01997cam a22004213u 4500 49525 UtSlPG 20260610134134.0 m cr n 260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer), 1890-1965 First Lensman Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2015 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Lensman 2. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lensman Release date is 2015-07-25 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "First Lensman" by E. E. Smith is a space opera novel published in 1950. The story chronicles Virgil Samms, the first being chosen to wear the Lens—a telepathic badge of authority granted by the benevolent Arisians. As founding leader of the Galactic Patrol, Samms must recruit worthy Lensmen across alien worlds to defend Civilization against corrupt politicians, drug traffickers, and space pirates. All leads converge toward a single enemy, culminating in massive space battles and a desperate political campaign to secure humanity's future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Science fiction Space warfare -- Fiction Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction Space security -- Fiction Psychic ability -- Fiction Lensman 2. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49525 90363 90363