"Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman, Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith

[Lynn McGuire]

"Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman,
Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith

https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Lensmen-Triplanetary-Lensman-Galactic/dp/1568658044/

Book number one of a two book space opera science fiction series. I
read the well printed and well bound hardback published by the Science
Fiction Book Club in 1998 that I bought used from Amazon recently. In
fact, I was inspired by Heinlein's "The Pursuit of the Pankera" that I
read recently to read this book. I have ordered book two of the series
and will read it soon.

https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Pankera-Parallel-Novel-Universes/dp/1647100291/

This book actually consists of three books published by E. E. "Doc"
Smith. "Triplanetary" was published in 1948. "First Lensmen" was
published in 1950. And "Galactic Patrol" was published in 1950. The
books are dated by time with what was normal in the 1930s and 1940s is
no longer normal for our times other than a minimal segment of the
United States society.

"Triplanetary" starts off with a detailed conflict between the Arisians
in our galaxy and the Eddorians in a second galaxy over two thousand
million years ago. The two galaxies are colliding over and incrdible
period of time and the two races are conflicting for control of the
merged galaxy. Also detailed is the various time periods on Earth and
other planets that the Eddorians destroyed in order to maintain their
supposed supremacy over the galaxies. They even caused a nuclear
conflict between Atlantis and her colonies.

"First Lensmen" is the story of the Arisians contacting the Virgil Samms
to become the first Lensman and spread the Lens technology among
individuals who are deserving of the technology. Other technologies are
rapidly advanced such as multiple light year speeds of space travel
using inertialess generators.

"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen.
Most of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (82 ratings)

Lynn

[Bobbie Sellers]

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman,
Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith
https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Lensmen-Triplanetary-Lensman-Galactic/dp/1568658044/
Book number one of a two book space opera science fiction series.  I
read the well printed and well bound hardback published by the Science
Fiction Book Club in 1998 that I bought used from Amazon recently.  In
fact, I was inspired by Heinlein's "The Pursuit of the Pankera" that I
read recently to read this book.  I have ordered book two of the series
and will read it soon.
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Pankera-Parallel-Novel-Universes/dp/1647100291/
This book actually consists of three books published by E. E. "Doc"
Smith.  "Triplanetary" was published in 1948.  "First Lensmen" was
published in 1950.  And "Galactic Patrol" was published in 1950.  The
books are dated by time with what was normal in the 1930s and 1940s is
no longer normal for our times other than a minimal segment of the
United States society.
"Triplanetary" starts off with a detailed conflict between the Arisians
in our galaxy and the Eddorians in a second galaxy over two thousand
million years ago.  The two galaxies are colliding over and incrdible
period of time and the two races are conflicting for control of the
merged galaxy.  Also detailed is the various time periods on Earth and
other planets that the Eddorians destroyed in order to maintain their
supposed supremacy over the galaxies.  They even caused a nuclear
conflict between Atlantis and her colonies.
"First Lensmen" is the story of the Arisians contacting the Virgil Samms
to become the first Lensman and spread the Lens technology among
individuals who are deserving of the technology.  Other technologies are
rapidly advanced such as multiple light year speeds of space travel
using inertialess generators.
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen. Most
of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.
My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (82 ratings)
Lynn

I concur on your evaluation of the series which is a bit longer than
than you review as I remember but I read this stuff quite a while
back. We have volumes that deal with the defeat of Arisian's foes.
and the eventual emergence of a LensWoman. I remember Worsel the
Velantian who was quite dragonlike and a lot of other imagined
alien life forms who joined the Galactic Patrol.


But it is over 50 years since I looked at those books
and I awaited them with abated breath on trips to the Sacramento
City Public Library.

bliss

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman,
Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith

https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Lensmen-Triplanetary-Lensman-Galactic/dp/1568658044/

Post by Lynn McGuire
Book number one of a two book space opera science fiction series.  I
read the well printed and well bound hardback published by the Science
Fiction Book Club in 1998 that I bought used from Amazon recently.  In
fact, I was inspired by Heinlein's "The Pursuit of the Pankera" that I
read recently to read this book.  I have ordered book two of the series
and will read it soon.
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Pankera-Parallel-Novel-Universes/dp/1647100291/
This book actually consists of three books published by E. E. "Doc"
Smith.  "Triplanetary" was published in 1948.  "First Lensmen" was
published in 1950.  And "Galactic Patrol" was published in 1950.  The
books are dated by time with what was normal in the 1930s and 1940s is
no longer normal for our times other than a minimal segment of the
United States society.
"Triplanetary" starts off with a detailed conflict between the Arisians
in our galaxy and the Eddorians in a second galaxy over two thousand
million years ago.  The two galaxies are colliding over and incrdible
period of time and the two races are conflicting for control of the
merged galaxy.  Also detailed is the various time periods on Earth and
other planets that the Eddorians destroyed in order to maintain their
supposed supremacy over the galaxies.  They even caused a nuclear
conflict between Atlantis and her colonies.
"First Lensmen" is the story of the Arisians contacting the Virgil Samms
to become the first Lensman and spread the Lens technology among
individuals who are deserving of the technology.  Other technologies are
rapidly advanced such as multiple light year speeds of space travel
using inertialess generators.
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen. Most
of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.
My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (82 ratings)
Lynn

