Path of Unreason

Path of Unreason

Infobox Book
name = Path of Unreason
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = George O. Smith
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cover_artist = W.I. van der Poel
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1958
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 171 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 10795113
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"Path of Unreason" is a science fiction novel by author 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.

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=306 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=400 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8


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