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Pattern for Conquest

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
252 pp

Originally published
  
1949

Publisher
  
Gnome Press

Country
  
United States of America

Publication date
  
1949

OCLC
  
1591187

Author
  
George O. Smith

Cover artist
  
Edd Cartier

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Media type
  
Print (hardback & paperback)

Genres
  
Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction

Similar
  
George O Smith books, Science Fiction books

Pattern for Conquest is a science fiction novel by author George O. Smith. It was published in 1949 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies of which 2,000 were bound in paperback for an Armed Forces edition. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding in 1946.

Contents

Plot introduction

The novel concerns Earthmen who are overwhelmed by alien invaders, whom they then attempt to conquer from within.

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller reported that the novel showed "that he [Smith] can slip right in with "Skylark" Smith and "World Wreckers" Hamilton and slap the stars around."

References

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