George O. Smith

George O. Smith

Summary

Portrait of George O. Smith George O. Smith,  Pattern for Conquest (1946)

“ The quakes shook earthly damage into the cities of Terra.
The energy continued to pour into the Loard-vogh planethead. The air shimmered and burst away from the hemisphere of terror, and the resulting convections drew fresh air in to be heated to almost-incandescence and driven upward.
Hotang Lu faced Billy Thompson bitterly. "This secret weapon of yours," he demanded, "it was to win for us?"
"It is," said Billy.
"IS? Is it not time that it be used? The Loard-vogh are upon the planet itself. Death looks us in the face."
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Portrait of George O. Smith George O. Smith,  Pattern for Conquest (1946)

“ It is hard to admit inferiority to one that was one time inferior to you. Accept their mental superiority and consider that they may have some plan."
"Plan?" asked Hotang Lu bitterly. "How can they plan? How can they execute any plan? Planning and building is for a free race, without the shackles of an overseer on their people or the restrictions placed upon a servile race. Could they build a modine without the Loard-vogh knowing? Could they hope to instigate a ten thousand year plan of expansion to eventually crowd the Loard-vogh out of the Galaxy?"
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Portrait of George O. Smith George O. Smith,  Pattern for Conquest (1946)

“ Kennebec objected. "Why?" he asked. "Why do you expect them to hit us? After all, they're swarming through the galaxy in this direction. If they are that powerful, why should they attack Terra?"
"We constitute a threat," said Downing. "We are a powerful threat, or I miss my guess."
"Terra is a most powerful threat," said Hotang Lu. "Terra, well, it is known to the Loard-vogh as the Planet of Terror."
"Gratifying in a nice, lethal way," smiled Kennebec. "Mind telling us why?"
"Not at all. Terra is the center of the mutation area."
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Source: Gutenberg

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