- Hardcover: 212 pages
- Publisher: Wildside Press (26 Mar 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1434400476
- ISBN-13: 978-1434400475
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,803,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"With the exception of the works of H. G. Wells, possibly those of Jules Verne -- and almost no other writer -- it has inspired more imitators and done more to change the nature of all the science fiction written after it than almost any other single work." -- Frederik Pohl
Finding that his government laboratory coworkers do not believe his discovery of a revolutionary power source that will enable interstellar flight, Dr. Richard Seaton acquires rights to his discovery from the government and commercializes it with the aid of his friend, millionaire inventor Martin Crane. When a former colleague tries to steal the invention, not only the future of Dr. Seaton and his allies, but ultimately the entire world hangs in the balance!
The first of the great "space opera" science fiction novels, The Skylark of Space remains a thrilling tale more than 80 years after its creation.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Do not expect the technological accuracy of hard science fiction or the social commentary of soft SF; this is Space Opera, adventure on a grand scale. In Skylark, the men are real men, the women are real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri just do not stand a chance.
E.E. "Doc" Smith is hailed as being the creator of both interstellar science fiction and of the Space Opera sub-genre. His visions of epic space battles by the greatest of heroes against the evilest of villains inspired many great SF writers through the 20th century, eventually leading to its eminent descendant Star Wars. This is were it all began, boldly going to galaxies far far away, seeking out new worlds and ways of writing SF. Skylark's faults may be many, but they are forgivable. If later works seem more refined, it is because this is the mother lode. Forget characterisation and realism: just hold on tight and enjoy the ride. All aboard?
E.E. "Doc" Smith is hailed as being the creator of both interstellar science fiction and of the Space Opera sub-genre. His visions of epic space battles by the greatest of heroes against the evilest of villains inspired many great SF writers through the 20th century, eventually leading to its eminent descendant Star Wars. This is were it all began, boldly going to galaxies far far away, seeking out new worlds and ways of writing SF. Skylark's faults may be many, but they are forgivable. If later works seem more refined, it is because this is the mother lode. Forget characterisation and realism: just hold on tight and enjoy the ride. All aboard?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first of 4 books which chart the rival scientists discovery of a secret which releases ultimate energy. They battle it out over 4 books to see who can control the secret. They meet a lot of different races on different worlds and amass an army on both sides. A book you cannot put down but must read to the end! Well worth the money!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A great story, pure space opera. First published in 1928. Where Einstein's theory of relativity was just a theory and disproved in the book. Heroes were heroic, heroines were there really to scream and point and do the cooking (??) and no one had ever heard of a computer.
It's a great story one of the original and IMO best of the "early" sci fi. My only complaint, is the quality of this edition. On at least 2 occasions paragraphs are repeated or just seem to stop mid stream. An indicator of a rushed production which needed some more quality control.
So story 5 stars, this edition 4. There are only a couple of errors that I saw and they can be distracting.
One question. Given there's no copyright notice anywhere, are these being reprinted from the original because the copyright has expired? If so does that mean you can read them for free in Google books?
It's a great story one of the original and IMO best of the "early" sci fi. My only complaint, is the quality of this edition. On at least 2 occasions paragraphs are repeated or just seem to stop mid stream. An indicator of a rushed production which needed some more quality control.
So story 5 stars, this edition 4. There are only a couple of errors that I saw and they can be distracting.
One question. Given there's no copyright notice anywhere, are these being reprinted from the original because the copyright has expired? If so does that mean you can read them for free in Google books?
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OH MY GOD! You can't write that!
I read this when I was 12, and re-read it out of nostalgia.
It's a product of it's time, with wild ideas about physics (the author doesn't accept the speed of light as a... Read more
It's a product of it's time, with wild ideas about physics (the author doesn't accept the speed of light as a... Read more
Published 12 months ago by X. Gallagher
The Skylark Series
One of the first true Sci-fi series I read as a young teenager and I still read them again and again. Dated they may be but a good yarn all the same. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Rombrain
The grand daddy of all space operas--from 1928. Yee-HAW!!!
This is vintage stuff.
Back when T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) was still tootling around Britain on his motorcycle, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. Read more
Back when T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) was still tootling around Britain on his motorcycle, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. Read more
Published 20 months ago by L. E. Cantrell
CLASIC SI-FI IN THE OLD MOLD
THIS WAS THE FIRST SI-FI I EVER GOT AND AS ANOTHER READER SAYS IT IS A BIT DATED NOW BUT IT IS STILL AN EXCELENT READ. Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2007 by Mr. T. J. Green
Classic series but dated
The skylark series is truely a classic but now might seem more than a little dated. If you can put aside the dated nature of this book and the series they truely are a excellent... Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2005 by Mr. M. Koszler
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