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  • THE ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER IN THE AGE OF ADDICTION
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    THE ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER IN THE AGE OF ADDICTION
    GEORGE SMITH
    George Smith argues that modern humanity suffers from a late-stage, pre-fatal addiction to scientific-technological thinking. Like most pre-fatal addictions, this one will most likely result in one of three ways: misery, extinction, or human transformation. The question remains, wherein lies the third way? According to Smith, mankind’s chronic and as yet undiagnosed sickness or...

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  • AMAZING TALES VOLUME 134
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    AMAZING TALES VOLUME 134
    GEORGE O. SMITH ET AL.
    Dive into the enthralling universe of "Amazing Tales 134", where each story unravels a unique blend of mystery, adventure, and the unknown. This anthology brings together four compelling narratives that explore the boundaries of science fiction and the human spirit. In George O. Smith's "The Death Crystal", a seemingly innocuous object turns into a harrowing ordeal for a team o...

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  • AMAZING TALES VOLUME 142
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    AMAZING TALES VOLUME 142
    GEORGE O. SMITH ET AL.
    Welcome to "Amazing Tales Volume 142", a captivating collection where mystery, creativity, and adventure intertwine to transport readers beyond the ordinary. Each story in this anthology explores the depths of human experience through the lens of science fiction and fantasy, promising a journey that is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining. In "Moon Dust" by Oliver Saari, ...

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  • AMAZING TALES VOLUME 143
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    AMAZING TALES VOLUME 143
    GEORGE O. SMITH ET AL.
    Welcome to "Amazing Tales Volume 143", a captivating anthology that explores themes of transformation, mystery, and the unknown. Each story invites you into a world where the extraordinary meets the everyday, compelling you to question reality and ponder deeper truths. In "Bombs Awry", George O. Smith delivers a gripping tale of rivalry and redemption, exploring the fine line b...

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  • THE WORLD-MOVER & TWO MORE STORIES
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    THE WORLD-MOVER & TWO MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    This is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are three stories by George O. Smith: "The World-Mover", "The Cosmic Jackpot", and "Two Worlds for One". ...

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  • DYNASTY OF THE LOST & DARK RECESS
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    DYNASTY OF THE LOST & DARK RECESS
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Two action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction" by George O. Smith. Featured here: "Dynasty of the Lost", and "Dark Recess". ...

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  • 1820: SCOTTISH REBELLION
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    1820: SCOTTISH REBELLION
    GERARD CARRUTHERS, KEVIN THOMAS GALLAGHER, CRAIG LAMONT AND GEORGE SMITH
    The 1820 Scottish Rising has been increasingly studied in recent decades. This collection of essays looks especially at local players on the ground across multiple regional centres in the west of Scotland, as well as the wider political circumstances within government and civil society that provide the rising’s context. It examines insurrectionist preparation by radicals, the p...

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  • SPACEMEN LOST
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    SPACEMEN LOST
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Excerpt: “Over the hubbub and chatter came the brief warning wail of a small siren. The noise died as the people in the vast waiting room stopped talking. "Your attention, please!" boomed the loud-speaker. "Passengers for Spaceflight Seventy-nine, departing for Castor Three and Pollux Four, will proceed to Gate Seven for ground transportation to the take-off block. Spaceflight ...

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  • THE HELLFLOWER
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    THE HELLFLOWER
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Once He had Been a Star Master—Now He Dealt in Soul-Shattering Ruin... Farradyne had committed the one unpardonable error a Space Master could make. He didn't die along with the other 32 passengers when his ship smashed into the Bog on Venus. They broke him—exiled him to the rotting fungus fields of Venus. Now his only desire in existence was to return to the cool, gleaming sea...

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  • ONE OF THREE
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    ONE OF THREE
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Excerpt: "The bit of whitish substance fluoresced, which of course was quite natural. It also vibrated very faintly, which was unnatural. At least, this property had not been known previously—which is really saying little since the material had been compounded from artificial radioisotopes from the big piles. All too little was known about such items and the fact that this one ...

