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| | Tenser, said the Tensor: The Lensmen Series |
 | | Over the last month, I've been re-reading Edward E. "Doc" Smith's Lensmen series (consisting of Galactic Patrol (1937), Gray Lensman (1939), Second Stage Lensmen (1941), Children of the Lens (1947), and two lesser prequels), a milestone in science fiction. |
 | | The novels rapidly become formulaic: a new, improved weapon is needed to overcome a new, improved shield technology on a new, improved ships with a new, improved drives to overcome the next layer of fascist baddies in each succesive book. |
 | | Furthermore, I'm never quite sure that the side the Lensmen are on can be said to be the good guys (which is, perhaps, more relevant today than ever). |
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