spiders, an all-male literary club which inspired Isaac Asimovâ??s fictional mystery solvers, the Black Widowers.
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