Project Gutenberg 2006-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 184 Smith, George O. (George Oliver) 1911 1981 Smith, George Oliver Long, Wesley The Fourth "R" Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fourth_%22R%22 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Fourth 'R'" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written in the late 20th century. The story revolves around a young prodigy named James Quincy Holden, whose life takes a tragic turn when his parents die in a car accident. As he copes with the loss, he starts to navigate a complex world filled with danger, treachery, and the potential for his father's scientific inventions to change everything. The opening of the book introduces us to a five-year-old James Holden, celebrating his birthday with his parents and their close friend Paul Brennan. The celebration soon turns to tragedy when a car accident results in the death of his parents, leaving James with a traumatic experience and a deep sense of betrayal as he discovers the true nature of his "Uncle" Paul Brennan. Amidst the chaos, James begins to recognize his intelligence and the value of his father's inventions, the Holden Electromechanical Educator, which sets him on a dangerous path toward self-preservation and a quest for understanding his new reality. As he grapples with grief and survival, the young boy's extraordinary intellect clashes with the adult world around him, leaving readers eager to follow his journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Artificial intelligence -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 413262 2025-08-08T05:22:23.599445 text/html 394726 2024-03-21T00:21:12 text/html 219974 2025-08-08T05:22:30.493372 application/epub+zip 224299 2025-08-08T05:22:25.507422 application/epub+zip 224300 2025-08-08T05:22:24.336418 application/epub+zip 387970 2025-08-08T05:22:34.416346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366771 2025-08-08T05:22:29.752431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334645 2022-09-09T04:41:41.452413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393233 2025-08-08T05:22:22.674439 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 373449 2024-03-21T00:21:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16815 2025-08-08T05:22:34.554348 application/rdf+xml 10449 2025-08-08T05:22:24.838390 image/jpeg 3078 2025-08-08T05:22:24.585405 image/jpeg 212650 2025-08-08T05:22:23.632405 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia