The Skylark of Space. by E. E. Smith

Name: The Skylark of Space
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Author: E. e. Smith
ISBN: 979-10-431-4550-6

Par : E. e. Smith

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Nombre de pages306
PrésentationBroché
Poids0.398 kg

Dimensions14,8 cm × 21,0 cm × 1,7 cm
ISBN979-10-431-4550-6
EAN9791043145506
Date de parution03/04/2026
ÉditeurCulturea

Résumé

The Skylark of Space is said to be the seminal space opera. Dr. Seaton accidentally discovers a source of energy which could be used to travel to other star systems, but when he tries to show others, it fails to work. Most of his colleagues ridicule him, and he quits his career to focus on trying to refine the process. Meanwhile Dr. DuQuesne realizes the truth, and is willing to do anything to have that power.
Both scientists refine the process well enough to build a spaceship and visit other planets, but who will these new civilizations side with ? This version of The Skylark of Space was originally published in three parts during 1928 Amazing Stories. The novelization, which was published later, differs significantly.

A propos de E. e. Smith

Edward Elmer Smith was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on May 2, 1890, to Fred Jay Smith and Caroline Mills Smith, both staunch Presbyterians of British ancestry. His mother was a teacher born in Michigan in February 1855; his father was a sailor, born in Maine in January 1855 to an English father. They moved to Spokane, Washington, the winter after Edward Elmer was born, where Mr. Smith was working as a contractor in 1900. In 1902, the family moved to Seneaquoteen, near the Pend Oreille River, in Kootenai County, Idaho. He had four siblings, Rachel M. born September 1882, Daniel M. born January 1884, Mary Elizabeth born February 1886 (all of whom were born in Michigan), and Walter E. born July 1891 in Washington. In 1910, Fred and Caroline Smith and their son Walter were living in the Markham Precinct of Bonner County, Idaho; Fred is listed in census records as a farmer.

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