[CT] Books to learn from

[Daniel Moran]

I've always wanted to write a Lensman story. It's about the only fanfic 
I've ever been tempted by -- yeah, I wrote Star Wars, but I got paid for 
it. I'm tempted to write a Lensman story for free.

At 11:09 PM 7/17/2002 -0400, Maureen O'Brien wrote:
>Scot Wilcoxon wrote:
> >Speaking of Eddore...  I like E.E.Smith's "Lensman" action sequences.
> >They're either superbly over-adjectified, or it is explained that they
> >are undescribable.  His "Skylark" is similar -- you can almost see the
> >empty holds filling with ranks upon ranks of generators...
>
>It's not easy to write like Doc Smith, either. I did my level best to
>imitate him in my fanfic crossover "X-Lensman", but I really needed
>to ratchet up the speed of events by a factor of ten, and get rid of a
>_lot_ of extra words. The entire story would have taken up a chapter or
>less in Smith.
>
>So yes, his prose tended toward the purple in places, but it was leanly
>written purple prose. It's a nice trick. Lee Gold imitated it
>infinitely better than I, in her story "Doomed Lensmen".
>
>You can find them both here:
>http://www.dnaco.net/~mobrien/fanfic/lensfic/
>
>Maureen
>If you like html better, you can also read my story at
>http://lonestar.texas.net/~lochness/worldsaway/stories/lensman.html
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