E.E. 'Doc' Smith Knihy

Reprint of EE 'Doc' Smith's classic Lensman Series, newly edited and annotated.

Kim Kinnison, Number One man of his time, had faced challenges before—but rarely one as daunting as this. To him fell the perilous task of infiltrating the inner circle of Boskone, stronghold of galactic civilization’s most deadly foe. Kinnison had to become a local Boskonian in every gesture, deed—and thought. He had to work his way up through the ranks of an alien enemy organization, right into the highest echelons of power. Then it would be he who issued the orders—orders that would destroy his own civilization..

The sixth standalone novel in E.E. 'Doc' Smith's Lensman series - a must have for fans of classic science fiction

Armageddon For The Universe It was beginning to look as though no one could prevent the annihilation of the civilized Universe. For a weird intelligence was directing the destruction of all civilization from the icy depths of outer space. Kim Kinnison of the Galactic Patrol was one of the few men who knew how near the end was. And in the last desperate stratagem to save the Universe from total destruction, he knew he had to use his children as bait for the evil powers of the hell-planet Ploor... Children of the Lens is the sixth self-contained novel in E.E. 'Doc' Smith's epic Lensman series, one of the all-time classics of adventurous, galaxy spanning science fiction. Cover Illustration: Chris Foss

This classic science fiction novel by Edward Elmer Smith (""Doc Smith"") was first serialised in Amazing Stories in 1934. It is an episodic novel that covers a period of thousands of years and tells the story of super intelligences and their human breeding project. The two genetic lines they engineer are designed to be an ultimate weapon in the war with their arch-enemies, the Eddorians. Will they succeed? Find out in this epic work of space opera. This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some of its most acclaimed authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Robert Sheckley. Each publication is complete with a short introduction to the history of science fiction.