Second Stage Lensmen Author:E. E. "Doc" Smith Kim Kinnison, Number One man of his time, had faced challenges before - but rarely one as daunting as this. To him fell the perilous task of infiltrating the inner circle of Boskone, stronghold of galactic civilization?s most deadly foe. Kinnison had to become a local Boskonian in every gesture, deed - and thought. He had to work his way up thro... more »ugh the ranks of an alien enemy organization, right into the highest echelons of power. Then it would be he who issued the orders - orders that would destroy his own civilization?Edward Elmer Smith, also known as E.E. ?Doc? Smith, was an early science fiction author who is sometimes referred to as the father of Space Opera. Smith?s novels are generally considered to be the classic space operas, and he is sometimes called the ?first nova? of twentieth century science fiction. Smith expressed a preference for inventing fictional technologies that were not strictly impossible (so far as the science of the day was aware) but highly unlikely: ?the more unlikely the better? was his phrase.« less