First three books in one: Interplanetary – First Lensman – Galactic Patrol.
This book collects the first half of the first - and one of the most famous – space epics of all time. With these books "Doc" Smith laid the foundation for all science fiction to come, crediting what David Weber "the great archetypes of the genre".
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Updated: August 30, 2021
E. E. Smith
E. E. Smith (1890–1965), also Edward Elmer Smith, Ph.D., E. E. "Doc" Smith, Doc Smith, "Skylark" Smith, and (to family) Ted, was a food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and early science fiction author who wrote the Lensman series and the Skylark series, among others. He is sometimes referred to as the father of Space Opera.
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E. E. Smith. Wikipedia.
