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George O. (George Oliver) Smith
1911–1981
A mid-century science fiction writer with a knack for engineering-minded ideas, he became known for stories that mixed radio, electronics, and speculative science. His work appeared widely in the pulp magazine era and helped shape the feel of classic American SF.
67 Audiobooks
The Fourth "R"
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Venus Equilateral
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Highways in Hiding
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Long Way
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Mobius trail
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Booby prize
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Climate—Incorporated
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Spacemen lost
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The hellflower
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Stop Look and Dig
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Big Fix
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Hellflower
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Operation Interstellar
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Undetected
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Dark recess
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Instinct
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Troubled star
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Amateur in Chancery
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Troublemakers
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
History Repeats
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Atomic bonanza
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Quarantine
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Trans-Galactic Twins
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The cosmic jackpot
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Dynasty of the lost
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Two worlds for one
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Nomad
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Firing Line
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The world-mover
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Bombs awry
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Time for survival
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Meddler's Moon
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The black alarm
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Trouble
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The incredible invasion
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Impossible Pirate
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
QRM-Interplanetary
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Beam Pirate
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The death crystal
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Special Delivery
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Quest to Centaurus
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Catspaw
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Off the Beam
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Identity
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Pandora's Millions
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Spaceman's luck
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Alien
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Home is the Spaceman
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Blind Time
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
One of three
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The Undamned
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Redevelopment
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Fine Feathers
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Recoil
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The kingdom of the blind
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Rat Race
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Trouble Times Two
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Calling the Empress
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Pattern for Conquest
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The answer
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Lost Art
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Problem in solid
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Vocation
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
In the cards
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Circle of Confusion
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
The fixer
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
Latent Image
by George O. (George Oliver) Smith
About the author
Born in 1911 and active during the great pulp-magazine years of science fiction, George O. Smith built his reputation with technically flavored stories that often drew on communications, electronics, and problem-solving. He was a regular contributor to Astounding Science Fiction, one of the field's most important magazines.
He is especially remembered for fast-moving, idea-driven fiction from the 1940s and 1950s, including work connected with his well-known Venus Equilateral stories. Readers who enjoy classic science fiction often find his writing appealing for its blend of gadgetry, space-age imagination, and the confident energy of the genre's early magazine era.
Smith died in 1981. Today he is chiefly appreciated as one of the recognizable voices of Golden Age science fiction, particularly by readers interested in the history of pulp SF and the magazine culture that launched so many enduring authors.