Skylark Three: Science Fiction Stories
About this ebook
Author's Note:
CHAPTER I
DuQuesne Goes Traveling
CHAPTER II
Dunark Visits Earth
CHAPTER III
Skylark Two Sets Out
CHAPTER IV
The Zone of Force Is Tested
CHAPTER V
First Blood
CHAPTER VI
The Peace Conference
CHAPTER VII
DuQuesne's Voyage
CHAPTER VIII
The Porpoise-Men of Dasor
CHAPTER IX
The Welcome to Norlamin
CHAPTER X
Norlaminian Science
CHAPTER XI
Into a Sun
CHAPTER XII
Flying Visits—Via Projection
CHAPTER XIII
The Declaration of War
CHAPTER XIV
Interstellar Extermination
CHAPTER XV
The Extra-Galactic Duel
Epilogue
Ratings and reviews
About the author
Edward Elmer Smith PhD (also E. E. Smith, E. E. "Doc" Smith, Doc Smith, "Skylark" Smith, or—to his family—Ted) (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965) was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and early science fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera.
In 1919 Smith was hired as chief chemist for F. W. Stock & Sons of Hillsdale, Michigan, at one time the largest family-owned mill east of the Mississippi, working on doughnut mixes.
One evening late in 1919, after moving to Michigan, Smith was baby-sitting (presumably for Roderick) while his wife attended a movie; he resumed work on The Skylark of Space, finishing it in the spring of 1920. He submitted it to many book publishers and magazines, spending more in postage than he would eventually receive for its publication. Bob Davis, editor of Argosy, sent an encouraging rejection letter in 1922, saying that he liked the novel personally, but that it was too far out for his readers.(According to Warner, but no other source, Smith began work on the sequel, Skylark III, before the first book was accepted.) Finally, upon seeing the April 1927 issue of Amazing Stories, he submitted it to that magazine; it was accepted, initially for $75, later raised to $125. It was published as a three-part serial in the August to October 1928 issues and it was such a success that managing editor Sloane requested a sequel before the second installment had been published.
