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{{Infobox book <br />
| name = Path of Unreason<br />
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| image = Path of unreason.jpg<br />
| caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition.<br />
| author = [[George O. Smith]]<br />
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| cover_artist = W.I. van der Poel<br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = English<br />
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| genre = [[Science fiction]] <br />
| publisher = [[Gnome Press]]<br />
| release_date = 1958<br />
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| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]])<br />
| pages = 171 <br />
| oclc = 10795113<br />
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'''''Path of Unreason''''' is a [[science fiction]] novel by American writer [[George O. Smith]]. It was published in [[1958 in literature|1958]] by [[Gnome Press]] in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which only 3,000 were bound. The novel is an expansion of Smith's story "The Kingdom of the Blind" which first appeared in the magazine ''[[Startling Stories]]'' in 1947.<br />
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==Plot introduction==<br />
The novel concerns a physicist who is trying to explain the mysterious "Lawson Radiation" while his researches drive him insane.<br />
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==Reception==<br />
[[Galaxy Science Fiction|''Galaxy'']] reviewer Floyd C. Gale gave ''Path'' a negative review, rating the novel with two stars out of five and writing that "it is a story that Smith evidently had a lot of fun writing but that the reader will find more difficult to enjoy."<ref>"[https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1959-12/Galaxy_1959_12#page/n149/mode/2up Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf]", ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', December 1959, p.152</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=306 | year=1998}}<br />
*{{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=[[Advent (publisher)|Advent]] | pages=400 | year=1978|isbn=0-911682-22-8}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1958 American novels]]<br />
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[[Category:Works originally published in Startling Stories]]<br />
[[Category:Gnome Press books]]<br />
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