Language English Media type Print (Hardback) OCLC 2019311 Publisher E. P. Dutton | Publication date 1928 Pages 313 Originally published 1928 Page count 313 Country United States of America | |
Genres Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar The Crystal Horde, GOG 666, The Time Stream, Seeds of Life, Numerology | ||
Green Fire is a science fiction novel by author John Taine (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell). It was first published in 1928 by E. P. Dutton. The novel was adapted and produced as a play.
Contents
Plot introduction
The novel concerns two corporations competing to develop the power of atomic energy. Independent Laboratories is working for the advancement of mankind, and Consolidated Power is working for personal gain. Nature goes berserk, and James Ferguson, the leader of Independent, discovers that Jevic, the Director of Consolidated, has achieved his goal. Nebulae in space are marked with a greenish glow and then are obliterated. MacRobert, who has previously refused offers from either corporation, is placed in charge of Independent. He disposes of Jevic in time to end the destruction.
Publication history
Reception
Basil Davenport, reviewing the novel for The New York Times, faulted the story's "psychological crudities," but noted that Green Fire was also marked by "some striking concepts, and a duel of powers with real suspense."
Everett F. Bleiler faulted the novel for defects including "poor exposition," noted that Jevic was modeled on Nikola Tesla, and found the fictionalized account of his early life "fascinating."