Triplanetary

The grand-daddy of all galactic royal rumbles! Two civilizations, the Arisians and the Eddorians, old beyond imagining and evolved to the point where their mental skills alone command energy and forces that are unthinkable for lesser species such as humans from our beloved Earth or even the reptilian......more

Super Spy Scandal! 19 yo Socialite Sparks Interstellar War! "Miss Marsden will have a lot of explaining to do when she gets back home." - Triplanetary Tattler. Supreme Council Shocker! We Are Not Alone! "These so-called 'Arisians,' fancy themselves our equals. Of course, we will soon demonstrate our......more

Reading Bishop Barnes's rather interesting Scientific Theory and Religion earlier this evening, I was reminded of E.E. Doc Smith's dreadful space opera series. Both authors, writing in the early 30s, are extremely concerned about current theories of planetary formation; this was the period when most......more

This review is of the shorter, original version, because I somehow grabbed that one instead of the other one from Project Gutenberg. Whether or not Triplanetary is a good book depends on one’s expectations, I guess. I was expecting, due to it’s age, a pulpy adventure. That’s exactly what I got. If yo......more

The book has a lot of action and a mythology that goes back millions of years, but it doesn't have much for characters. The characters are just names on a page instead of people to get invested in, which is how a lot of science fiction was written at the time. It's one of those books that made me thi......more