Lensman: Difference between revisions
Wikipedia says that it was licensed. From what I recall of the media coverage, it was licensed. I remember a few other details, but not enough to put in an article without confirming them.
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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
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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