"E. E. Doc Smith - Best of E. E. Doc Smith" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith E. E. Doc)

SUBSPACE SURVIVORS (1960) is a compelling novelette written in the modern
tradition which marked Smith's triumphant return to the pages of ASTOUNDING
SCIENCE FICTION after a thirteen year absence.

THE IMPERIAL STARS (1964) marks the high watermark of the final phase of
Smith's work. Whilst presented in the slick, modern manner, it evokes the old
magic of the Lensman series, with its galactic agents and star-spanning
intrigues. Intended as the first in a new series, later parts are said to
exist in outline and may yet appear in some form or other.

That is something to look forward to. Meanwhile you will find encompassed here
the best of "Doc" Smith, eight stories spanning an incredible five decades of
science fiction history, by its best-loved pioneer.

Philip Harbottle, Wellsend, March 1975.
 FOREWORD
EDWARD E SMITH, PhD-CIVILIZATION'S HISTORIAN

Dekanore VI - A non-Tellurian planet inhabited by immensely ugly, spider-like
beings, to whom Kimball Kinnison was a shuddersome sight.
Adams of Procia - Commander-in-chief of Procyon's armed forces; appointed
general of Procyon by Roderick Kinnison in the formation of the Galactic
Patrol.
Croleo's - A bar in the city of Ardith, on Radelix.
Slasher-worm - A Venerian creature which Herkimer threatened to use in
torturing Jill Samms.
Thought-cap - The Jelm version of the thought-transfer helmet, or mechanical
educator.
"Tail high, brother!" - The Vegian war-cry.

Devoted followers of those doughty heroes Richard Seaton, Kimball Kinnison and
Neal Cloud will be able to make
good sense of these items from The Universes of E E Smith. They are typical of
hundreds of entries in a unique
concordance to the eleven best-known novels of the late Edward Elmer Smith,
Ph.D., which took two of his
disciples four years to compile. Its 270 pages from a complete reader's guide
to the complex webwork of
imaginary worlds and fantastic creations which earned the beloved "Doc" the
title of "Historian of Civilization;" a
fitting memorial to one of the most inventive and influential writers to leave
his mark on the popular literature of
science fiction.

Few others have made such an impact as he did at his first appearance in 1928,
or continued so long to delight a
host of fans most of whom remained faithful even after his work had been
dismissed as artless and juvenile. That
his first novel, The Skylark of Space, opened the door for the most
extravagant excursions of super-science into