http://www.metafilter.com/tags/eedocsmith Posts tagged with 'eedocsmith' at MetaFilter. Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:54:28 -0800 Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:54:28 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34759/QX%2Dbuddy%2Dthe%2DLensmen%2Dare%2Dhere%2Dto%2Dsave%2DCivilization If you like Science Fiction, if you like Star Wars, Babylon 5, or the Green Lantern, then you've probably heard of E. E. "Doc" Smith Ph.D., the man credited with getting powdered sugar to stick to donuts and with creating several of the most influential tales to ever spring from the "pulps" of the 1940s. The <a href="http://www20.brinkster.com/pariahpress/lensman/main.htm" title="Z9M9Z lots of stuff about the Lensmen series">grandfather</a> of <a href="http://www.chronology.org/noframes/lens/" title="Lensmen FAQ">Space Opera</a> his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensmen" title="wikipedia entry">Lensmen</a> books, while badly written and horribly dated, still create that sense of wonder that all SF junkies crave. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34759 Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:54:28 -0800 edwardesmith eedocsmith lensmen sciencefiction sf Grod