Children of the Lens
1948
The universe is dying, and only the children of the greatest hero in the galaxy can save it. Kimball Kinnison, legendary Lensman of the Galactic Patrol, bred his own offspring for greatness, and now that cold, ancient evil stirs in the icy void beyond Ploor, those children are the only weapon left. Christopher Kinnison and his sisters possess powers their father barely understands, and the fate of all civilization rests on whether they can master them in time. This is space opera at its most unapologetically grand: a universe-spanning adventure where the stakes are literally everything, where heroes are born not made, and where the battle between civilization and chaos reaches its apocalyptic conclusion. Published in 1948, this is the book that gave Star Trek its Lens, its Patrol, and its vision of noble warriors protecting the cosmos. It moves fast, thinks big, and never apologizes for being exactly what it is.
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“Politicians only," Helen reported, after a moment's manipulation of the suddenly familiar instrument. "They need killing, of course, on general principles, but perhaps we shouldn't take time for that now. The next place to look is a few degrees east of north of here." Cleonie was not, however, in that city.””
— E. E. Smith
“There never was no court yet that didn't take orders from the big shots who keep the fat cats fat,_and lawyers are the crookedest 'damn crooks in the universe.””
— E. E. Smith
“Life force. I would have lots of that, of course." She did not blush, but Kit did. "Life force" was a pitifully inadequate term indeed for that which Civilization's only Lensman–mother had in such measure, but they both knew what it was.””
— E. E. Smith
“That you can now be called adult does not mean you have achieved your full power, only that you are able to acquire other and larger powers.””
— E. E. Smith
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