Recoil by George O. Smith
"Recoil" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. The narrative revolves around the concepts of space travel and the challenges associated with navigating through meteors in space. It explores the intricacies of scientific inventions and the personalities that drive technological progress within the backdrop of a futuristic setting. The story follows Walter Franks, an engineer at the Venus Equilateral Relay Station, who is experimenting withan electron gun designed to blast away meteors threatening spacecraft. His colleague, Don Channing, returns from a honeymoon just as trouble arises with a missing spaceship, the "Solar Queen", and a potential pirate threat led by the notorious Hellion Murdoch. While developing their technology to protect spacecraft, Don and Walt must navigate through challenges, including technical sabotage, operational failures, and unexpected consequences of their inventions. As tensions rise, they devise a plan to use their newly developed electron gun to confront Murdoch, leading to a climactic showdown that tests their ingenuity and resolve. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Smith, George O. (George Oliver), 1911-1981 |
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| Illustrator | Orban, Paul, 1896-1974 |
| Title | Recoil |
| Original Publication | United States: Street & Smith Publications, Incorporated,1943. |
| Series Title | Venus Equilateral |
| Note | Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Space stations -- Fiction |
| Subject | Weapons -- Fiction |
| Subject | Space pirates -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 68006 |
| Release Date | May 6, 2022 |
| Most Recently Updated | May 7, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 93 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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