ee doc smith

Edward Elmer Smith pen name: E. E. "Doc" Smith born Sheboygan, Wisconsin,: 2 May 1890 died Seaside, Oregon: 31 August 1965 E. E. Smith was an American food engineer (in doughnut and pastries) and a science-fiction author, remembered for his Lensman and Skylark series. He has been called the...

I've just read Michael Moorcock's The Blood Red Game first published in 1962, in which are used spacecraft that don't seem to worry about all that pesky stuff like needing enough power for leaving a planet's atmosphere, or burning up on re-entry, or refuelling, or the vast distances involved in...

This is a book series that I read in the middle to late 70s. It (and the Lensman Series) was suggested to me by a friend. The major theme (well, my take away) was that everything got more power about every 10 pages. At first, we were going to the moon. Then a new invention and we were...

Hi, another newbie. I have only read a few of Asimov's works, most notably the Robot series. I was curious to find out out if a particular book I remember the cover from childhood, not by reading as it was my brother's book for a school task, is something I've already read or not. I can...

What was the name of the book where the good guys ("Marines" of some sort?) drive spaceships that go "free" in order to reach interstellar space travel, vs 'normal' drive when they fight or have to interact with other ships or planets. The power systems, or shielding, seemed to have capacity...

This might have been a story, short novel or full novel and I think I probably read this either late 1950s or early1960s, but it could be older. For some reason, two opposing groups (small number of people on each side) have to quickly build the weapons/shields for their own ship and then...

I am thinking of getting hold of his Lensman novels, what are people's opinions?

Two thousand million or so years ago two galaxies were colliding; or, rather, were passing through each other.

The Amazing Adventures of E.E. 'Doc' Smith I knew the story behind the Lensman series (though the article doesn't complete the story with the information that the first volume was modified and the second volume was written last to start off the pre-existing main four) and about Mrs. Garby and...

Hi, this is a really tough one as I can remember almost nothing about it! In the early 80s I read a children's sci-fi series of about six or seven books. I remember really enjoying it but not much else. There was a central hero who was the main character in all the books - a kind of Luke...

Would anyone like to see these books made into movies? With the current state of SFX, now would be the time to do it... Only, who could do it right? These books are so massive in scope and scale that translating them to screen would be a monumental, if not "starkly impossible" task. Not to...

About 15-20 years ago I read a sci fi book, and cannot remember the tile or author. I do remember most of the plot, so I am hoping someone here will be able to help me. The book was a sort of future spy novel. I do not remember the exact plot, but I do remember that every agent who tried...