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Triplanetary

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Triplanetary

By: E. E. Doc Smith
Narrated by: Reed McColm
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About this listen

 From the atomic age in Atlantis to a world remote in space and time, two incredible ancient races, the Arisians and the Eddorians, are in the midst of an interstellar war - with Earth as the prize.Hi-fi sci-fi: listen to more in the Lensman series.©2006 Books in Motion. This recording is produced by arrangement with The Estate of E. E. "Doc" Smith and Virginia Kidd, Inc. (P)2006 Books in Motion. This recording is produced by arrangement with The Estate of E. E. "Doc" Smith and Virginia Kidd, Inc. Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera

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Critic reviews

"The most towering figure in science fiction, thanks to the enormous scope of his novels." (Isaac Asimov)
"If you wish to understand the roots of modern science fiction, you have to read the Lensman saga." (Allen Steele)
"A finalist for a special Hugo Award for All-Time Best Series, 'Lensman' is considered by many sf heads to be the greatest of the space operas and clearly a source for such successors as Star Trek and Star Wars." ( Library Journal)
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I read this book some 35 years ago. It helped shape my love of Sci-fi. Now it seem so much like a Buck Rogers black and white film.
Enjoyed it in fondly.

A trip down memory lane

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This is a story of it's time. Violent, sexist, gender stereotypes abound and even simplistic. It took me back to my teens when you felt this would be cutting edge science.
Now I see it differently. To my shame I'm going to listen to book 2.

great story but !

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Enjoyable but so very gungho! The optimism and matter of fact nature of the characters I found quite refreshing at first but it begins to pale. I suppose it is a product of it's time, and now dated all the same a Sci Fi classic

Triplanetary

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Look, this was written decades ago, so lacks the sophistication of modern SciFi, but it is a lot of fun.

It’s cheesy, but in a good way

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Hugely entertaining space opera. Another example of a series that I sometimes struggle to read coming alive through the spoken word. The corny dialogue, which had always put me off Smith, is transformed into 40s film noir banter when spoken aloud. Just imagine Kate Hepburn as the heroine and Bogart as Kinnison and the whole thing falls into place. My only gripe is the alien voices who uniformly sound like bad Dr Who characters - pompous and constipated.

He do the Aliens in different voices

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