8 Condition: New. CHECK your CD manual BEFORE ordering. Your player must be able to play MP3 files on CD or these CDs will not play. Thank you. Audio Source : Public Domain, Librivox E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) Edward Elmer Smith, Ph.D. (also E. E. Smith, E. E. "Doc" Smith, Doc Smith, "Skylark" Smith, or?to his family?Ted) (May 2, 1890 ? August 31, 1965) was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and early science fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera. 1. First Lensman E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) The Secret Planet. No human had ever landed on the hidden planet of Arisia. A mysterious space barrier turned back both men and ships. Then the word came to Earth, "Go to Arisia!", Virgil Samms of the Galactic Patrol went--and came back with the Lens, the strange device that gave its wearer powers no man had ever possessed before. Samms knew the price of that power would be high. But even he had no idea of the ultimate cost, and the weird destiny waiting for the First Lensman. First Lensman is the sequel to Triplanetary, and the second book of E.E. "Doc" Smith's classic Lensman series. (from the original book cover and Mark Nelson) Genre(s): Science Fiction 2. Galactic Patrol E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) Galactic Patrol is the third book in the Lensmen stories, and the first book to feature Kimball Kinnison, the action hero of several books in the series. It chronicles the beginning of Kinnison's adventures, starting with graduation from the Galactic Patrol Academy and becoming a Lensmen. Kinnison then pursues the Boskonians, a group of galactic pirates who are wreaking havoc. (Summary by Harley James) Genre(s): Action Adventure Fiction, Science Fiction 3. The Galaxy Primes E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) They were four of the greatest minds in the Universe: Two men, two women, lost in an experimental spaceship billions of parsecs from home. And as they mentally charted the Cosmos to find their way back to earth, their own loves and hates were as startling as the worlds they encountered. - Summary by Original book cover Genre(s): Science Fiction 4. Gray Lensman E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) Kimball Kinnison becomes a Gray Lensman. This name comes from the simple gray leathers these superior lensmen wear that has no insignia of any kind. They are unattached to any organization and as such can attack evil however they feel it best to do so. New training by Arisia gives him the sense of Perception which he uses to track and then eradicate the vile but powerful forces of Boskonia that are everywhere in the Galaxy. The Patrol is facing great danger now but with lensmen like Kinnison, they may hold their own or with luck, prevail. This is the fourth in the Lensman series, following the Galactic Patrol. - Summary by Phil Chenevert Genre(s): Science Fiction 5. The Skylark of Space E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) and Lee Hawkins Garby (1892 - 1953) The Skylark of Space is one of the earliest novels of interstellar travel and is considered a classic of pulp science fiction. Originally serialized in 1928 in the magazine Amazing Stories it is often categorized as the first literary space opera, complete with protagonists perfect in mind, body, and spirit, who fight against villains of absolute evil. (Introduction from Wikipedia) Genre(s): Science Fiction 6. The Skylark of Valeron E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) The Skylark of Valeron is the third volume in the classic Skylark trilogy by E.E. ?Doc? Smith. DuQuesne has survived to become Master of the Earth, ruling with an iron hand because the heroes, the Seatons and the Cranes must run for their lives into the fourth dimension from pure intellectual beings who can dematerialize them on a whim ? from which dimension none have ever returned. If you have ever wondered what it like to exist in an extra dimensioned world 'Doc' Smith tells us here in graphic and exciting detail. This 'book' was published in seven installments in Astounding Stories from 1934 to 1935. - Summary by phil chenevert Genre(s): Science Fiction 7. Skylark Three E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) Book 2 of the Skylark of Space series. More pulp daring do and the clash of inconceivable vast forces across the galaxies as only Doc Smith can dish it up. Wonderful stuff where the technology keeps ramping up and the battles keep getting more stupendous. A continuation of the first book, The Skylark of Space which was written 1915-1921, serialized in Amazing Stories during 1928, and published in book form 1946. This book, Skylark Three, was serialized 1930, and published in book form 1948. Summary by phil chenevert Genre(s): Science Fiction 8. Spacehounds of IPC E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) When the Inter-Planetary Corporation's (IPC) crack liner ?IPV Arcturus? took off on a routine flight to Mars, it turned out to be the beginning of a unexpected and long voyage. There had been too many reports of errors in ship's flight positions from the Check Stations and brilliant physicist Dr. Percival (?Steve?) Stevens is aboard the Arcturus on a fact-finding mission to find out what's really happening, and hopefully save the honor of the brave pilots of the space-liner Arcturus from the desk-jockeys' in the Check Stations implications of imprecision - the nastiest insult you could cast at a ships pilot. He and the pilots are right, it was the Check Stations that were out of position, not the ships. But that's cold consolation because before the Arcturus reaches Mars it's attacked by a small, mysterious, globe shaped spaceship. (Summary from Wikipedia) Genre(s): Science Fiction 9. Triplanetary, First in the Lensman Series E. E. Smith (1890 - 1965) Triplanetary was first serialized in Amazing Stories in 1934. After the Lensman series became popular, Smith took his Triplanetary story and turned it into the first of the Lensman series, using it as a prequel to give the back story for the protaganists in the Lensmen series. He added 6 new chapters, doubling it in size and it's really a different book from the serialized novel, being published 14 years after the first. It was put into Gutenberg just last year. The novel covers several episodes in an eons-long eugenics project of the super-intelligences of the Arisia. This alien race is breeding two genetic lines to become the ultimate weapon in Arisia's cosmic war with their arch enemy, the Eddore. The initial chapters cover the Kinnison genetic line during the fall of Atlantis and Nero's (Gharlane of Eddore) reign in Rome. These tales were inserted into the novel following the serialized release, along with chapters covering members of the Kinnison line in World Wars One, Two and Three. The final chapter of Triplanetary tells of the discovery of the inertialess drive that allows faster than light travel. Patrolman Conway Costigan and his friends engage in a space battle with Gray Roger the pirate gangster. This conflict is complicated by the arrival of the technologically superior, extra-Solar, amphibian-like Nevians, resulting in the first interstellar war involving humans. In this story Virgil Samms and Roderick Kinnison, two very important members of the eugenics project, are introduced. They will play the leading roles in the next story, First Lensman. (Summary by Wikipedia and Phil Chenevert) Genre(s): Science Fiction