I concur on your evaluation of the series which is a bit longer than
than you review as I remember but I read this stuff quite a while
back. We have volumes that deal with the defeat of Arisian's foes.
and the eventual emergence of a LensWoman. I remember Worsel the
Velantian who was quite dragonlike and a lot of other imagined
alien life forms who joined the Galactic Patrol.
But it is over 50 years since I looked at those books
and I awaited them with abated breath on trips to the Sacramento
City Public Library.

It looks like they are all on Gutenberg now as well:

https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a9515

Including both versions of Triplanetary.

[Tony Nance]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman,
Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith

https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Lensmen-Triplanetary-Lensman-Galactic/dp/1568658044/

Post by Lynn McGuire
Book number one of a two book space opera science fiction series.  I
read the well printed and well bound hardback published by the Science
Fiction Book Club in 1998 that I bought used from Amazon recently.  In
fact, I was inspired by Heinlein's "The Pursuit of the Pankera" that I
read recently to read this book.  I have ordered book two of the series
and will read it soon.
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Pankera-Parallel-Novel-Universes/dp/1647100291/
This book actually consists of three books published by E. E. "Doc"
Smith.  "Triplanetary" was published in 1948.  "First Lensmen" was
published in 1950.  And "Galactic Patrol" was published in 1950.  The
books are dated by time with what was normal in the 1930s and 1940s is
no longer normal for our times other than a minimal segment of the
United States society.
"Triplanetary" starts off with a detailed conflict between the Arisians
in our galaxy and the Eddorians in a second galaxy over two thousand
million years ago.  The two galaxies are colliding over and incrdible
period of time and the two races are conflicting for control of the
merged galaxy.  Also detailed is the various time periods on Earth and
other planets that the Eddorians destroyed in order to maintain their
supposed supremacy over the galaxies.  They even caused a nuclear
conflict between Atlantis and her colonies.
"First Lensmen" is the story of the Arisians contacting the Virgil Samms
to become the first Lensman and spread the Lens technology among
individuals who are deserving of the technology.  Other technologies are
rapidly advanced such as multiple light year speeds of space travel
using inertialess generators.
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen. Most
of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.
My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (82 ratings)
Lynn

I concur on your evaluation of the series which is a bit longer than
than you review as I remember but I read this stuff quite a while
back. We have volumes that deal with the defeat of Arisian's foes.
and the eventual emergence of a LensWoman. I remember Worsel the
Velantian who was quite dragonlike and a lot of other imagined
alien life forms who joined the Galactic Patrol.
But it is over 50 years since I looked at those books
and I awaited them with abated breath on trips to the Sacramento
City Public Library.

https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a9515
Including both versions of Triplanetary.

Oh cool - thanks for passing that along. I had both SFBC volumes[1], but
they've gone walkabout, and I have zero idea where they went.

Tony
[1] The volume pictured in Lynn's link is SFBC volume 1.

[BillGill]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman,
Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith

https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Lensmen-Triplanetary-Lensman-Galactic/dp/1568658044/

Post by Lynn McGuire
Book number one of a two book space opera science fiction series.  I
read the well printed and well bound hardback published by the Science
Fiction Book Club in 1998 that I bought used from Amazon recently.  In
fact, I was inspired by Heinlein's "The Pursuit of the Pankera" that I
read recently to read this book.  I have ordered book two of the series
and will read it soon.
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Pankera-Parallel-Novel-Universes/dp/1647100291/
This book actually consists of three books published by E. E. "Doc"
Smith.  "Triplanetary" was published in 1948.  "First Lensmen" was
published in 1950.  And "Galactic Patrol" was published in 1950.  The
books are dated by time with what was normal in the 1930s and 1940s is
no longer normal for our times other than a minimal segment of the
United States society.
"Triplanetary" starts off with a detailed conflict between the Arisians
in our galaxy and the Eddorians in a second galaxy over two thousand
million years ago.  The two galaxies are colliding over and incrdible
period of time and the two races are conflicting for control of the
merged galaxy.  Also detailed is the various time periods on Earth and
other planets that the Eddorians destroyed in order to maintain their
supposed supremacy over the galaxies.  They even caused a nuclear
conflict between Atlantis and her colonies.
"First Lensmen" is the story of the Arisians contacting the Virgil Samms
to become the first Lensman and spread the Lens technology among
individuals who are deserving of the technology.  Other technologies are
rapidly advanced such as multiple light year speeds of space travel
using inertialess generators.
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen. Most
of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.
My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (82 ratings)
Lynn

