First Lensman

First Lensman

Infobox Book
name = First Lensman
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
illustrator = A. J. Donnell
cover_artist = A. J. Donnell
country = United States
language = English
series = Lensman series
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Fantasy Press
release_date = 1950
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 306 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by = Triplanetary
followed_by = Galactic Patrol

"First Lensman" is a science fiction novel and space opera by author Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 5,995 copies. Although it is the second novel in the Lensman series, it was the last written.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the founding of the Galactic Patrol by Virgil Sammms, the first sentient being in our cosmos to wear the "Lens", a unique pseudo-life badge of authority which grants telepathic powers to the defenders of civilization.

Publication history

*1950, USA, Fantasy Press, Pub date 1950, Hardback
*1955, UK, Boardman Books, Pub date 1955 Hardback
*1961, Germany, Zimmermann, Pub Date 1961, Hardback, as "Die ersten Lensmen"
*1964, USA, Pyramid Books, Pub date 1964, Paperback
*1997, UK, Ripping Publishing ISBN 1-899884-13-0, Pub date July 1997, Paperback
*1997, USA, Old Earth Books ISBN 1-882968-10-7, Pub date November 1997, Paperback

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=237 | date=1998
*cite web
last = Brown
first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
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url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/b442.htm#A6442
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accessdate = 2008-03-05
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=397 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8


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