Project Gutenberg 2022-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 147 Smith, George O. (George Oliver) 1911 1981 Smith, George Oliver Long, Wesley Orban, Paul 1896 1974 The Catspaw $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Incorporated,$c1948. Produced from Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1948 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. "The Catspaw" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written in the late 1940s. The story begins with the protagonist, Thomas Barden, who experiences recurring dreams that integrate an alien sentience communicating vital knowledge about space travel and technology into his consciousness. As he grapples with the challenges of proving his newfound understanding of a science critical to his world's advancement, the narrative explores themes of discovery, skepticism, and the race against time. The opening of the novel introduces Thomas Barden in a state of chaotic sleep, haunted by dreams that feel both strange and significant. He eventually learns that these dreams convey knowledge of advanced scientific principles from an alien race, which he recognizes could be mankind's ticket to interstellar travel. As weeks pass, Barden diligently works to conceptualize this newfound science amidst doubt and disbelief from societal and scientific institutions. This tension sets the stage for his struggle to validate his discoveries and protect humanity from an impending threat posed by the ambitious factions of the extraterrestrial world that initially shared their knowledge with him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220510091921smith 1948 US Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Space ships -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Dreams -- Fiction Technology -- Fiction Communication -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 140717 2025-07-27T06:44:06.441739 text/html 118106 2024-10-18T22:32:26 text/html 924523 2025-07-27T06:44:09.666697 application/epub+zip 926942 2025-07-27T06:44:07.234730 application/epub+zip 106140 2025-07-27T06:44:06.688719 application/epub+zip 879111 2025-07-27T06:44:11.494686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 870553 2025-07-27T06:44:09.158730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156096 2022-09-30T18:33:13.187163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131482 2025-07-27T06:44:06.185711 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111609 2024-10-18T22:32:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18158 2025-07-27T06:44:11.633698 application/rdf+xml 20172 2025-07-27T06:44:06.798729 image/jpeg 3336 2025-07-27T06:44:06.742732 image/jpeg 1031563 2025-07-27T06:44:06.483742 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