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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First
 Lensman, Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:56:52 -0500
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On 8/21/2024 2:10 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 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

It has been over 50 years since I first read these books also.  A long 
time ago.  I think that I read them in the Houston Public Library that 
was between my home and my junior high school as I would stop on my bike 
on the way home from school from 1973 to 1975.

Lynn