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In the early 1950s, however, Smith wrote a lengthy prologue to an earlier (and previously unrelated) book of his named ''Triplanetary'', which brought it into the Lensman universe. He also wrote an [[Interquel]] novel, ''First Lensman'', to bridge the gap between the events in ''Triplanetary'' and the events in ''Galactic Patrol''.

The ''Lensman'' series was later used as the starting point for a Japanese Anime movie ("SF New Century Lensman") and series ("Lensman: Galactic Patrol") , which took the [[Broad Strokes|basic outline]] and the [[In Name Only|names of most of the major characters]] and turned it all into a ''[[Star Wars]]'' ripoff. Doc Smith's estate attempted to sue the anime's creators over the series but the lawsuit was thrown out of court. Information about this lawsuit seems hard to obtain on the Internet, with the same rumors copied over and over again. The movie and a [[Compilation Movie]] of part of the series were dubbed in English by Harmony Gold USA; later, [[Streamline Pictures]] redubbed the movie with the original soundtrack and no cuts for content.

The ''Lensman'' series was later used as the starting point for a Japanese Anime movie ("SF New Century Lensman") and series ("Lensman: Galactic Patrol") , which took the [[Broad Strokes|basic outline]] and the [[In Name Only|names of most of the major characters]] and turned it all into a ''[[Star Wars]]'' ripoff. Doc Smith's estate attempted to sue the anime's creators over the series but the lawsuit was thrown out of court. Information about this lawsuit seems hard to obtain on the Internet, with the same rumors copied over and over again. The movie and a [[Compilation Movie]] of part of the series were dubbed in English by [[Harmony Gold]] USA; later, [[Streamline Pictures]] redubbed the movie with the original soundtrack and no cuts for content.

In 1963 the New England Science Fiction Association named their annual SF convention "Boskone" (a play on "'''Bos'''ton '''Con'''vention) in Smith's honor. The convention newsletter is named "Helmuth", of course.<ref>Helmuth is an intermediate [[The Dragon|Dragon]] who always begins his messages to his underlings by saying "Helmuth, speaking for Boskone!"</ref> After a group of fans got [[Banned From Argo|in trouble with the Boskone organizers]], they started up an alternative convention...and, of course, called it "Arisia."

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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]] - Never happens in the books themselves, but the five Kinnison kids are the new ultimate beings – a race seperate from the rest of humanity and the founding population of a new species of [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]]. One brother, four sisters, do the math. Vaguely foreshadowed (as strongly as the era would allow, anyway) in the last book.

** {{spoiler|There are also hints at one point that Christopher Kinnison might harbor a few unfilial feelings for his mother Clarissa...and maybe it's mutual.}}

{quote|...each of the Kinnison girls knew it would be a physical and psychological impossibility for her to become even mildly interested in a man not at least her father's equal. They each had dreamed of a man who would be her own equal, physically and mentally, but it had not yet occurred to any of them that one such man already existed.}

* [[Call to Adventure]]

* [[Casual Interstellar Travel]] - After the Bergenholm drive was created.