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32 reviews
E. E Smith

Fantasy Press, 1950

Peerless Reading
This series is on my short list for best all time reads. Fast moving, galactic in scope, and broadly interesting. Smith wrote characters who called a spade a spade and were unflinching and unapologetic in their opposition to evil no matter how composited...very refreshing in these PC times we now live in where good is called evil and evil is called good and "good men" find plenty of excuses to ...

Second Stage Lensmen

7 reviews
Edward E. Smith

Fantasy Press, 1953

Doc's best
Perhaps the best of the Lensman series, with Doc's best alien, Nadreck of Palain VII.

Invisible Pleasures

1 review
Mary Frances Zambreno

American Fantasy Press, 2005

The first collection showcasing eighteen of her most inventive, original, and entertain work, including four new writings
Invisible Pleasures by Mary Frances Zambreno the first collection showcasing eighteen of her most inventive, original, and entertain work, including four new writings. Invisible Pleasures is sure to please dedicated science fiction and fantasy fans who will appreciate her individualistic style and storytelling ability. Very highly recommended for personal and community library collections, ...

Triplanetary, a tale of cosmic adventure

53 reviews
E. E Smith

Fantasy Press, 1948

"Galactic Patrol" is THE classic 1950's space epic
The Lensmen series comprises the following books: 1 - Triplanetary 2 - First Lensman 3 - Galactic Patrol 4 - Gray Lensman 5 - Second-Stage Lensman 6 - Children of the Lens Without exaggeration, the "Galactic Patrol" series is one of the greatest classic space epics ever written, it's one of the greatest archetypes of the genre as a whole, and virtually all of the modern masters ...

The legion of time

1 review
Jack Williamson

Fantasy Press, 1952

Vintage Sci-Fi, and worth reading!
Ahh, this is grand Sci-fi from the old swashbuckling days of Sci-fi space opera. Our heroes from the Legion appear yet again to save mankind. My favorite, Giles Habibula (based on Falstaff) appears once again in this time twisting adventure. Turn off your expectation of hard Sci-fi, and strap on your blaster, fire up the Geodyne engines and we are off!

Children of the lens; ([His "The Lensman" series, 6])

13 reviews
E. E Smith

Fantasy Press, 1954

This is the best there is
I have read this series at least 4 times. If you like SCIFI, you will cherish these books and buy the whole collection (as I did).

Galactic Patrol;

25 reviews
E. E Smith

Fantasy Press, 1950

Book Three of the Lensman Series, 237 Pages, Publ 1950
This novel contains the first short story of Smith's Lensman series first started in 1939, and is considered by many as the real start to his series. Since I hadn't heard of this series until a few months ago, I started with what's listed as Book 1, Triplanetary. It was written (and condensed of earlier stories) by Smith after the last four books in the series. It is criticized as giving away ...

Assignment in eternity: Four long science fiction stories

1 review
Robert A Heinlein

Fantasy Press, 1953

A good example of early Heinlein
There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to on their daily lives and see the later works as off the deep end. Others see the early works as silly or something that they could do better ...

Skylark of Valeron;

6 reviews
E. E Smith

Fantasy Press, 1949

Giant Computers do it ALL!
If you're a computer geek, this is probably the best of the 4 books - I mean, just imagine a computer that's a mile in diameter and then think about how big a website THAT could host ;). I don't know - the very first SF book I ever read was Skylark 3 (bought it at Woolco in Dover DE in probably 1972/73, maybe? anyway) so I'm a sucker for Doc's "style" anyway (and now you know why I'm not a ...

Darker than you think

15 reviews
Jack Williamson

Fantasy Press, 1948

Enduring novel standing the test of time
The most pleasant surprise about "Darker Than You Think" for me is how NOT-dated it was. When I realized that it was a reprinting of a novel from the 1940's, I kind of expected the writing style to reflect its age. Not that 60 years is a LONG time in the writing world, but I have read other novels that practically screamed "Hey! I was written in the 1970's!" and so on. There was some jargon ...

