Gray Lensman

These are the four remaining volumes in Doc Smith's famous Lensman series (Classic Returns, LJ 4/1/98). 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. These beautiful reproductions are facsimiles of the Fantasy Press originals from the early 1950s and feature artwork at the opening of every chapter plus a new foreword by John Clute. These Old Earth editions of the Lensman epic are seriously cool--a must have for all sf collections. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.