#ee “doc” smith

[grayrazor]

Non-Star Trek books that are kind of Star Trek-like (quality not guaranteed)

Spaceship finds a weird object/alien civilization:

Rendezvous With Rama

The Mote in God’s Eye

The Invincible

Blindsight

Utopian interplanetary society:

3001: The Final Odyssey

The Culture Series

The Hainish Cycle

Contact

Napoleonic Navy in Space:

Lensman

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Honor Harrington

John Grimes

[khayjayart]

Art and Storytime!!

Welcome to my new Youtube series, "Art and Storytime", where I play some of my favorite audiobooks while drawing. I like to listen to audiobooks and YT videos while drawing and there's already plenty of art channels that do commentary + drawing, so I decided I would do something where I play audiobooks over recordings of me drawing.

The audiobook I will be using for the first part of this series is "Spacehounds of IPC" by EE Doc Smith and narrated by Mark Nelson. This science fiction novel is in the public domain in the US, so I don't have to worry about copyright strikes (hopefully lol). The video for the first chapter of "Spacehounds" is already up on my Youtube channel. Please like and subscribe so I can keep making stuff like this.

[fabiansociety]

“…near them there crouched or huddled or lay at ease a many-tentacled creature indescribable to man. It was not exactly like an octopus. Though spiny, it did not resemble at all closely a sea-cucumber. Nor, although it was scaly and toothy and wingy, was it, save in the vaguest possible way, similar to a lizard, a sea serpent, or a vulture. Such a description by negatives is, of course, pitifully inadequate; but, unfortunately, it is the best that can be done.”

you ever wonder what lovecraft would sound like if he was normal about the sea

[thedurvin]

Me: I wanna write this fic but I’m worried the worldbuilding is too weird or silly

EE “Doc” Smith, inventor of space opera, military sci fi, and space cops, inspiring everything from Star Trek to Green Lantern: interstellar travel is possible through psychic powers made possible by equations developed by a guy named Gunther, so using them is called Gunthering and the energy used for any given application is measured in Gunts

Me: okay I feel a bit—

Smith: Clee Garlock is a perfect specimen of masculinity and it only takes him a few gunts to mentally summon nukes to kill flying tigers, so all the aliens (who are mostly sexy girls) want to breed with him and their beta cuck husbands support it because like all logical societies they support eugenics

Me: okay Mr Smith you can go home now

Smith: Clee’s friend Brownie is called that because of her brown skin

Me: for fucks sake

[dustedmagazine]

Bryon Hayes’ 2022: Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful…

Ayal Senior

It’s been a tumultuous year. Need I say more? 

The best part of the year for me was the return of live music. With mask on, I ventured out to see a handful of shows, beginning with Phil Elverum’s live rendition of The Microphones in 2020. I was frightened the entire time, as the unmasked throng of concert-goers around me seemed not to care about the on-going pandemic, but I emerged unscathed and with a smile on my face (hidden by my mask). Little did I know that I’d catch COVID a month later following the abolishment of the mask mandate in Ontario’s schools. I’m thankful that, unlike countless others, I survived the ordeal without any long-term health effects.

Another thing that brought me joy this year was the series of collective deep dives executed by the Dusted staff under the Listening Post banner. For me, these exercises in conversational scrutiny led to the rediscovery of artists I enjoy (The Clean, Wire, Tall Dwarfs, Broadcast) and the discovery of those I hadn’t yet investigated (Les Rallizes Dénudés, Masayuki Takayanagi, Wadada Leo Smith). It’s always pleasurable to witness my well-educated peers eloquently discuss the music that they love, and it’s a plus when I’m able to engage in the process with a comment or two of my own. 

If I had to call out a single artist that I feel had a particularly fruitful year in 2022, I’d have to pick Oren Ambarchi. Starting with the 10-year anniversary reissue of his Saggitarian Domain piece, and culminating with Shebang, Ambarchi seemed to be everywhere this year. He, Keiji Haino and Jim O’Rourke released what must be their most eclectic trio record to date, which is also their eleventh thus far. Ghosted, in which he joined up with Fire! Trio’s Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin might just be my favorite of the bunch. And of course, we mustn’t forget Ambarchi’s Black Truffle label, which put out a number of essential releases this year. 

Last year, I listed a bunch of Canadian records that filled my bucket, but for 2022 I want to focus on one LP that I kept turning to in the latter half of the year: Ayal Senior’s Az Yashir. Senior assembled the record from tunes he worked up with Matthew “Doc” Dunn, and these acoustic 12-string meditations really enswathed my soul with their warmth. Additional embellishments include pedal steel, percussion, and a few electronic adornments, all of which come together to plant these songs in the furrowed fields first harvested by lunar raga enthusiasts MV and EE. This is unsurprising considering the pedigree of all involved.   

And finally, I know that everyone loves a list, so I shall abide. Like last year, this isn’t a “top 10” list exactly, but the following ten records feature some of the music that made this year more than bearable for me: 

Pan*American — The Patience Fader (Kranky)

Winged Wheel — No Island (12XU)

Cate Le Bon — Pompeii (Drag City)

Julia Reidy — World in World (Black Truffle)

Horsegirl — Versions of Modern Performance (Matador)

The Reds, Pinks, and Purples — Summer at Land's End (Slumberland)

Ayal Senior — Az Yashir (Medusa Editions)

Ambarchi/Berthling/Werliin — Ghosted (Drag City)

Pulse Emitter — Dusk (Hausu Mountain)

Family Ravine — Away and Instinct (Round Bale)

Bryon Hayes

[aki-o-mitovski-writer]

a great list of recommendations.

intro - 0:00 Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga - 0:42 Lensman series by EE 'Doc' Smith - 1:52 Humanx Commonwealth books by Alan Dean Foster - 3:06 Stephen Baxter’s Xeelee Sequence - 4:20 Zones of Thought by Vernor Vinge - 5:41 The Way series by Greg Bear - 6:47 Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons - 7:51 Ringworld series by Larry Niven - 9:15 The Expanse by James A Cory - 10:14 Dune series by Frank Herbert - 11:24

[kekwcomics]

Spotted in the wild today:

E E "DOC" SMITH

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage Paperback - Children Of The Lens by E.E. "Doc" Smith

Lensman Series #06

Art by David Mattingly

Berkley Books (1982)

[allegorymetaphory]

WAS THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS INSPIRED BY EE SMITH IN 1948?!

[tara-of-helium]

Second Stage Lensman. E. E. "Doc" Smith, 1953. Cover art by David B. Maddingly.

[doolallymagpie]

i’ve got a lot of complaints about ee “doc” smith’s writing, but “laser weapons are AOE” is not one of ‘em

like, you disintegrate somebody and they pretty much turn into a grenade, to the extent that (IIRC) the protagonist had to wear high-end power armor to safely storm an enemy base with a new superpowered zap gun

[nelc]

Chris Foss' cover for EE Doc Smith's Triplanetary

[khayjayart]

Art + Storytime! Spacehounds of IPC-Chapter 4: Ganymede Life

Chapter 4 of "Spacehounds of IPC" audiobook for the Art +Storytime series is up! Be sure to like and sub for more art videos!

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[rpgcovers]

GURPS: Lensman (second edition) ~ Steve Jackson Games (2001)

Based on the novels by E.E. "Doc" Smith.

[bookburns]

Come on, buddy. You’re already going by E.E. Do you really need the Doc, too?

[70sscifiart]

David Mattingly cover art to the Lensman series