On 2010-12-12 06:31:48 -0600, Duggy said:   
   > On Dec 11, 1:14 pm, Andrew Swallow  wrote:   
   >> Can anyone think of a way of measuring how well the Lensmen books are   
   >> known?  Do they still sell?   
   >    
   > Only personal experience, but I'm a bigger SF nerd collector of   
   > useless trivia than most people I know... and I only really know   
   > Lensmen through comic trivia ("inspiration for Green Lantern").   
   I'm of the opinion that Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar are    
   basically Lensmen with "Companions" (magical horse-like beings) instead    
   of lenses. I'm not saying that Lackey was inspired by Smith, just that    
   it's much the same idea in an extremely different setting.   
   John Clute's introductions to the OEB editions of the Lensman series,    
   BTW, is extremely amusing and extremely good.   
   -K   
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