Triplanetary

1 review
Edward E. Smith

Fantasy Press, 1948, 1948

Stop! Don't read this first!
If you're intending to read Doc Smith's classic "Lensman" series, then so you should; but you should definitely start, not with "Triplanetary", but with Galactic Patrol. Here's why. Chronologically, the first Lensman story was Galactic Patrol, from Astounding magazine in 1937-38. This was followed by the next three stories: Gray Lensman, Second Stage Lensmen and Children of the Lens. When ...

The legion of space

5 reviews
Jack Williamson

Fantasy Press, 1947

Good Old Fashioned Space Opera
Jack Williamson is one of the most noted Grand Masters of Science Fiction. This is one of his earlier works, and has the unmistakeable feel of the era (Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers). It is very dated, but still a 'ripping good' read. This book introduces one of my favorite characters in all Sci-fi: Gile Habibula - who is loosely based on Falstaff (according the JW himself). Sit back with this ...

Under the triple suns

1 review
Stanton Arthur Coblentz

Fantasy Press, 1955

Pretty Good Golden-era Science Fiction
Under the Triple Suns by Stanton Coblentz Opinion Summary --------------- In my opinion, this book is typical of the mediocre-to-pretty-good range of standard science fiction being put out in the 1950's. The writing is pretty good, particularly the descriptive passages. However, the characters are pretty flat and the underlying messages and metaphors are painfully obvious and made me groan. ...

Three thousand years (FP science fiction)

1 review
Thomas Calvert McClary

Fantasy Press, 1954

Mankind wakes up from suspended animation 3000 yrs
"Mankind wakes up from suspended animation 3000 years in their future and the survivors find out that they must rebuild their crumbled civilization." "Basic to his two sf novels, Rebirth: When Everyone Forgot (1934 ASF; 1944) and Three Thousand Years (1938 ASF; 1954), is the theory, reminiscent of Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), that a small scientific elite unhindered by the opportunism of ...

Sinister Barrier

1 review
Eric Frank Russell

Fantasy Press, 1948

Very impressive
Sinister Barrier is one of those books you can't put down before you have finished it. The first part is really excellent, with a crescendo of anguish as the protagonists discover the terrible truth about human condition, mankind being cattle for higher forms of intelligence. Then the rythm slows the pace a bit, but there are still this nervous, sharp writing and some good ideas...A masterpiece ...

Man of many minds (FP science fiction)

3 reviews
E. Everett Evans

Fantasy Press, 1953

Man of Many Minds
I think this was the first science fiction story I ever read... I was a boy of around 12.. and the `pictures' that were generated by the author as I read his story were totally captivating. I found my self at Cadet George Hanlon's elbow as he found himself joining the Secret Service of the Federation... a young kid just out of the Academy and pressured into once again using the ability of being ...

Triplanetary, a Tale of Cosmic Adventure

1 review
Ph.D., Edward E. Smith

Fantasy Press c.1948, 1948

Stop! Don't read this first!
If you're intending to read Doc Smith's classic "Lensman" series, then so you should; but you should definitely start, not with "Triplanetary", but with Galactic Patrol. Here's why. Chronologically, the first Lensman story was Galactic Patrol, from Astounding magazine in 1937-38. This was followed by the next three stories: Gray Lensman, Second Stage Lensmen and Children of the Lens. When ...

Triplanetary

1 review
Edward E., Ph.D. Smith

Fantasy Press, 1950

Stop! Don't read this first!
If you're intending to read Doc Smith's classic "Lensman" series, then so you should; but you should definitely start, not with "Triplanetary", but with Galactic Patrol. Here's why. Chronologically, the first Lensman story was Galactic Patrol, from Astounding magazine in 1937-38. This was followed by the next three stories: Gray Lensman, Second Stage Lensmen and Children of the Lens. When ...

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