Publisher, Books in Motion (September 2006)

Lensman Series #5 - Second Stage Lensman is the fifth of six classic "Lensman" books, long recognized as the greatest space opera ever written. This edition is a facsimile of the 1950 Fantasy Press first edition hardcover, hard to find and expensive when found.

Again Kimball Kinnison and the Galactic Patrol take up battle with Boskonia. The warfare leads to some odd corners of the universe and some stranger worlds. There is the planet Lyrane where a matriarchal society exists; the frigid world of Onio, with its incredibly alien inhabitants, on which the utterly weird and unhuman Lensman, Nadreck of Palain Seven works so efficiently. Typical E.E. Smith action, intrigue and imagination.

About the Author: Edward Elmer 'Doc' Smith, Ph.D., was born in 1890 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In his life he tried his hand at many occupations, including lumberjack, farmer, railroad worker, hard rock miner, food chemist, explosives engineer and writer. He is known as the father of the Space Opera genre.

About the Performer: REED McCOLM is an actor and writer living in the Pacific Northwest He is the author of the award-winning plays TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME and the 9/11 drama HOLE IN THE SKY.