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FIRST LENSMAN
E. E. "DOC" SMITH
PYRAMID BOOKS · NEW YORK
To E. Everett Evans
FIRST LENSMAN
A PYRAMID BOOK
Published by arrangement with the author
Fantasy Press edition published 1950
Pyramid edition published December, 1964
Second printing July, 1966
Third printing April, 1967
Fourth printing September, 1967
Fifth printing May, 1968
Copyright 1950 by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
All Rights Reserved.
No part of this book may be reprinted withoutwritten permission of the publishers.
Printed in the United States of America
PYRAMID BOOKS are published by Pyramid Publications, Inc.
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ATTACK FROM SPACE
The enemy spacefleet arrowed toward the armored mountain—nerve centerof the Galactic Patrol. The Patrol battle cruisers swerved to meetthem, and a miles-long cone of pure energy ravened out at the invaders,destroying whatever it touched.
But the moment before the force beam struck, thousands of tiny objectsdropped from the enemy fleet and, faster than light, flashed straightat their target—each one an atom bomb powerful enough to destroyPatrol Headquarters by itself!
The Galactic Patrol—and civilization itself—had seconds to live.Unless a miracle happened....
A LENSMAN ADVENTURE
Second in the Great Series