Triplanetary cover art

Triplanetary

Lensman Series

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Triplanetary

By: E. E. Doc Smith
Narrated by: Reed McColm
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.99

Buy Now for £13.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

 From the atomic age in Atlantis to a world remote in space and time, two incredible ancient races, the Arisians and the Eddorians, are in the midst of an interstellar war - with Earth as the prize.Hi-fi sci-fi: listen to more in the Lensman series.©2006 Books in Motion. This recording is produced by arrangement with The Estate of E. E. "Doc" Smith and Virginia Kidd, Inc. (P)2006 Books in Motion. This recording is produced by arrangement with The Estate of E. E. "Doc" Smith and Virginia Kidd, Inc. Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Skylark of Space cover art
The Stainless Steel Rat cover art
Deathworld cover art
Ringworld cover art
Deathworld 3 cover art
Columbus Day cover art
The Apocalypse Troll cover art
Ark Royal cover art
First and Only cover art
Backyard Starship: Origins 2 cover art
Elric of Melniboné cover art
The Ysabel Kid cover art
First Command Box Set: Spacers, Books 1-6 cover art
Circus cover art
The Knight of the Swords [Dramatized Adaptation] cover art
Waldo & Magic, Inc. cover art

Critic reviews

"The most towering figure in science fiction, thanks to the enormous scope of his novels." (Isaac Asimov)
"If you wish to understand the roots of modern science fiction, you have to read the Lensman saga." (Allen Steele)
"A finalist for a special Hugo Award for All-Time Best Series, 'Lensman' is considered by many sf heads to be the greatest of the space operas and clearly a source for such successors as Star Trek and Star Wars." ( Library Journal)
All stars
Most relevant  
I read this book many years ago and it's still a great story
It's even better when read ro you .

A great book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is a story of it's time. Violent, sexist, gender stereotypes abound and even simplistic. It took me back to my teens when you felt this would be cutting edge science.
Now I see it differently. To my shame I'm going to listen to book 2.

great story but !

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Enjoyable but so very gungho! The optimism and matter of fact nature of the characters I found quite refreshing at first but it begins to pale. I suppose it is a product of it's time, and now dated all the same a Sci Fi classic

Triplanetary

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The narrator broke the sentences at odd places, sometimes dropping me out if the story to work out where pauses and emphasis should have been. Undoubtedly a lot of this was Smith’s clunky prose, but at times it felt as this was the narrator’s first look at the text!

Odd narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
If you haven't read Smith before read them all. All his story's are as riveting

E.E. Doc Smith .. One of the best So To great

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I read these books when I was a teenager and thought them the best rip-roaring read I'd ever had. Now, 25 years on, they have dated even more than they had when I first read them. In the Lensman universe, high technology is all metal and machinery and you get a feeling that the smell of lubricating oil must pervade every spaceship's bridge.

That said, the scale of Doc Smith's imagination is second to none. I still want to meet an Arisian, to be Kimball Kinnison, to meet an auburn goddess and pile scorn on the Eddorians in the same way as I would boo and hiss at a pantomime. It's a man's universe that he conjures, of the Flash Gordon variety but without the high camp and I still love it.

The only thing that stops me from purchasing another book is the poor narration. Reed McColm is a master of 100 voices; unfortunately all of them his own. So, instead of adding to my enjoyment of the story with sharp vocal characterisation, his narration confuses me as I try to work out whether the character he's vocalising is Virgil Samms, Granite jawed hero of the Universe, or Clio, perpetually demur love interest and air head.

Please audible - a new narrator please.

Dated story and poor narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Persevere. You will hear the beginnings of many a S.O. essential. Listened to again for nostalgic reasons only - definitely not pc.

For nostalgic reasons only - definitely not pc.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The book and attitudes, especially to women and genocide are very outdated and jarring, however the book is useful to lead into the lensman series, which is excellent

Good lead in

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I have loved tje lensman series for many years. it's lovely to be able to listen to it and share it with a younger generation.

fantastic Sci fi

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Look, this was written decades ago, so lacks the sophistication of modern SciFi, but it is a lot of fun.

It’s cheesy, but in a good way

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews