On Dec 12, 3:22 pm, Doug Freyburger  wrote:   
   > Kathryn Huxtable wrote:   
   >   
   > > While I would certainly go see a movie production of the series, it   
   > > just seems a bit odd as a project to do. I have a hard time believing   
   > > that anyone raised after about 1980 could get into them.   
   >   
   > Space operas tend to do well as movies.  Few expected Star Wars to do   
   > well.  Alien turned into a franchise with less plot potential than Star   
   > Wars.  Lensman is the best known and richest of the space opera series   
   > in print after the TV and movie franchises.   
   Doug,   
   I hope you are right, since book sales do not indicate much of a   
   market.   
   Amazon.com Rank   
   Triplanetary   
   #72,297 - Kindle Edition   
   #989,388 - Hardcover   
   #774,816 - Paperback   
   First Lensman   
   #5,898,176 - Hardcover   
   #1,398,027 - Paperback   
   Galactic Patrol   
   #2,189,124 - Hardcover   
   #659,254 - Paperback   
   Gray Lensman   
   #680,586 - Paperback   
   Second Stage Lensmen   
   #4,623,655 - Hardcover   
   #653,682 - Paperback   
   Children of the Lens   
   #587,002 - Paperback   
   Chronicles of the Lensmen, Volume 1 (Triplanetary, First Lensman,   
   Galactic Patrol)   
   #107,320 - Hardcover   
   Dan Dassow   
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