Portrait of E. E. Smith

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E. E. Smith

An American food engineer and novelist whose large-scale space adventures helped establish the technological exuberance of early space opera.

Life and context

A short timeline

  1. 1890

    Born in United States.

  2. 1928

    The Skylark of Space published.

  3. 1965

    End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

  • space travel
  • invention
  • conflict
  • scale

Fast speculative adventure driven by engineering problems, escalating technology and interplanetary action.

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Works by E. E. Smith

1 work in the Linden collection.

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