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George O. (George Oliver) Smith
1911–1981
A Golden Age science fiction writer with an engineer’s eye for detail, he became known for brisk, idea-driven stories about communications, spaceflight, and problem-solving. His work helped give mid-century SF some of its most convincing technical texture.
57 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
Recoil
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Operation Interstellar
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Spaceman's luck
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Pandora's Millions
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Dark recess
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Firing Line
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Blind Time
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Two worlds for one
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Off the Beam
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The fixer
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Atomic bonanza
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Impossible Pirate
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
History Repeats
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
Hellflower
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Undetected
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Dynasty of the lost
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Problem in solid
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Trouble
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Long Way
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Troubled star
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Special Delivery
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Big Fix
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The hellflower
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
QRM-Interplanetary
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Meddler's Moon
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The world-mover
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Fourth "R"
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Fine Feathers
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The incredible invasion
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Undamned
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Stop Look and Dig
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
Latent Image
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Instinct
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Catspaw
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The black alarm
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Circle of Confusion
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The kingdom of the blind
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Lost Art
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Rat Race
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Redevelopment
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Nomad
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
One of three
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Alien
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Amateur in Chancery
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
About the author
George O. Smith was an American science fiction writer and electronics engineer, born in Chicago on April 9, 1911, and best known for technically minded stories that brought real engineering thinking into pulp-era SF. He also wrote under the name Wesley Long, and his background in electronics shaped the practical, problem-solving feel of much of his fiction.
He became especially associated with the classic Venus Equilateral stories, a linked series about a space-station communications hub that first appeared in Astounding. Readers and reference works still point to those stories as the center of his reputation, with later novels including Highways in Hiding and The Fourth “R” helping define his body of work.
Smith continued publishing fiction for many years, though his strongest reputation rests on his 1940s and 1950s work, when science fiction was becoming more technically ambitious. He died on May 27, 1981, but he remains a memorable name for readers who enjoy old-school SF built around big ideas, radio-and-radar era know-how, and the satisfaction of seeing tough technical problems worked through.