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George O. Smith
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George Oliver Smith (b. 1911 - d. 1981) was an American science fiction writer and electronics engineer. He contributed to Astounding Science Fiction in the 1940's; his best-kown work is probably the Venus Equilateral Station story series.
He designed consumer radios before the war; then during World War II, he worked for the Office of Scientific Research and Development on radar and guided missiles.
Writing in 1976, Arthur C. Clarke said that George O. Smith was "probably the first writer - certainly the first technically qualified writer - to spell out the uses of space stations for space communications. George Smith, I'm sure, correctly anticipates the future."
(George O. Smith)
Select a novel or story title to see the inventions from that work:
Calling the Empress, Astounding Science Fiction, 1943
Meddler's Moon, Astounding Science Fiction, 1947
Off the Beam, Astounding Science Fiction, 1944
Pandora's Millions, Astounding Science Fiction, 1945
QRM - Interplanetary, Street and Smith, 1942
Recoil, Street and Smith, 1943
The Fourth R, Ballantine, 1959
The Long Way, Astounding Science Fiction, 1944
Troubled Star, Better Publications, 1952
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