Project Gutenberg 2020-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 122 Jameson, Malcolm 1891 1945 Keith, Colin Jameson, Malcolm Routh Kolliker, William A. 1905 1995 Kolliker, William Augustin If You're Smart— Produced from Astounding Science-Fiction April 1942 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction Inventors -- Fiction Stock exchanges -- Fiction Titan (Satellite) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 57454 2025-07-24T10:49:43.371388 text/html 33531 2024-10-17T16:43:30 text/html 321351 2025-07-24T10:49:45.266326 application/epub+zip 320166 2025-07-24T10:49:43.771322 application/epub+zip 78090 2025-07-24T10:49:43.542365 application/epub+zip 358376 2025-07-24T10:49:46.534314 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350791 2025-07-24T10:49:45.051432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109017 2022-09-27T18:57:50.604474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50356 2025-07-24T10:49:43.259394 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30585 2024-10-17T16:43:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17927 2025-07-24T10:49:46.669341 application/rdf+xml 21735 2025-07-24T10:49:43.626368 image/jpeg 3697 2025-07-24T10:49:43.585384 image/jpeg 499128 2025-07-24T10:49:43.386370 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