The Skylark of Space: Science Fiction Stories
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The Occurrence of the Impossible
CHAPTER II
Steel Becomes Interested
CHAPTER III
Seaton Solves the Problem of Power
CHAPTER IV
Steel Liberates Energy—Unexpectedly
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION!
CHAPTER V
Direct Action
CHAPTER VI
The Object-Compass at Work
CHAPTER VII
The Trial Voyage
CHAPTER VIII
Indirect Action
CHAPTER IX
Lost In Space
CHAPTER X
The Rescue
CHAPTER XI
Through Space Into the Carboniferous
CHAPTER XII
The Mastery of Mind Over Matter
CHAPTER XIII
Nalboon of Mardonale
CHAPTER XIV.
Nalboon Unmasked
CHAPTER XV.
The Escape from Mardonale
CHAPTER XVI.
An Osnomian Marriage
CHAPTER XVII.
Bird, Beast, or Fish?
CHAPTER XVIII
The Invasion
CHAPTER XIX
The Return to Earth
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About the author
Edward Elmer Smith PhD (also E. E. Smith, E. E. "Doc" Smith, Doc Smith, "Skylark" Smith, or—to his family—Ted) (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965) was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and early science fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera.
In 1919 Smith was hired as chief chemist for F. W. Stock & Sons of Hillsdale, Michigan, at one time the largest family-owned mill east of the Mississippi, working on doughnut mixes.
One evening late in 1919, after moving to Michigan, Smith was baby-sitting (presumably for Roderick) while his wife attended a movie; he resumed work on The Skylark of Space, finishing it in the spring of 1920. He submitted it to many book publishers and magazines, spending more in postage than he would eventually receive for its publication. Bob Davis, editor of Argosy, sent an encouraging rejection letter in 1922, saying that he liked the novel personally, but that it was too far out for his readers.(According to Warner, but no other source, Smith began work on the sequel, Skylark III, before the first book was accepted.) Finally, upon seeing the April 1927 issue of Amazing Stories, he submitted it to that magazine; it was accepted, initially for $75, later raised to $125. It was published as a three-part serial in the August to October 1928 issues and it was such a success that managing editor Sloane requested a sequel before the second installment had been published.
