If You're Smart— by Malcolm Jameson
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"If You're Smart—" by Colin Keith is a science fiction novella published in the early 1940s. The story revolves around the conflict between Dr. Claud Kellog, a brilliant inventor, and Wolf Carmichael, a ruthless business tycoon who monopolizes commerce in the Saturn system. The central theme explores the struggle of innovation against corporate greed, highlighting the idea that intelligence alone does not guarantee success or wealth. The plot follows Dr. Kellog as
he develops an invention called the "antichron," which has the potential to revolutionize interplanetary communication by warping space-time to achieve instantaneous transmission across distances. However, to bring his invention to market, Kellog finds himself at odds with Carmichael, who seeks to exploit the inventor for his own gain. Faced with financial ruin, Kellog cleverly turns to stock manipulation, using his antichron to predict market fluctuations, ultimately gaining wealth and power. This leads to a fierce confrontation between the two as Kellog dismantles Carmichael's business empire and introduces more equitable services to the Saturnian colonies, positioning himself as a new economic force. The climax reveals the shifting dynamics of power, illustrating how ingenuity can challenge established authority and disrupt the status quo. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Jameson, Malcolm, 1891-1945 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Kolliker, William A., 1905-1995 |
| Title | If You're Smart— |
| Series Title | Produced from Astounding Science-Fiction April 1942 |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Inventors -- Fiction |
| Subject | Stock exchanges -- Fiction |
| Subject | Titan (Satellite) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61498 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-61498-4 |
| Release Date | Feb 24, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 417 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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