First Lensman

Supreme Council Scandal! Minions Fail to Win Simple War! "This bizarre and trifling setback will not hinder our domination of all life in this universe." - The Eddorian Bugle. Re-reading this classic series from my youth. It's been a real trip down memory lane. This is book #2 of 6. This book, like a......more

Some two thousand million years ago, when the Coalescence occurred - the event which was to make each of the two interpassing galaxies teem with planets - the Arisians were already an ancient race; so ancient that they were even then independent of the chance formation of planets. The Eddorians, it......more

Although a fairly direct sequel to "Triplanetary," which is now almost universally regarded as the opening salvo in E. E. "Doc" Smith's famed Lensman series, Book 2, perhaps misleadingly titled "First Lensman," was actually the last of the six books comprising this most famous of all Golden Age spac......more

My expectations on sitting down to this book were not high. The previous Doc Smith book I'd read was not that impressive and had a bunch of casual racism, even though it was, for the time period, not too bad for how it depicted women. Note: The rest of this review has been withheld due to the changes......more

Classic space opera, and very possibly the canonical example of the genre, as massive fleets assemble to create and defend civilization, whilst a hero is elevated to god like powers and abilities, and a new force to save the universe if established. No, this is not star wars, its Lensmen! Sadly, how......more