Vassar Smith: 5 books

A sequel of sorts to Smith’s 2012 science fiction/social satire/thriller MICHAEL REMEMBERS, this somewhat longer, still deeply thoughful, but exponentially funnier novel expands the author’s wry but gratifying view of life on our planet (and several others) some 400 years in the future.The...

Book 2Michael Tadlock must come to terms with two traumas. When his adoptive parents, the Farrells, are suddenly killed (innocent victims in a crime war), Michael, legally compelled to go live with his aunt, must leave the home and community he has grown to love. He adapts well enough to school and...

Book 1At the beginning of the 24th Century, when Michael Tadlock is born, the world is plagued by the double scourge of crime at an all-time high and human fertility at an all-time low. When he is ten years old, a scientific breakthrough is announced--the Retrogression Procedure—which, society believes,...

Sebastus (“Bast”) Tadlock is a man with a mission. He must save Earth and terraformed Mars from attack and invasion by an obnoxious unisex humanoid race called the Nosbor. They come from a planet that is an ecological nightmare but unimaginably rich in gold, silver, platinum, and other precious...

Book 3After Michael Tadlock has attained the pinnacle of happiness as a family man, model citizen, and esteemed historian on terraformed Mars, his fortunes suffer a catastrophic reversal. In 2386, when he travels to Earth to accepta prestigious award, Michael is arrested in California on an ex post...