Edward Elmer Smith (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965), publishing as E. E. Smith, Ph.D. and later as E. E. "Doc" Smith, was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera. This anthology contains his following novels and short stories :  The Skylark of Space Skylark Three Spacehounds of IPC Subspace Survivors The Galaxy Primes Tedric Lord Tedric Masters of Space Vortex Blaster Triplanetary First Lensman This anthology attains a total of more than 600 000 words, which is the equivalent to more than 2000 pages.  These stories will please all science-fiction enthusiasts and keep them busy for a while !