Gray Lensman

Gray Lensman

Infobox Book
name = Gray Lensman
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition with title misspelled [cite book | last=Locke | first=George | authorlink=George Locke (bibliographer) | title=Science Fiction First Editions | location=London | publisher=Ferret Fantasy, Ltd.| pages=51 | date=1978]
author = Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
illustrator = Ric Binkley
cover_artist = Hubert Rogers
country = United States
language = English
series = Lensman series
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Fantasy Press
release_date = 1951
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 306 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1051169
preceded_by = Galactic Patrol
followed_by = Second Stage Lensmen

"Gray Lensman" is a science fiction novel by author Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.. It was first published in book form in 1951 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 5,096 copies. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine "Astounding" in 1939.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns Kimball Kinnison who discovers that Helmuth is not the leader of the Boskonian forces. He penetrates the Boskonian drug running operation and locates the Eich masterminds, and destroys their planet.

Publication history

*1939, USA, "Astounding", Pub date October 1939, serialized magazine publication in 4 parts
*1951, USA, Fantasy Press, Pub date 1951, Hardback
*1961, USA, Gnome Press, Pub date 1961, Hardback
*1962, Germany, Terra, Pub Date 1962, Hardback, as "Die grauen Herrscher"
*1965, USA, Pyramid Books, Pub date 1965, Paperback
*1997, UK, Ripping Publishing ISBN 1-899884-15-7, Pub date July 1997, Paperback
*1998, USA, Old Earth Books ISBN 1-882968-12-3, Pub date December 1998, Paperback

Notes

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=238 | date=1998
*cite web
last = Brown
first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
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publisher =
date =
url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/b442.htm#A6442
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doi =
accessdate = 2008-03-05
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=397-398 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8


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