Backstage Lensman

"Backstage Lensman" is a short story by Randall Garrett, a parody or pastiche of the Lensman series of E.E. 'Doc' Smith. It was first written in 1949, lost and then rewritten in 1978.

"Backstage Lensman"
AuthorRandall Garrett
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLensman
Genre(s)Science fiction
Published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Publication typeMagazine
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Publication dateJune 1978

Garrett claimed that "Doc read the first version of 'Backstage Lensman' and laughed all through the convention. It was his suggestion that I call the spaceship Dentless rather than Dauntless."

Publication history

This story appeared in:

  • The magazine Analog, June 1978
  • Takeoff, a collection of short fiction and poems by Randall Garrett, 1980
  • Shaggy B.E.M. Stories, an anthology edited by Mike Resnick, 1988
gollark: Just remove sickness already, o great TJ09.
gollark: Or cut it into 33!
gollark: TuG code in alpine.
gollark: Three golds and one ND on what?!
gollark: *ponders breeding random gold on scroll for X E N O WYRMS.*
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