Picked these #books up from a local action. Both the same book, but clearly different editions/cover art.

#Triplanetary By E.E. "Doc" Smith #EEDocSmith #Lensman

4/27/23 random entry:

1. Triplanetary
2. Edward E. (Doc) Smith
3. Fantasy Press
4. 1948
5. 1st limited signed #466/500
6. Why I own it: I read all of Smith's series when I was young, including this one that starts the Lensman series. Not sure if it would hold up as well today, but he was instrumental in defining the space opera sub-genre.

#Bookstodon #EEDocSmith

E. E. ‘Doc’ Smith’s Galactic Patrol, serialised in 1937, published in book form 1950. Part of his famous Lensman series. This is space opera in its purest form with the emphasis on fast-moving action and adventure entertainment.

Smith had no literary skills and no gift for characterisation but he could tell a story with energy and élan, and he could tell stories on a truly epic scale. Fun stuff.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2014/09/e-e-doc-smiths-galactic-patrol.html

#EEDocSmith #scifi #spaceopera #sciencefiction #pulpfiction

Currently reading #TheodoreSturgeon and just came across something that reminded me of #EEDocSmith ...

If only the English language (technically, perhaps, Anglo-Saxon) didn't continually evolve...

Where Sturgeon has 'helper', E.E. 'Doc' Smith would have written 'pimp', and meant exactly the same thing.

Unfortunately, I don't have the book from The Lensman series on tap, so I can't extract the exact section I'm comparing, think it might be Second-Stage Lensman but I could be wrong (:*