George H. Smith (b. 1922) began publishing science fiction in 1953 with his first short story, “The Last Spring,” and a flood of novels in 1961 ­ Satan’s Daughter, 1976 ­ Year of Terror, Scourge of the Blood, The Coming of the Rats, and Love Cult. Smith’s more consistent work began to appear with the publication of The Four-Day Weekend in 1966, and the futuristic Welsh Annwn series of alternate world scenarios in the late 60’s ­ Druids’ World, Witch Queen of Lochlann, and Kar Kaballa . The Kar Kaballa sequence is picked up in Second War of the Worlds in 1976 and The Island Snatchers in 1978. Among his best short stories are “The Last Days of L.A.” (1959) and “In the