I concur on your evaluation of the series which is a bit longer than
than you review as I remember but I read this stuff quite a while
back. We have volumes that deal with the defeat of Arisian's foes.
and the eventual emergence of a LensWoman. I remember Worsel the
Velantian who was quite dragonlike and a lot of other imagined
alien life forms who joined the Galactic Patrol.
But it is over 50 years since I looked at those books
and I awaited them with abated breath on trips to the Sacramento
City Public Library.

https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a9515
Including both versions of Triplanetary.

Thank you for the link to Gutenberg. I thought I had
all of Smith's books in paperback. Now I will be able
to get them in digital form, so I can add them to my
digital library.

Also I see that there are a number of books that I
don't have.

Bill

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Bobbie Sellers

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman,
Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith

https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Lensmen-Triplanetary-Lensman-Galactic/dp/1568658044/

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Bobbie Sellers

Post by Lynn McGuire
Book number one of a two book space opera science fiction series.  I
read the well printed and well bound hardback published by the Science
Fiction Book Club in 1998 that I bought used from Amazon recently.  In
fact, I was inspired by Heinlein's "The Pursuit of the Pankera" that I
read recently to read this book.  I have ordered book two of the series
and will read it soon.

https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Pankera-Parallel-Novel-Universes/dp/1647100291/

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Bobbie Sellers

Post by Lynn McGuire
This book actually consists of three books published by E. E. "Doc"
Smith.  "Triplanetary" was published in 1948.  "First Lensmen" was
published in 1950.  And "Galactic Patrol" was published in 1950.  The
books are dated by time with what was normal in the 1930s and 1940s is
no longer normal for our times other than a minimal segment of the
United States society.
"Triplanetary" starts off with a detailed conflict between the Arisians
in our galaxy and the Eddorians in a second galaxy over two thousand
million years ago.  The two galaxies are colliding over and incrdible
period of time and the two races are conflicting for control of the
merged galaxy.  Also detailed is the various time periods on Earth and
other planets that the Eddorians destroyed in order to maintain their
supposed supremacy over the galaxies.  They even caused a nuclear
conflict between Atlantis and her colonies.
"First Lensmen" is the story of the Arisians contacting the Virgil Samms
to become the first Lensman and spread the Lens technology among
individuals who are deserving of the technology.  Other technologies are
rapidly advanced such as multiple light year speeds of space travel
using inertialess generators.
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen. Most
of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.
My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (82 ratings)
Lynn

I concur on your evaluation of the series which is a bit longer than
than you review as I remember but I read this stuff quite a while
back. We have volumes that deal with the defeat of Arisian's foes.
and the eventual emergence of a LensWoman. I remember Worsel the
Velantian who was quite dragonlike and a lot of other imagined
alien life forms who joined the Galactic Patrol.
But it is over 50 years since I looked at those books
and I awaited them with abated breath on trips to the Sacramento
City Public Library.

https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a9515
Including both versions of Triplanetary.

Thank you for the link to Gutenberg. I thought I had
all of Smith's books in paperback. Now I will be able
to get them in digital form, so I can add them to my
digital library.
Also I see that there are a number of books that I
don't have.
Bill

They aren't all "books" to be sure. There is the chapter he did
for the round-robin serial "Cosmos" and a number of short
stories/novelettes (including the individual Storm Cloud stories
which were later published as a fixup novel).

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Bobbie Sellers

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman,
Galactic Patrol)" by E. E. "Doc" Smith
https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Lensmen-Triplanetary-Lensman-
Galactic/dp/1568658044/
Book number one of a two book space opera science fiction series.  I
read the well printed and well bound hardback published by the Science
Fiction Book Club in 1998 that I bought used from Amazon recently.  In
fact, I was inspired by Heinlein's "The Pursuit of the Pankera" that I
read recently to read this book.  I have ordered book two of the
series and will read it soon.
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Pankera-Parallel-Novel-Universes/
dp/1647100291/
This book actually consists of three books published by E. E. "Doc"
Smith.  "Triplanetary" was published in 1948.  "First Lensmen" was
published in 1950.  And "Galactic Patrol" was published in 1950.  The
books are dated by time with what was normal in the 1930s and 1940s is
no longer normal for our times other than a minimal segment of the
United States society.
"Triplanetary" starts off with a detailed conflict between the
Arisians in our galaxy and the Eddorians in a second galaxy over two
thousand million years ago.  The two galaxies are colliding over and
incrdible period of time and the two races are conflicting for control
of the merged galaxy.  Also detailed is the various time periods on
Earth and other planets that the Eddorians destroyed in order to
maintain their supposed supremacy over the galaxies.  They even caused
a nuclear conflict between Atlantis and her colonies.
"First Lensmen" is the story of the Arisians contacting the Virgil
Samms to become the first Lensman and spread the Lens technology among
individuals who are deserving of the technology.  Other technologies
are rapidly advanced such as multiple light year speeds of space
travel using inertialess generators.
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen.
Most of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose
and destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the
galactic free planets.
My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (82 ratings)
Lynn

