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George O. (George Oliver) Smith
1911–1981
A pioneering Golden Age science fiction writer, George O. Smith combined an electronics engineer’s knowledge with stories about communication, invention, and life in space. He is best remembered for the inventive Venus Equilateral series, which began with his 1942 debut in Astounding Science-Fiction.
58 Audiobooks
Highways in Hiding
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Identity
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Spacemen lost
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Venus Equilateral
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Operation Interstellar
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Pandora's Millions
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Recoil
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Dark recess
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Spaceman's luck
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Firing Line
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The fixer
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Atomic bonanza
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Off the Beam
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Blind Time
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Two worlds for one
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Impossible Pirate
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The answer
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Calling the Empress
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Home is the Spaceman
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Problem in solid
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Trouble
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Undetected
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Big Fix
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
History Repeats
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Long Way
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Hellflower
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Undamned
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Troubled star
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Special Delivery
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Dynasty of the lost
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The black alarm
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Meddler's Moon
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Fine Feathers
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The hellflower
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
One of three
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The world-mover
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The incredible invasion
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Fourth "R"
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
QRM-Interplanetary
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The kingdom of the blind
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The death crystal
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Trouble Times Two
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Beam Pirate
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Stop Look and Dig
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Latent Image
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Rat Race
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Instinct
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Circle of Confusion
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Lost Art
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Alien
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Catspaw
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Redevelopment
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Nomad
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Pattern for Conquest
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Troublemakers
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Vocation
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Amateur in Chancery
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Time for survival
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
About the author
George Oliver Smith (April 9, 1911–May 27, 1981) was an American electronics engineer and science fiction author, also writing under the pseudonym Wesley Long. His first story, “QRM—Interplanetary,” appeared in Astounding Science-Fiction in 1942 and launched the Venus Equilateral series.
The series follows the crew of a communications station positioned near Venus as they solve technical problems and confront the challenges of life in space. Smith’s fiction was known for its detailed interest in engineering, technology, and scientific problem-solving, with Venus Equilateral becoming his most recognized work.
Smith continued publishing novels and short stories through the mid-20th century, including Nomad, Operation Interstellar, The Space Plague, and The Brain Machine. He received the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award in 1980, shortly before his death.