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Galactic Patrol by E. E. "Doc" Smith

Galactic Patrol

E. E. "Doc" Smith

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · October 9, 2023

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Space OperaSci-Fi AdventureMilitary Sci-Fispace
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Who it’s for
A brisk collision of spacefaring ambition, military hardware, and a young commander’s rise.
Themes
Space piracy, Rise to prominence, Experimental weaponry
Genres
Space Opera, Sci-Fi Adventure, Military Sci-Fi

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About this book

Kimball Kinnison is one of the greatest Lensman to ever live. Galactic Patrol follows his early career and his rise to prominence. The Boskonians are the most feared pirates in the galaxy. Their ships are much faster than almost anything the Galactic Patrol posses. The one exception is their new experimental ship the Britannia. Built to be the fastest ship in space, she has abandoned the traditional ray armament of a star ship for weapons much older - explosive artillery.

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Her mission is to capture a Boskonian ship intact so that the Lensman my find the secret to the Boskonin phenomenal speed. The experimental nature of the Britannia’s weapon means that she would be useless to a man experienced only in using the standard weapons of the time, so she is given to the inexperienced Kinnison to command and a legend is born!

Old Weapons, Fast Ships

A brisk collision of spacefaring ambition, military hardware, and a young commander’s rise.

Come here for

  • Space-opera scale with a distinctly old-fashioned artillery twist
  • The tension between experimental technology and feared pirate ships

Expect

  • A focus on Kinnison’s early career and growing prominence
  • Military science fiction where weapons make the difference

Where it sits

Space Opera100%
Military Sci-Fi56%
Sci-Fi Adventure36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • Space Opera
  • Military Sci-Fi
Authors
E. E. "Doc" Smith
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
October 9, 2023
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Space piracy · Rise to prominence · Experimental weaponry
Reading lane
Sci-Fi Adventure