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Triplanetary - E.E. "Doc" Smith
Triplanetary
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Apparently motionless to her passengers and crew, the Interplanetary liner Hyperion bored serenely onward through space at normal acceleration. In the railed-off sanctum in one corner of the control room a bell tinkled, a smothered whirr was heard, and Captain Bradley frowned as he studied the... show more
Apparently motionless to her passengers and crew, the Interplanetary liner Hyperion bored serenely onward through space at normal acceleration. In the railed-off sanctum in one corner of the control room a bell tinkled, a smothered whirr was heard, and Captain Bradley frowned as he studied the brief message upon the tape of the recorder a message flashed to his desk from the operator's panel. He beckoned, and the second officer, whose watch it now was, read aloud: -Reports of scout patrols still negative.- -Still negative.- The officer scowled in thought. -They've already searched beyond the widest possible location of the wreckage, too. Two unexplained disappearances inside a month first the Dione, then the Rhea and not a plate nor a lifeboat recovered. Looks bad, sir. One might be an accident; two might possibly be a coincidence....- His voice died away. What might that coincidence mean? -But at three it would get to be a habit, - the captain finished the thought. "And whatever happened, happened quick.
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9782819902225 (2819902227)
Publisher: Pubone.Info
Pages no: 168
Edition language: English
Series: Lensman (#1)
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3.0 Realistic Sounding Nonsense: "Triplanetary" E.E. "Doc" Smith
"Immediately before the Coalescence began there was one,and only one, planetary solar system in the Second Galaxy; and, until the advent of Eddore, the Second Galaxy was entirely devoid of intelligent life"In "Triplanetary" by E. E. "Doc" SmithThere are only three real approaches to physics in SF:1....
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3.0 Triplanetary
Triplanetary is the first in the Lensman series. EE Smith was the father of the sub-genre 'space opera'. So says the cover. I really enjoyed the big sweeping operatic take - the stroll through human history up to present day, and shooting past to the future when humans have populated at least the so...
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