E. E. Smith 4 hr 57 min read

Two men and two women, four of the greatest minds in the universe, are lost in an experimental starship billions of parsecs from home, their own loves and hates flaring as they chart the way back.

E. E. Smith's 1959 novel is a rousing psi-powers space opera from the master of the form. Vivid, imaginative, gloriously over-the-top. Read it for classic Doc Smith, telepathic supermen and superwomen bouncing across the galaxy by teleportation, meeting strange worlds and stranger perils on the long way home.

In its time

Published in 1959, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

4 hr 57 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).