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Troubled Star by George O. Smith:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
Potboiler novel with several interesting premises: stars can be tinkered with to make them into variable stars and otherwise superintelligent aliens mistake a television "space captain" for a real space-going person. Select an invention:
Barytrine Field - planet moving |
Menslator - mental translation |
Space Beacon - variable star will guide you |
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