The cover page is adapted from Composition No. 61, a painting completed in 1939 by Stuart Walker. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Triplanetary
Chapters (20)
- Dedication 0:00
- Book I: Dawn: I: Arisia and Eddore 0:04
- II: The Fall of Atlantis 21:30
- III: The Fall of Rome 1:11:57
- Book II: The World War: IV: 1918 1:50:08
- V: 1941 2:18:38
- VI: 19—? 3:04:34
- Book III: Triplanetary: VII: Pirates of Space 3:31:53
- VIII: In Roger’s Planetoid 4:12:55
- IX: Fleet Against Planetoid 4:52:43
- X: Within the Red Veil 5:17:30
- XI: Nevian Strife 6:01:05
- XII: Worm, Submarine, and Freedom 6:40:39
- XIII: The Hill 6:55:42
- XIV: The Super-Ship Is Launched 7:22:54
- XV: Specimens 7:47:20
- XVI: Super-Ship in Action 7:56:57
- XVII: Roger Carries On 8:30:13
- XVIII: The Specimens Escape 9:16:14
- XIX: Giants Meet 9:55:07
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Hundreds of millions of years ago, two near-omnipotent alien races encountered each other, beginning a conflict that will shape the history of the entire universe. The benevolent Arisians covertly influence humanity, hoping to create a people capable of one day defeating the vile Eddorians, who are waging their own campaign for the fate of civilization on Earth. This sets the stage for a clash between the Triplanetary League of the inner solar system, the enigmatic pirate-scientist Roger, and the Nevians, interlopers whose first appearance wreaks havoc among the other parties.
Triplanetary is the first of Edward E. “Doc” Smith’s Lensman series, an early and influential entry in the space opera genre. Originally serialized in Amazing Stories in 1934 as a stand-alone story, Triplanetary was collected in book form in 1948 with six new chapters and numerous additions, changing the story to be a prequel to the rest of the Lensman series.