Children of the Lens

Lesser Order Shocker! Arisians Breed Hairless Monkey Super Weapon! "It doesn't matter that they spent a squillion tellurian years to raise 'humans,' from the slime. There's no possible way their ultimate children's mind bolts could pierce the defensive screens of my citadel. I designed those screens......more

Although Books 3, 4 and 5 of E.E. "Doc" Smith's famed six-part Lensman series followed one another with 1 ½ to two years of time in between each, and with story lines that picked up mere seconds after their predecessors, Book 6 would eventually differ in both respects. The author's final installment......more

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 th......more