Pattern for Conquest

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Pattern for Conquest

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author George O. Smith
Cover artist Edd Cartier
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Gnome Press
Publication date 1949
Media type Print (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages 252 pp
ISBN NA
OCLC 1591187

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 ediition. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding in 1946.

[edit] Plot introduction

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

[edit] References

  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 298. 
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 400. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.