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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Relativity in science fiction
- Message-ID: <BryuLq.tz@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 22:32:13 GMT
- References: <9207250444.AA14607@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>
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- In article <9207250444.AA14607@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov> roberts@CMR.NCSL.NIST.GOV (John Roberts) writes:
- >"With the neutralization of inertia it was discovered that there is no limit
- >whatever to the velocity of inertialess matter..."
- >
- >That's from Galactic Patrol, which was copyrighted in 1937 and 1950 (this
- >comment may have been added at the later date). (I believe this was the
- >first book written, though it's the third of the series.)
-
- Galactic Patrol, Gray Lensman, Second Stage Lensman, and Children of the
- Lens are the Lensman book, singular -- conceived as a single plot line
- and written in four pieces for practical reasons. The later add-ons
- are inferior; even CotL, written somewhat later than the other three,
- shows signs of loss of enthusiasm.
-
- Hmm, drat. I think I've got the issues of Astounding that serialized
- Galactic Patrol, but all my SF magazines are still packed away in the
- wake of my move last fall.
-
- >I've wondered about the chronology of the "negaspheres" (first appearing
- >in the series in 1951, and apparently equivalent to antimatter black
- >holes) ...
-
- They showed up in Gray Lensman, which was serialized starting in 1939
- I believe. They weren't black holes -- just antimatter, which Smith
- imbued with some with very odd properties. (For one thing, they had
- negative mass.)
-