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    E. E. "Doc" Smith: The Vortex Blaster Makes War: 3rd in the Vortex Blaster series.
    E.E. "Doc" Smith The Vortex Blaster: 1st in the Vortex Blaster Series
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    The Vortex Blaster Series

    Written by E. E. "Doc" Smith

    Narrated by philip chenevert

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    About this series

    This is the third and final volume in The Vortex Blaster series featuring "Storm" Cloud, computing genius who blows out those nasty Atomic Vortices that can eventually eat up an entire world if left undestroyed. Doc Smith's hero has already saved the world from many atomic vortices with his prodigious computing mind, but here is thrust into taking on more hero like behavior by saving a newly discovered civilization from attack by evil forces. What more needs be said? A thrilling tale well told. This pulp SF thriller was first published in 1942 in Astounding Stories.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhilip Chenevert
    Release dateNov 7, 2023
    E. E. "Doc" Smith: The Vortex Blaster Makes War: 3rd in the Vortex Blaster series.
    E.E. "Doc" Smith The Vortex Blaster: 1st in the Vortex Blaster Series

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      E.E. "Doc" Smith The Vortex Blaster: 1st in the Vortex Blaster Series
      E.E. "Doc" Smith The Vortex Blaster: 1st in the Vortex Blaster Series

      E.E. "Doc" Smith The Vortex Blaster: 1st in the Vortex Blaster Series

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      The hero of the book is Neal "Storm" Cloud. Although the story happens in the “Lensman” universe he is not a Lensman, having failed his Lensman's exam. Instead he is a nuclear engineer with an amazing mathematical mind. He is a high level genius and a lightning calculator. In his universe there is something we have apparently don't have in ours, self-sustaining vortices of atomic energy. These are like a small piece of the heart of a star. A churning vortex of heat and light that slowly grows while consuming whatever it is in contact with. In theory they can be blown out by a precise amount of explosives, placed at an exact spot in the vortex, at exactly the right time. The problem is, it takes the best computers available hours to calculate the factors needed, and only seconds are available to get the correct amount of explosives on target. Also, if you try to blow one out, but don't get the factors right, all you do is split the vortex into many separate vortices and scatter them far and wide, and soon each is as dangerous as the original. Although Storm Cloud, being a nuclear engineer and lightning calculator, should be able to calculate the factors and extinguish a vortex, in practice he can't. It would be very dangerous and Storm has a wife and kids, and putting himself in that kind of danger ties his mind up with worry so much that he just can't do it. This first story explains how a vortex destroys his home and entire family, leaving him with nothing to live for. Thus he can deliberately seek death by using his abilities to battle these vortices. An exciting and well told story.

      The hero of the book is Neal "Storm" Cloud. Although the story happens in the “Lensman” universe he is not a Lensman, having failed his Lensman's exam. Instead he is a nuclear engineer with an amazing mathematical mind. He is a high level genius and a lightning calculator. In his universe there is something we have apparently don't have in ours, self-sustaining vortices of atomic energy. These are like a small piece of the heart of a star. A churning vortex of heat and light that slowly grows while consuming whatever it is in contact with. In theory they can be blown out by a precise amount of explosives, placed at an exact spot in the vortex, at exactly the right time. The problem is, it takes the best computers available hours to calculate the factors needed, and only seconds are available to get the correct amount of explosives on target. Also, if you try to blow one out, but don't get the factors right, all you do is split the vortex into many separate vortices and scatter them far and wide, and soon each is as dangerous as the original. Although Storm Cloud, being a nuclear engineer and lightning calculator, should be able to calculate the factors and extinguish a vortex, in practice he can't. It would be very dangerous and Storm has a wife and kids, and putting himself in that kind of danger ties his mind up with worry so much that he just can't do it. This first story explains how a vortex destroys his home and entire family, leaving him with nothing to live for. Thus he can deliberately seek death by using his abilities to battle these vortices. An exciting and well told story.

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      E. E. "Doc" Smith: The Vortex Blaster Makes War: 3rd in the Vortex Blaster series.
      E. E. "Doc" Smith: The Vortex Blaster Makes War: 3rd in the Vortex Blaster series.

      E. E. "Doc" Smith: The Vortex Blaster Makes War: 3rd in the Vortex Blaster series.

      E. E. "Doc" Smith
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      This is the third and final volume in The Vortex Blaster series featuring "Storm" Cloud, computing genius who blows out those nasty Atomic Vortices that can eventually eat up an entire world if left undestroyed. Doc Smith's hero has already saved the world from many atomic vortices with his prodigious computing mind, but here is thrust into taking on more hero like behavior by saving a newly discovered civilization from attack by evil forces. What more needs be said? A thrilling tale well told. This pulp SF thriller was first published in 1942 in Astounding Stories.

      This is the third and final volume in The Vortex Blaster series featuring "Storm" Cloud, computing genius who blows out those nasty Atomic Vortices that can eventually eat up an entire world if left undestroyed. Doc Smith's hero has already saved the world from many atomic vortices with his prodigious computing mind, but here is thrust into taking on more hero like behavior by saving a newly discovered civilization from attack by evil forces. What more needs be said? A thrilling tale well told. This pulp SF thriller was first published in 1942 in Astounding Stories.

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