Read Series: Lensman
by Author E.E. "Doc" Smith
Masters of the Vortex (1973)
Runaway fireball!A churning nuclear vortex, appearing out of nowhere, wreaking utter destruction - and countless numbers of them were menacing planets throughout the galaxy! 'Storm' Cloud, nucleonic genius, set out in his spaceship Vortex Blaster to track and destroy the mysterious vortices - and...
Second Stage Lensmen (1998)
"Kim Kinnison, Number One man of his time, had faced challenges before - but rarely one as daunting as this. To him fell the perilous task of infiltrating the inner circle of Boskone, stronghold of galactic civilization's most deadly foe. Kinnison had to become a local Boskonian in every gesture,...
First Lensman (1998)
SHAZBOT...another bitter, CLASSIC disappointment. I’m not sure who E.E. Smith was sleeping with or what incriminating photos of the publisher he had stashed away, but this book is a stool sample. It started as a wonderful buffet of big ideas and interesting concepts. However, once digested and sq...
Children of the Lens (1998)
Probably the quintessential Space Opera of its time, the Lensman series has dated - although not so badly as the work of some of his contemporaries - due mainly, in my opinion, to Smith’s rather one-dimensional characterisation, his dialogue and his depiction of female roles. Paradoxically, given...
Triplanetary (1997)
I made it to page 23 before yelling in frustration and deciding to give up.I added this book to my list a few years back. I think I read a blog or something on io9 about how this was quintessential sci-fi and a must-read for all lovers of sci-fi. I was under the impression when I started that it ...
Gray Lensman (1998)
I'm sure this had happened to everyone, you learn about something new to you and start seeing it everywhere. It's like when you watched Monty Python and realize... 'yes, that song was in this movie' or 'that's where the name SPAM came from for unwanted in email' (or maybe that's just me).If you h...
Galactic Patrol (1998)
I read this book because it was nominated for the Retro-Hugo Award. The last time I tried to read an E.E. Smith book I was so traumatized by the convoluted story and bad writing that I literally stopped reading fiction for several months. This time I managed to slog my way through to the end of t...