George O. Smith was a staple of Astounding Science Fiction in the 1940s and 1950s, best remembered for his Venus Equilateral series of interplanetary communications. The Big Fix is a brisk pulp-era science fiction story that showcases Smith’s gift for technically grounded plotting and fast narrative movement. Smith’s work reliably delivers clever problem-solving and the optimistic can-do spirit of mid-century American SF.
This free EPUB makes the story available for any e-reader in a cleanly reformatted edition. Readers who enjoy the engineering-focused science fiction of the golden age — Murray Leinster, Hal Clement, and Smith’s own Venus Equilateral — will be right at home with the confident, puzzle-driven storytelling on display here.