First Lensman
by Edward E. Smith
Taste attributes: science fictionrobots/ai/spaceactionimaginarybig & variedall consuming questunderdog triumphsrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and expansive: a science-fiction novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Lensman series, Book 2 of 7 In First Lensman, we find the benevolent super-beings of Arisia ready to bestow the first "lens" on a human being (which, among other things, will give humans telepathic powers).
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- Author
- Edward E. Smith
- Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 303
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- Open Library
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