Chronicles of the Lensmen, Vol. 2

by E.E. "Doc" Smith

Book Overview

Volume 2 contains the last 3 books of The Lensmen Books. Gray Lensman - Second Stage Lensman - Children of the Lens. With the Lensmen books, "Doc" Smith set the standard for all space opera to come.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739402625
• ISBN13: 9780739402627
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
• Length: 730 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lensmen Series, vol 1 & 2

This series and Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" empassioned my desire for the stars and science fiction. Star Trek and Star Wars would not be the stories they are or have the impact they do without the forward thinking of EE Doc Smith and Bester. These stories enthralled me as a youth and still capture my imagination 30+ years later. Volume 1 and 2 are "must haves" for any serious sci-fi fan and library. The anime movie... well, it wasn't so hot. It did a disservice to the books. IMHO.

The E.E. "Doc" Smith Enchantment

E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series should be required reading! Doc shows his age, but the story is timeless. I first read his novels at the tender age of 10 and have just finished them again, probably my 20th reading. Doc spins a story like no contemporary writer and his vocabulary although dated is such to transport the reader into the proper time and space (no pun intended). I encourage all science fiction buffs to have this and all Doc's works in their library! Hopefully this series will never go out of print. Where is the movie? With all the comic book hero's getting movies this would be an epic on a scale to dwarf "Star Wars".

One of the best space series ever !

One of the best space epic/series ever. E.E. (Doc) Smith was well ahead of his time in the possibilities of future - space. A great read for young and old alike.