I concur on your evaluation of the series which is a bit longer than
than you review as I remember but I read this stuff quite a while
back. We have volumes that deal with the defeat of Arisian's foes.
and the eventual emergence of a LensWoman. I remember Worsel the
Velantian who was quite dragonlike and a lot of other imagined
alien life forms who joined the Galactic Patrol.
    But it is over 50 years since I looked at those books
and I awaited them with abated breath on trips to the Sacramento
City Public Library.
    bliss

It has been over 50 years since I first read these books also. A long
time ago. I think that I read them in the Houston Public Library that
was between my home and my junior high school as I would stop on my bike
on the way home from school from 1973 to 1975.

Lynn

[Mike Van Pelt]

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen.
Most of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.

I've read all these several times, the last time maybe 20 years
ago. On my bucket list is to read the stories as they originally
appeared in the magazines -- Starting with Galactic Patrol, and
skipping all the "what's going on behind the scenes with Arisia
and Eddore that Our Heros know nothing about."

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Mike Van Pelt

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen.
Most of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.

I've read all these several times, the last time maybe 20 years
ago. On my bucket list is to read the stories as they originally
appeared in the magazines -- Starting with Galactic Patrol, and
skipping all the "what's going on behind the scenes with Arisia
and Eddore that Our Heros know nothing about."

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n01_1937-09_docorlof/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n02_1937-10_frankenscan

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n03_1937-11

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n04_1937-12_cape1736

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n05_1938-01_cape1736

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n06_1938-02_coverless/mode/2up

[Mike Van Pelt]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Mike Van Pelt
On my bucket list is to read the stories as they originally
appeared in the magazines -- Starting with Galactic Patrol, and
skipping all the "what's going on behind the scenes with Arisia
and Eddore that Our Heros know nothing about."

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n01_1937-09_docorlof/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n02_1937-10_frankenscan
https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n03_1937-11
https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n04_1937-12_cape1736
https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n05_1938-01_cape1736
https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v20n06_1938-02_coverless/mode/2up

Wow, way cool! Thanks!

[Robert Woodward]

Post by Mike Van Pelt

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen.
Most of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.

I've read all these several times, the last time maybe 20 years
ago. On my bucket list is to read the stories as they originally
appeared in the magazines -- Starting with Galactic Patrol, and
skipping all the "what's going on behind the scenes with Arisia
and Eddore that Our Heros know nothing about."

I have read the magazine versions (not for close to 5 decades and the
pages of those issues of Astounding SF were yellow then). One thing I
remember that had nothing to do with Arisia and Eddore was that Smith
used metric units (the book versions had english units).

[Michael F. Stemper]

Post by Robert Woodward

Post by Mike Van Pelt

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Galactic Patrol" is the story of the various conflicts between the
Eddorian supported space pirates and the Arisian supported Lensmen.
Most of the book is about Rod Kinnison's various exploits to expose and
destroy the space pirates that are plaguing the commerce of the galactic
free planets.

I've read all these several times, the last time maybe 20 years
ago. On my bucket list is to read the stories as they originally
appeared in the magazines -- Starting with Galactic Patrol, and
skipping all the "what's going on behind the scenes with Arisia
and Eddore that Our Heros know nothing about."

I have read the magazine versions (not for close to 5 decades and the
pages of those issues of Astounding SF were yellow then). One thing I
remember that had nothing to do with Arisia and Eddore was that Smith
used metric units (the book versions had english units).

Actually, the Pyramid editions used a mixture of English and metric. A
sampling from _Galactic Patrol_:

"... a few dynes of force"
"... a mere ten kilometers of distance!"
GP, Ch 2, pg 27

"... forty-seven feet and five inches ..."
"... eight hundred miles an hour!"
GP, Ch 10, pg 98

"... seven hundred millimeters of mercury, ..."
(more on next page)
GP, Ch 10, pg 100

"... of forty feet ..."
GP, Ch 16, pg 162

"... leave the beam a millimeter ..."
GP, Ch 17, pg 171

"... fifty kilograms ..."
GP, Ch 23, pg 225