Project Gutenberg 2022-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 115 Smith, George O. (George Oliver) 1911 1981 Smith, George Oliver Long, Wesley Kramer, Frank 1905 1993 The Long Way $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Incorporated,$c1944. Venus Equilateral Produced from Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1944 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Long Way" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written during the early 1940s. The story centers around a group of engineers and scientists who work at a communication station on Venus Equilateral, where they make groundbreaking discoveries about power transmission technologies, particularly focusing on an alien transmission tube. The narrative reflects on themes of innovation, collaboration, and the bureaucratic challenges in scientific research. In the story, protagonist Don Channing and his team are excited about the arrival of the Martian power transmission tube and are determined to experiment with it despite the legal constraints imposed by the company that owns it, Terran Electric. As they attempt to unlock the potential of the transmission tube for various applications, they also conceive a daring plan to harness solar power directly from the Sun. As Channing's team engages in clever problem-solving and experimentation, they ultimately face off against corporate interests, leading to a tense negotiation that defines the future of their invention. The work intertwines technical jargon and a captivating plot, making it a thought-provoking exploration of the possibilities of technology and the ethical dilemmas faced by those who push boundaries in the name of progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220221133526smith 1944 US Reading ease score: 76.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Engineers -- Fiction Space stations -- Fiction Lawyers -- Fiction Technology -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 95156 2025-07-27T05:34:03.125951 text/html 71954 2024-10-18T21:39:54 text/html 576921 2025-07-27T05:34:05.666932 application/epub+zip 576835 2025-07-27T05:34:03.669958 application/epub+zip 77525 2025-07-27T05:34:03.353921 application/epub+zip 519248 2025-07-27T05:34:07.215953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 511801 2025-07-27T05:34:05.351933 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116719 2022-09-30T16:02:43.401681 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 86419 2025-07-27T05:34:02.919918 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 66543 2024-10-18T21:39:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18306 2025-07-27T05:34:07.359914 application/rdf+xml 30928 2025-07-27T05:34:03.477926 image/jpeg 5055 2025-07-27T05:34:03.415911 image/jpeg 719601 2025-07-27T05:34:03.151971 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 en.wikipedia