by E.E. "Doc" Smith
(Original Review, 1980-08-08)I also picked up a couple of the Lensmen books after reading about them here in the SF-Lovers newsletter. Umm, as one of those narrow-minded types who happens to think the Golden Age of Science Fiction is right now, I recommend that anyone else who is tempted to do so sc...
Best of the series yet, worth the read. Interesting early sci-fi.
Don't trust my rating for this book. See this review for why.
Read back in 1974 aged 17.. I expect I read the whole series.
Dreadful space opera trash - none the less, this book holds a special place in my heart because of the circumstances in which I read it. I discovered E.E. Doc Smith when I was 8 (this is the right age to appreciate him), and was so entranced that I brought Galactic Patrol with me to school so that I...