E. E. Smith ~6 hr read

The climactic battle of the Lensman saga: Kimball Kinnison's five gifted children take up the war against Boskone for the fate of two galaxies.

E. E. 'Doc' Smith's 1947 novel is the grand finale of the foundational Lensman series, escalating its cosmic space opera to the ultimate confrontation between Civilization and its ancient enemy. Vast in scale, breathless in action, hugely influential. Read it for the culmination of the space epic that defined galactic super-science adventure.

In its time

Published in 1947, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

~6 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Hubert Rogers