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Title: Triplanetary

Author: Edward Elmer Smith

Release Date: June 6, 2010 [EBook #32706]

Language: English

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_ONE MAN DISCOVERED THE TRUTH_

--The Fall of Rome, the Wars that racked the world, mass murder and
horror....

Men thought they were historical accidents, "human nature."

But each one was a move in a Universe-wide battle--and the men who
suffered and died were the big chessmen.

Finally, one man discovered the truth--and faced his strange destiny
in the ultimate struggle for control of the Universe.

_First of the Famous Lensman Series_

NOVELS OF SCIENCE FICTION by "DOC" SMITH

_The Lensman series_

TRIPLANETARY
FIRST LENSMAN
GALACTIC PATROL
GRAY LENSMAN
SECOND STAGE LENSMAN
CHILDREN OF THE LENS
MASTERS OF THE VORTEX

_The Skylark series_

THE SKYLARK OF SPACE
SKYLARK THREE
SKYLARK OF VALERON
SKYLARK DU QUESNE

TRIPLANETARY

E.E. "DOC" SMITH

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TRIPLANETARY

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Fantasy Press edition published 1948

Pyramid edition published August 1965
Eighth printing, January 1973

Copyright 1948 by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.

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