Gray Lensman
by Edward E. Smith
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appears in Space Opera, Science Fiction, and Science.
The action in Gray Lensman picks up immediately where Galactic Patrol left off, in the middle of the battle to destroy Helmuth's Main Base and, it is hoped, fully end the threat of Boskone. After the base falls, Kinnison finds some clues that lead him to think that Helmuth was perhaps not the head of Boskone after all. The clues lead Kinnison to mo...
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appears in Space Opera, Science Fiction, and Science.
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