# Off the Beam

Author: Smith, George O. (George Oliver), 1911-1981; Orban, Paul, 1896-1974 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68047

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Off+the+Beam+Smith&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Thirty hours out of Mars for Terra, the _Solar Queen_ sped along her silent, invisible course. No longer was she completely severed from all connection with the planets of the inner system; the trick cams that controlled the beams at Venus Equilateral kept the ship centered by sheer mathematics. It was a poor communications system, however, since it was but a one-way job. Any message-answering would have to be done thirty hours later when the ship made planetfall, and the regular terminal office of Interplanetary Communications could be employed.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/off-the-beam-68047/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/off-the-beam-68047/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/off-the-beam-68047/chapters/3/index.md)