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Triplanetary

Name: Triplanetary
Author: Edward Elmer Smith

1934 novel by Edward Elmer Smith

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Author: Edward Elmer Smith
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-13
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Released: 1934
Publisher: Fantasy Press
Language: English
Genre: science fiction
Followed by: First Lensman

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Triplanetary is a science fiction novel and space opera by American writer E. E. Smith. It was first serialized in the magazine Amazing Stories in 1934. After the original four novels of the Lensman series were published, Smith expanded and reworked Triplanetary into the first of two prequels for the series. The fix-up novel Triplanetary was published in book form in 1948 by Fantasy Press. The second prequel, First Lensman, was a new original novel published in 1950 by Fantasy Press.

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Part of the series: Lensman series
Country of origin: United States
Title: Triplanetary
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-13
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Form of creative work: novel
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2026-06-15
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