Project Gutenberg 2022-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 109 Smith, George O. (George Oliver) 1911 1981 Smith, George Oliver Long, Wesley Orban, Paul 1896 1974 The Firing Line $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Incorporated,$c1944. Venus Equilateral Produced from Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1944 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Firing Line" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written in the early to mid-20th century. The story revolves around themes of revenge, space piracy, and the interplay between technology and human ambition. It explores the life of Mark Kingman, a lawyer entangled with the criminal mastermind Allison Murdoch, who seeks vengeance against a space communication company, Venus Equilateral, after suffering a prior defeat. In the narrative, the ambitious Murdoch escapes imprisonment and approaches Kingman, proposing a plan to take control of Venus Equilateral through illegal means. As they concoct schemes that involve high-tech weaponry and economic manipulation, Murdoch's intentions lead to clashes with the station's personnel, primarily Don Channing, who is determined to thwart Murdoch’s malicious ambitions. The novel contrasts the intelligence of scientific innovation with the moral implications of using such power for personal vendettas. Ultimately, the climax involves a high-stakes confrontation where advanced technology plays a pivotal role, culminating in a dramatic showdown that raises questions about ethics in technological advancements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220222095646smith 1944 US Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Criminals -- Fiction Space stations -- Fiction Weapons -- Fiction Space pirates -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 103928 2025-07-27T05:33:53.821995 text/html 80820 2024-10-18T21:39:50 text/html 642618 2025-07-27T05:33:56.409022 application/epub+zip 643370 2025-07-27T05:33:54.378966 application/epub+zip 98273 2025-07-27T05:33:54.059122 application/epub+zip 594862 2025-07-27T05:33:57.980952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586733 2025-07-27T05:33:56.112006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140662 2022-09-30T16:02:25.097548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 94885 2025-07-27T05:33:53.604982 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 74999 2024-10-18T21:39:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17919 2025-07-27T05:33:58.116944 application/rdf+xml 29950 2025-07-27T05:33:54.183982 image/jpeg 4814 2025-07-27T05:33:54.120983 image/jpeg 675089 2025-07-27T05:33:53.847965 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