The Lensman Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: E. E. Smith
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—galactic empire
- Time of Work: From the ancient past to a thousand years in the future
- Setting: Earth, elsewhere in the solar system, and worlds throughout the galaxy
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, War, Earth, Atlantis, Mirrors or lenses
- Locales: Space, Earth, Solar system
The Plot
The background to the Lensman series is a cataclysmic coalescence of two galaxies in the distant past, which precipitated a conflict between the humanoid Arisians and the monstrous Eddorians. The two races began a long war for control of the many new planets spawned by the coalescence. The Arisians planned to build a galaxywide civilization, while the Eddorians sought to subjugate all worlds to their totalitarian rule. An Arisian group mind named Mentor initiated and supervised a special breeding program intended to produce beings capable of battling the Eddorians,...
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