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  • TROUBLED STAR
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    TROUBLED STAR
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    An advanced alien race is considering our sun as a reference point on their star route, but must first determine if there are any intelligent life-forms in its solar system, since altering the sun would be fatal for all the system's life. The aliens seek to contact the most highly-regarded being on planet Earth, coming up with Dusty Britton of the Space Patrol. What they DON'T ...

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  • SPACEMAN'S LUCK AND THREE MORE STORIES
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    SPACEMAN'S LUCK AND THREE MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    This is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are two stories by George O. Smith: "Spaceman's Luck", "The Kingdom of the Blind", and two stories by Charles E. Fritch: "Breathes There A Man", and "Come into my Parlor". ...

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  • NOMAD
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    NOMAD
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Nomad is a science fiction novel by American writer George O. Smith. It was first published in book form in 1950 by Prime Press in an edition of 2,500 copies. The novel was originally serialized in three parts in the magazine Astounding beginning in December 1944, under Smith's pseudonym, Wesley Long. The novel concerns Guy Maynard, of Earth, who is rescued from his Martian cap...

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  • HOME IS THE SPACEMAN AND FOUR MORE STORIES
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    HOME IS THE SPACEMAN AND FOUR MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    This is a great collection of action short stories by George O. Smith from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "Home is the Spaceman", "Latent Image", "Quest to Centaurus", "Problem in Solid ", and "Meddler's Moon". ...

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  • PATTERN FOR CONQUEST
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    PATTERN FOR CONQUEST
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    The novel concerns Earthmen who are overwhelmed by alien invaders, whom they then attempt to conquer from within. ...

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  • THE UNDAMNED AND THREE MORE STORIES
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    THE UNDAMNED AND THREE MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    This is a great collection of action short stories by George O. Smith from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "The Undamned", "In the Cards", "Redevelopment", and "The Catspaw". ...

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  • RECOIL AND TWO MORE STORIES
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    RECOIL AND TWO MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Excerpt: "Walter Franks sat in the director's office; his feet on the director's desk. He was smoking one of the director's cigarettes. He was drinking the director's liquor, filched shamelessly from the director's private filing cabinet where it reposed in the drawer marked "S." Drawer "B" would have given beer, but Walt preferred Scotch. He leaned forward and tossed the direc...

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  • PANDORA'S MILLIONS AND TWO MORE STORIES
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    PANDORA'S MILLIONS AND TWO MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Excerpt: "A lot has been written about mankind starving amid plenty. But never before was a civilization confronted with the prospect of luxury amid bankruptcy—". "Keg Johnson was the executive type. He was the chief executive of Interplanet Transport, a position of no mean height. Keg had become the chief executive by sheer guts, excellent judgment, and the ability to gamble a...

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  • RAT RACE AND TWO MORE STORIES
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    RAT RACE AND TWO MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Excerpt: ""You're nuts," came the reply, but the voice on the telephone was jovially reproving rather than sarcastic. "I can't do anything about this order. Peter Manton blinked. "But it has a Four-A-One priority." Brannon nodded—invisibly, of course—and said, "Sure you have a top priority. Anything your lab wants has top. But darn it, Peter, the best priority in the world isn'...

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  • BEAM PIRATE AND TWO MORE STORIES
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    BEAM PIRATE AND TWO MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Excerpt: "Mark Kingman was in a fine state of nerves. He looked upon life and the people in it as one views the dark-brown taste of a hangover. It seemed to him at the present time that the Lord had forsaken him, for the entire and complete success of the solar beam had been left only to Venus Equilateral by a sheer fluke of nature. Certainly he, nor anyone else, could have for...

