Among those adjusting to the new reality is Second Stage Lensman Worsel. There is a useful Lensman FAQ page available. It is one of these Second Stage Lensmen - the Velantian named Worsel - that.

1997, Ripping Publishing (UK), paperback.

The chief editions are (dated by Children of the Lens): However, Kyle's writing style is quite different and his books stray well outside the limits Smith set. (The original 'Lensman' idea was developed by Smith as a unitary concept to be divided into four parts, and those are the four 'core' books the others were after-the-fact tack-ons.)Īlso note, as Wikipedia informs us, that 'Three additional Lensmen novels that feature the alien Second-Stage Lensmen (known as the 'Second-Stage Lensman Trilogy') were written by David Kyle. The two prequels, Triplanetary and First Lensman, are generally found to be well below the four 'core' books (boldfaced above), and basically are for completists and Vortex Blasters is not concerned with the characters of the main sequence, bit is a separate Lensman story told in the same setting. The Vortex Blaster (aka Masters of the Vortex) This is one of those series that is better read in an order other than the internal chronology. 'Doc' Smith's epic Lensman series, one of the all-time classics of adventurous, galaxy-spanning science fiction. To the best of my knowledge, none (from 1954 on) is superior to another as to actual textual content. Second Stage Lensmen is the fifth self-contained novel in E. Though Smith tinkered with some of the books in minor retcons, the set reached its final stage in, I believe, 1954. There have been several publications of each book in the series, and any run of the lot from a single publisher can be considered a 'set' (also, there was a two-volume omnibus SFBC edition).

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