Second Stage Lensman Trilogy

Series created by David A Kyle from ideas by E E (doc) Smith

Description

This 'series' consists of three additional stand-alone Lensmen novels that feature the alien Second-Stage Lensmen. They were written by David Kyle, published in paperback between 1980 and 1983, and reissued in 2004. A fourth novel, which was to have told the story of the Red Lensman, was discussed, but never completed.

The events in these books take place between Second-Stage Lensmen and Children of the Lens, and refer to events and characters in Vortex Blaster.

Kyle was a close friend and confidante of E E (doc) Smith, and (with the oversight and approval of Smith's daughter, Verna Trestrail) intended his novels to evoke the style of the original series. However, Kyle's writing style is quite different, and his books stray well outside the limits Smith set: for example, portraying sentient digital computers and female Lensmen.

Stories in Second Stage Lensman Trilogy series:

1. The Dragon Lensman (1980?) (Worsel, the legendary Velantian dragon)
2. Lensman From Rigel (1982?) (Tregonsee, the enigmatic alien from the system of the blue-white star Rigel)
3. Z-Lensman (1983?) (Nadreck the Palainian, strangest of the three non-human Second Stage Lensmen)

Omnibus editions of titles in Second Stage Lensman Trilogy series:

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