Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:36:40 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: All in the minds behind the eye of the beholder...
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL 02/03/03 10:58AM
>  The ambitiously indefatigable Mr. Michael Walsh, President of Old
>Earth Books, republishes the Lensman series but says that military =
science
>fiction is of little interest to him...!  Oh, yeah!  The Lensmen are sf
>**police officers**.

Well, the wearers of the Lens are enforcers of law and order.  If I =
recall, they have the right to be judge, jury and if need be: executioner. =

OK, these cops have battlecrusiers . . . and other toys.

But that's not why I like the books.  As Clute points out in his introdcuti=
on "Once the Story begins it does stop." (or words to that effect . . .).  =
And having re-read Galactic Patrol a few years ago, he's right.  Ogh the =
characters are cardboardish, the plot silly . .. but the Story!

mjw