History of E. E. Smith

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Edward Elmer Smith (1890-1965) As Edward E. "Doc" Smith he was a science fiction author who wrote the Lensman series and the Skylark series, among others.

<b>Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith, Ph.D. (1890-1965) was a science fiction author who wrote the Lensman series and the Skylark series, among others.

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The Skylark series includes: * The Skylark of Space * Skylark Three * Skylark of Valeron * Skylark DuQuesne?

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Masters of the Vortex is set in the same universe as the Lensman novels, but is not part of the main storyline.

Masters of the Vortex is set in the same universe as the Lensman novels, but is not part of the main storyline. Spacehounds of IPC is not a part of the series, despite occasional erroneous statements to the contrary.

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Robert Heinlein reported that Doc had planned a seventh novel, set after the events described in Children of the Lens, which was unpublishable at that time (the early 1960s). Careful searches by people who knew Doc well (including Fred Pohl, Doc's editor, and Verna Trestrail, Doc's daughter) have failed to locate any material related to such a story; Doc apparently never wrote any of it down. Doc told Heinlein that the new novel proceeded inexorably from Children, a statement easily proven by a careful reading of Children.

Robert Heinlein reported that Doc had planned a seventh Lensman novel, set after the events described in Children of the Lens, which was unpublishable at that time (the early 1960s). Careful searches by people who knew Doc well (including Fred Pohl, Doc's editor, and Verna Trestrail, Doc's daughter) have failed to locate any material related to such a story; Doc apparently never wrote any of it down. Doc told Heinlein that the new novel proceeded inexorably from unresolved matters in Children, a statement easily supported by a careful reading of Children.

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