Triplanetary Illustrated Hardcover – 5 Dec. 2021

The First in E. E. Doc Lensman Series, a superb tale of an Earth evolving and Two Immensely powerful Alien races The Edorians and The Arisians one trying to evolve the universe and the other wanting chaos and disorder in the universe, each having immense mental powers, one trying to evolve human kind to become ultimately the gaurdians of the universe by way of the Lens given only to special individuals evolved through a bloodline to lead and become lensman. Many Planets, many weird and wonderful races, many Battles. Doc was not great on the science behind his stories, but more than makes up with great Stories and adventures, l grew up on this SF and Doc is regarded by many authors who genuinely are greats as one of the best originators of Space Opera, read them all, you won't be disappointed then later you can write a rambling review like this one.

Classic sci-fi and defiantly worth reading, even given the age a classic that reads with a touch of childish wonder

Wow, I first read this in 1978 when a girl bought it for me as a present for Christmas. Well that set me down the path of reading Sci-fi. nI really enjoyed the Doc E Smith books, and so when I saw the series had been formatted for the Kindle, I jumped at the chance. As others have mentioned the book is missing a lot.But hey, the story is still the same.Now that I am a lot older, I have found a lot of faults in the story, which as a 17 year old (then) I never spotted. But its like the love affair you have with your first girlfriend. You love it no matter what and for me its a pleasure to read the series again after so many years.

This is the first of the fantastic lensmen series, although it doesn't actually have any direct relevance on the rest of the series. For this reason, many people don't count it as part of the set.As a standalone, it probably couldn't be described as great, but having read the others many years ago, the series most certainly is.It is a shame that the series isn't available on kindle though.

I have been a follower of EE Doc Smith for many years and this is a "re-read" The book has lost nothing over the years and many of today's writers could benefit from reading this master of science fiction's work. The tales and plots are engrossing and good enough to enthrall the reader. Five stars are not enough!

I have long been a fan of the E Doc Smith books, and this one does not disappoint.It tells of the beginning of the 'interference' with our civilisation by two opposing superior racesI haven't quite finished the book yet, but I am enjoying every minuteHopefully, more books in this series will be available for kindle

Having finished this book I was left a bit confused by the structure. Turns out the book started life a serial in a magazine which was then turned into a novel which was subsequently rewritten to act as a prequel to the Lensman series. The result is a bit of a mess.The book itself also reads a bit poorly, with a terrible "love" story, and a fascination with drawn out descriptions of battles which ignore the show don't tell rule and tend to bore quite quickly.My advice skip straight to the true Lensman books, Isaac Asimov's foundation series, or Ian Banks Culture Novels. (Both better reads from better writers.)

Like the story, read the series a long time ago.

Okay, it's sometimes hokey by today's standards but this is a classic example of one of the best of its day. This is not the best book of the series, but it is good and it is the introduction to the series that has had an influence on space adventure to this day. The scope of the series is grand. It is also a touchstone to an era in science fiction when it was believed that engineering could solve everything. The characters may seem outdated, especially when it comes to women, but again it is a product of the era in which it was written. No less than Robert Heinlein has praised "Doc" Smith and his stories. Great fun. I'd love to see a proper movie made of each novel in the series.

best old scifi

Enough said.THE space opera of the Golden Age of Science-Fiction.I was very happy to see that book as Ebook as I was looking for it in english for Ages.Small Problem: no correction work done on the Ebook, hence quite often I had to deduce rather than to read. Would be nice to have proof-reading also for ebooks.

E.E. Smith wrote with vision & the reader in mind. Always explaining the dialogue in meaningful terms, much like Asimov in including many known (at the time) scientific facts, theories (Einstein) (Pascal) etc.

The MC was almost God like in his abilities, the science based on what they thought was possible, based on their tech. There is quite a bit of hyperbole In their description. The story was entertaining, though it did become tedious at times.