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The Skylark Of SpaceOne of the earliest novels of interstellar travel. Published in 1928 by Chemical Engineer Edward Elmer Smith (E.E. "Doc" Smith) it describes the accidental discovery of the mechanism for interstellar flight in a Government Laboratory in Washington, D. C.. To quote the discussion of it on the author's page: "The beginning of the story the Skylark of Space describes in relative detail the protagonists research into separation of platinum group residues, subsequent experiments involving electrolysis and the discovery of cold fusion (over fifty years before Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann). He describes a nuclear process yielding large amounts of energy and producing only negligible radioactive waste - which then goes on to form the basis of the adventures in the Skylark books. Smith's general description of the process of discovery is highly evocative of Rntgen's descriptions of his discovery of the X-ray." Despite being a hero, Dr. Richard Seaton hides its discovery from the government and puts it to his own use. His colleague, Dr. Marc "Blackie" Duquesne joins with some gangsters to try to steal it. It was the first of a series which continued through 4 books to end in 1963. The entire series describes battles they fight with each other and with evil aliens, across the cosmos, before deciding that space is certainly large enough for both of them to live as they choose.
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