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E.E. "Doc" Smith


Born
in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, The United States
May 02, 1890

Died
August 31, 1965

Genre


Edward Elmer Smith (also E.E. Smith, E.E. Smith, Ph.D., E.E. “Doc” Smith, Doc Smith, “Skylark” Smith, or—to his family—Ted), was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and an early science fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera.

Average rating: 3.84 · 43,648 ratings · 2,292 reviews · 226 distinct worksSimilar authors
Triplanetary (Lensman, #1)

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3.66 avg rating — 7,424 ratings — published 1934 — 7 editions
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Galactic Patrol (Lensman, #3)

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3.99 avg rating — 4,476 ratings — published 1937 — 2 editions
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Gray Lensman (Lensman, #4)

3.99 avg rating — 3,820 ratings — published 1951 — 2 editions
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First Lensman (Lensman, #2)

3.88 avg rating — 3,900 ratings — published 1950 — 2 editions
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Second Stage Lensmen (Lensm...

3.99 avg rating — 3,317 ratings — published 1941 — 2 editions
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Children of the Lens (Lensm...

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3.98 avg rating — 2,897 ratings — published 1947 — 5 editions
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The Skylark of Space (Skyla...

3.74 avg rating — 2,803 ratings — published 1928 — 200 editions
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Masters of the Vortex (Lens...

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3.71 avg rating — 1,627 ratings — published 1960 — 157 editions
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Skylark Three (Skylark, #2)

3.88 avg rating — 1,551 ratings — published 1930 — 142 editions
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Skylark of Valeron (Skylark...

3.85 avg rating — 1,133 ratings — published 1934 — 80 editions
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Triplanetary First Lensman Galactic Patrol Gray Lensman Second Stage Lensmen Masters of the Vortex Children of the Lens
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“Because America, being a democracy, could not strike first, but had to wait—wait in instant readiness—until she was actually attacked.”
E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary

“Working hypotheses, young man, must be based upon accurately determined facts; not upon mere guesses, superstitions, or figments of personal prejudices.”
E.E. "Doc" Smith, Second Stage Lensmen

“I know they shot first, they always do, but how does that change things?”
E.E. "Doc" Smith, Gray Lensman

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