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The Skylark of Space

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction
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Cover art by Chris Foss (Panther Science Fiction, 1974).

IT STARTED ON EARTH: Scientist Richard Seaton had discovered the secret of complete release of ultimate energy – the key to exploration of the Universe. The powerful, unscrupulous DuQuesne, backed by a great industrial combine, tried every means to gain the secret...

IT ENDED IN SPACE: Seaton, DuQuesne, and three others – two of them women – were marooned, countless lightyears from Earth, with only one chance in a million of ever returning....

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1946
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E. E. Smith

E. E. Smith (1890–1965), also Edward Elmer Smith, Ph.D., E. E. "Doc" Smith, Doc Smith, "Skylark" Smith, and (to family) Ted, was a food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and early science fiction author who wrote the Lensman series and the Skylark series, among others. He is sometimes referred to as the father of Space Opera.