Lensman
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1) Triplanetary
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Lensman volume 1
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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The first installment in the groundbreaking Lensman series, one of the greatest space opera sagas of all time. Nevia, located many light years from the Earth's sun, is running out of iron, the primary source of energy for the planet's dominant amphibious race. Armed with technology that can extract iron atoms from anything it encounters - rock, machinery, man-made structures, even human blood - the Nevians set their sights on a rich lode of the precious...
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Lensman volume 2
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A traveler named Virgil Samms visits the planet Arisia. There he becomes the first wearer of the Lens, the almost-living symbol of the forces of law and order.
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Lensman volume 3
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The Galactic Patrol's Lensmen are the most feared peacekeepers in the Galaxy. The "Lens", a telepathic jewel matched to the ego of its wearer, is the ultimate weapon in the war against the merciless pirate Boskone and his forces of lawlessness.
4) Gray Lensman
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Lensman volume 4
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Lensman Kimball Kinnison has attained the goal which every Lensman seeks, and so few attain, that of Unattached Lensman, a Lensman who is accountable to no one anywhere, completely independent, completely free. Further, he is learning how to fully use his
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Lensman volume 5
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Second Stage Lensmen continues the epic saga of the Lensman series. In this installment, the story follows the protagonist, Kimball Kinnison, who has achieved the status of a Second Stage Lensman, possessing immense power and responsibility in the Galactic Patrol. Kinnison, as a Second Stage Lensman, is granted extraordinary abilities, including advanced telepathic and telekinetic powers. These capabilities are essential in the ongoing battle against...
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Lensman volume 6
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Children of the Lens is the sixth and concluding volume of the six classic "Lensman" books, long recognized as the greatest space opera ever written.
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Lensman volume 7
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A churning nuclear fireball, appearing out of nowhere, bringing utter destruction--and countless numbers of them were menacing planets throughout the Galaxy! "Storm" Cloud, nucleonic genius, set out in his spaceship Vortex Blaster to track and destroy the mysterious vortices--and embarked on a saga of adventure, discovery and conflict among the far stars that could have been told only by the incomparable "Doc" Smith. (Goodreads)