Project Gutenberg 2016-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 78 Stamers, James Gray Solid Solution Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Solid Solution" by James Stamers is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around the lives of students at the Desert Institute, where they interact with the enigmatic Professor David Adam Smith, a leading scientist who has unique control over a process that allows the magnification of materials. The narrative explores themes of intellectual prowess, academic rivalry, and the quest for freedom through scientific discovery. The plot follows Morris, a student who, rather than being expelled along with his peers, finds himself part of a daring plan to escape Earth using an innovative method developed by Professor Smith. After a series of experiments involving a unique crystal conversion process, Morris and his expelled colleagues concoct a scheme to modify their surroundings and attempt a mass emigration to habitable planets. Complications arise as they uncover the dark secret behind David Adam Smith’s authority and his manipulation of knowledge. Ultimately, with the help of fellow students and captured scientists, they turn the tables on Smith, enabling their escape while securing their future beyond Earth, leading to a blend of adventure and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 59624 59629 2024-09-21T13:15:24.188939 2023-09-22T10:11:58.097917 text/html text/html 56475 2016-03-30T20:47:00 text/html; charset=us-ascii 193065 2016-03-30T20:47:00 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 213464 2024-09-21T13:15:26.107915 application/epub+zip 212399 2024-09-21T13:15:24.571946 application/epub+zip 82893 2024-09-21T13:15:24.366926 application/epub+zip 251844 2024-09-21T13:15:27.417915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245293 2024-09-21T13:15:25.901935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116047 2022-09-23T13:37:26.594600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52718 52623 2024-09-21T13:15:24.041926 2023-09-22T10:11:57.882917 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 52953 2016-03-30T20:47:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20139 2016-03-30T20:47:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18456 2024-09-21T13:15:27.544904 application/rdf+xml 24509 2024-09-21T13:15:24.432929 image/jpeg 4282 2024-09-21T13:15:24.399927 image/jpeg 194000 2024-09-21T13:15:24.200938 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog