Lensman series: Difference between revisions

Originally, the series consisted of the four novels ''Galactic Patrol'', ''Gray Lensman'', ''Second Stage Lensmen'', and ''Children of the Lens'', published between 1937 and 1948 in the magazine ''[[Astounding (magazine)|Astounding Stories]]''.<ref name="Sanders1986">{{cite book|last1=Sanders|first1=Joe|title=E.E. "Doc" Smith|date=1986|publisher=[[Borgo Press]]|location=San Bernardino, California|isbn=9780893709518|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k94vCT2-5tgC&pg=PA91}}</ref>{{rp|40}} In 1948, at the suggestion of [[Lloyd Arthur Eshbach]] (publisher of the original editions of the ''Lensman'' books as part of the Fantasy Press imprint), Smith rewrote his 1934 story ''Triplanetary'' to fit in with the ''Lensman'' series. ''First Lensman'' was written in 1950 to act as a link between ''Triplanetary'' and ''Galactic Patrol'' and finally, in the years up to 1954, Smith revised the rest of the series to remove inconsistencies between the original Lensman chronology and ''Triplanetary''.

 

 

#''[[Triplanetary (novel)|Triplanetary]]'' (1948, originally published in four parts, January–April 1934, in ''[[Amazing Stories]]'')