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Subject: Re: "Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First
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On 8/21/24 10:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman, 
> Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Lensmen-Triplanetary-Lensman-Galactic/dp/1568658044/
> 
> Book number one of a two book space opera science fiction series.  I 
> read the well printed and well bound hardback published by the Science 
> Fiction Book Club in 1998 that I bought used from Amazon recently.  In 
> fact, I was inspired by Heinlein's "The Pursuit of the Pankera" that I 
> read recently to read this book.  I have ordered book two of the series 
> and will read it soon.
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Pankera-Parallel-Novel-Universes/dp/1647100291/
> 
> This book actually consists of three books published by E. E. "Doc" 
> Smith.  "Triplanetary" was published in 1948.  "First Lensmen" was 
> published in 1950.  And "Galactic Patrol" was published in 1950.  The 
> books are dated by time with what was normal in the 1930s and 1940s is 
> no longer normal for our times other than a minimal segment of the 
> United States society.
> 
> "Triplanetary" starts off with a detailed conflict between the Arisians 
> in our galaxy and the Eddorians in a second galaxy over two thousand 
> million years ago.  The two galaxies are colliding over and incrdible 
> period of time and the two races are conflicting for control of the 
> merged galaxy.  Also detailed is the various time periods on Earth and 
> other planets that the Eddorians destroyed in order to maintain their 
> supposed supremacy over the galaxies.  They even caused a nuclear 
> conflict between Atlantis and her colonies.
> 
> "First Lensmen" is the story of the Arisians contacting the Virgil Samms 
> to become the first Lensman and spread the Lens technology among 
> individuals who are deserving of the technology.  Other technologies are 
> rapidly advanced such as multiple light year speeds of space travel 
> using inertialess generators.
> 
> "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.
> 
> My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
> Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (82 ratings)
> 
> Lynn
> 
I concur on your evaluation of the series which is a bit longer than
than you review as I remember but I read this stuff quite a while
back. We have volumes that deal with the defeat of Arisian's foes.
and the eventual emergence of a LensWoman. I remember Worsel the
Velantian who was quite dragonlike and a lot of other imagined
alien life forms who joined the Galactic Patrol.

	
	But it is over 50 years since I looked at those books
and I awaited them with abated breath on trips to the Sacramento
City Public Library.

	bliss

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