"E. E. Doc Smith - Lensman 8 - The Dragon Lensman" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith E. E. Doc)

his bride Cris were taking on their new responsibilities for Civilization.
Peace was
spreading through the two galaxies.

Only Mentor knew that the Eddorians bad not been defeated, merely delayed, in
their
goal to conquer the galaxies and to make them their playthings.

The chronicler of these events has been, up to now, the famous research
historian of the
Galactic Patrol, E. E. "Doc" Smith. His efforts have been monumental; a half
dozen
books by him have traced the rise of Tellurian culture and the formation of
the Patrol, all
part of the struggle to protect and advance Civilization in the Milky Way. His
reports have
been presented in his inimitable way as popularized novels. More than a decade
ago Doc
Smith, a warm-hearted and virile man, passed on to "the next plane of
existence" to join
the Arisians. Since then no books describing the exploits of the fabulous
Lensmen have
been written, although there really has been no need, because the end of the
terrible
Boskonian threat was told and the evil Eddorians were shown to have been
obliterated.
Doc Smith, the historian, did his work well-and thoroughly-to lead us to the
plateau of the
evolution of the Universe with the coming of the Children of the Lens.

There is, however, a period in the history, as reported by the doctor, which
has not been
documented. A score of years lie between the marriage of Kinnison to his Cris
and the
emergence from childhood of their offspring. There was in these decades no
"energy
stasis"-that which always moves forward just to stand still inevitably leads
upward and
downward simultaneously. Historical events were taking place-but they become
history
only when they are recorded and reported.

The well-established historical research department which E. E. Smith so
successfully
created is still at work collecting and assembling facts and eye-witness
accounts. There
is a wealth of material available for further tales of the Patrol and its
personnel. This
book is the first one written without the direct supervision of the doctor.
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