Subspace Explorers by E.E. “Doc” Smith

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is the first of two novels in short series of 2. It is classic Doc Smith space opera, combining gee-whiz science with psychic abilities. I happen to be a huge Doc Smith fan, and I’m pretty sure I have everything he ever published. This book has three parts. The first is about a disaster in space and how his characters survive it, the second about how the psychic abilities are used to transform part of society, and the third a frankly right-wing screed where the CEOs are the good guys, labor unions are evil, and the ultimate evil is a revived Communism in space. So Doc, for all that he writes a good adventure yarn, has some issues. I just overlook that because I like his stories.



View all my reviews

 Save as PDF