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  • ALIEN AND THREE MORE STORIES
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    ALIEN AND THREE MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Excerpt: "The telephone rang and the lieutenant of police Timothy McDowell grunted. He put down his magazine, and hastily covered the partially-clad damsel on the front cover before he answered the ringing phone. "McDowell," he grunted. "McDowell," came the voice in his ear. "I think ye'd better come over here." "What's up?" "Been a riot at McCarthy's on Boylston Street."" ...

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  • VENUS EQUILATERAL
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    VENUS EQUILATERAL
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Venus Equilateral is a collection of short stories about a group of scientist that man a communications station. a collection of short stories that feature engineers and scientists doing science in space in the future. ...

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  • OFF THE BEAM AND TWO MORE STORIES
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    OFF THE BEAM AND TWO MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Excerpt: "Thirty hours out of Mars for Terra, the Solar Queen sped along her silent, invisible course. No longer was she completely severed from all connection with the planets of the inner system; the trick cams that controlled the beams at Venus Equilateral kept the ship centered by sheer mathematics. It was a poor communications system, however, since it was but a one-way jo...

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  • LEGAL AND HEALTHCARE ETHICS FOR THE ELDERLY
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    LEGAL AND HEALTHCARE ETHICS FOR THE ELDERLY
    GEORGE P. SMITH II
    Increasingly, legislators at the state and federal levels of government are forced to evaluate and act upon the unique problems presented by an aging American public. A domino effect has occurred, evoking concern in educational circles to deal with the varied, complex issues associated with the "new" gerontology. This expanded focus brings in not only mental and public health d...

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  • THE ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER AND POETIC HERMENEUTICS
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    THE ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER AND POETIC HERMENEUTICS
    GEORGE SMITH
    Focusing on the aesthetic representation of trauma, George Smith outlines the nexus points between poetics and hermeneutics and shows how a particular kind of thinker, the artist-philosopher, practices interpretation in an entirely different way from traditional hermeneutics. Taking a transhistorical and global view, Smith engages artists, writers, and thinkers from Western and...

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  • THE FOURTH
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    THE FOURTH "R"
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    The Fourth "R" (also known as The Brain Machine) is a science fiction novel by American writer George O. Smith, first published in 1959. It is a science fictional examination of the genius naïf phenomenon. The plot follows a five-year-old boy named Jimmy Holden, who was given the equivalent of a college education by virtue of his parents' invention, an "Electromechanical Educat...

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  • HIGHWAYS IN HIDING
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    HIGHWAYS IN HIDING
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Highways in Hiding is a science fiction novel by American writer George O. Smith. It was published in 1956 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies. The novel concerns ESP and a disease that turns men into supermen. It contains multiple plot lines concerning the interactions of people that can sense things (espers) and people that can read thoughts (telepaths). This is set ...

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  • OPERATION INTERSTELLAR AND SEVEN MORE STORIES
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    OPERATION INTERSTELLAR AND SEVEN MORE STORIES
    GEORGE O. SMITH
    Seven Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by George O. Smith. Featured here: "Operation Interstellar", Instinct", "Stop Look and Dig", "The Troublemakers", "Amateur in Chancery", "The Undetected", "The Big Fix", and "History Repeats" ...

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  • THE LAST DAYS OF L.A. AND FIVE MORE STORIES
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    THE LAST DAYS OF L.A. AND FIVE MORE STORIES
    GEORGE H. SMITH
    Six Classic Science Fiction Stories from the "Golden Age" by George H. Smith. Featured stories: The Last Days Of L.A., Benefactor, Narakan Rifles, About Face!, The Ordeal Of Colonel Johns, The Last Crusade, Witness. ...

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  • THE ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER AND NEW PHILOSOPHY
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    THE ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER AND NEW PHILOSOPHY
    GEORGE SMITH
    In The Artist-Philosopher and New Philosophy, Smith argues that Western Metaphysics has indeed come to what Heidegger describes as “an end.” That is hardly to say philosophy as such is over or soon to disappear; rather, its purpose as a medium of cultural change and as a generator of history has run its course. He thus calls for a New Philosophy, conceptualized by the artist-ph...

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