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First Lensman
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorEdward E. Smith, Ph.D.
IllustratorA. J. Donnell
Cover artistA. J. Donnell
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLensman series
GenreScience fiction
PublisherFantasy Press
Publication date
1950
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages306
Preceded byTriplanetary 
Followed byGalactic Patrol 

First Lensman is a space opera novel by American author E. E. Smith. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 5,995 copies. It is, in terms of internal chronology, the second novel in the Lensman series, but the sixth (or fifth) written by Smith. (Smith had originally written Triplanetary as an unrelated work, but then rewrote it to fit into the series.)

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