Path of Unreason

Path of Unreason

Dust-jacket from the first edition.
Author	George O. Smith
Cover artist	W.I. van der Poel
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Gnome Press
Publication date	1958
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	171
OCLC	10795113

Path of Unreason is a science fiction novel by American writer George O. Smith. It was published in 1958 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which only 3,000 were bound. The novel is an expansion of Smith's story "The Kingdom of the Blind" which first appeared in the magazine Startling Stories in 1947.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns a physicist who is trying to explain the mysterious "Lawson Radiation" while his researches drive him insane.

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale gave Path a negative review, rating the novel with two stars out of five and writing that "it is a story that Smith evidently had a lot of fun writing but that the reader will find more difficult to enjoy."[1]

References

1. "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1959, p.152

Sources

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 306.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 400. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.

External links

• Path of Unreason title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database