Title: First Lensman Title Record # 1198
Author: Edward E. Smith
Date: 1950-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Lensman
Series Number: 2
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Translations

Year Title 1950 First Lensman [as by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.] 1964 First Lensman [as by E. E. 'Doc' Smith]

Year Language Title 1961ⓘTranslated by Botho Rainer Doddenhof German Die ersten Lensmen [as by E. E. Smith] 1969ⓘTranslated by Thomas Schlück (new but using the established title). DO NOT MERGE with previous title / translation. German Die ersten Lensmen 1973ⓘTranslated by Richard Chomet French Le premier Fulgur [as by E. E. 'Doc' Smith] 1979ⓘTranslated by Eurico da Fonseca. Portuguese O planeta secreto [as by E. E. 'Doc' Smith] 1991 Italian Il primo Lensman [as by E. E. 'Doc' Smith] 2018ⓘTranslated by Thomas Schlück. This is the same translation as that published by Heyne under the byline Edward E. Smith. German Die ersten Lensmen [as by E. E. Smith]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
4	2001 Retro Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
First Lensman	1997-00-00	Edward E. Smith	Ripping Publishing	1-899884-13-0	£5.99?£: UK pound	348	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
First Lensman	2005-05-01	Edward E. Smith	ibooks	1-4165-0429-X	$6.99?$: US dollar	320	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
First Lensman	2017-02-21	Edward E. Smith	Project Gutenberg Canada	1404	C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

• Review by D. R. Smith (1950) in Science-Fantasy Review, Spring 1950
• Review by Frederik Pohl (1950) in Super Science Stories, May 1950
• Review by The Editor (1950) in Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1950
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1950) in Astounding Science Fiction, July 1950
• Review by E. Everett Evans (1950) in The Fanscient, #12 Summer 1950
• Review by Damon Knight (1950) in Worlds Beyond, January 1951, (1951)
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1951) in Other Worlds Science Stories, December 1951
• Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
•     '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
• Review [French] by
  Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux
  [as by Serge-André Bertrand] (1973) in Fiction, #236
• Review by Baird Searles (1983) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1983
• Review by Gene DeWeese (1983) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1983
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1998) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #197 May-June 1998
• Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1998) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1998