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Smith originally wrote six novels in the series, and followed up with a sequel in 1960. Although a fairly direct sequel to triplanetary, which is now almost universally regarded as the opening salvo in e. The lensman series of science fiction novels were written by edward elmer doc smith. Samms is a natural leader, intelligent, forceful, and capable. But even he had no idea of the ultimate cost, and the weird destiny waiting for the first lensman. Samms knew that the price of this power would be high. Triplanetary was first serialized in amazing stories in 1934. He added 6 new chapters, doubling it in size and its really a different book from the serialized novel, being published 14 years after the first. First lensman is the second selfcontained novel in e. It was not until 1928 when hugo gernsback appended phd to smiths name for his notable contribution to amazing that he became known as doc smith.
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