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      The Fourth "R"

      by George O. Smith
      Published
      Mar 1979
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      224
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      When Jimmy's mother and father are murdered by their best friend for a radical new invention that educates children, Jimmy must escape and survive until he reaches adulthood. The last copy of the plans for the invention are stored in his brain, and the murderer—who happens to be his godfather and legally appointed guardian—will stop at nothing to control the invention.

      A classic super-man story, named by Damon Knight as one of the ten best science fiction books of 1959.

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      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction Space Opera

      Themes

      Technology

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      First Edition Mar 1979 Dell ISBN13 9780440134190 ISBN10 0440134196
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