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From: Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com>
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Subject: Re: "Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman, Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 22:03:36 -0700
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In article <vagorn$29njl$2@dont-email.me>,
 Mike Van Pelt <usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:

> In article <va58up$3utu3$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> >"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the 
> >Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen. 
> >Most of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and 
> >destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic 
> >free planets.
> 
> I've read all these several times, the last time maybe 20 years 
> ago.  On my bucket list is to read the stories as they originally
> appeared in the magazines -- Starting with Galactic Patrol, and
> skipping all the "what's going on behind the scenes with Arisia
> and Eddore that Our Heros know nothing about."

I have read the magazine versions (not for close to 5 decades and the 
pages of those issues of Astounding SF were yellow then). One thing I 
remember that had nothing to do with Arisia and Eddore was that Smith 
used metric units (the book versions had english units).

-- 
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
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Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com