anyone remember ee doc smith and the gray lensmen?
Yes. It would be considered sexist today, but it was fun to read.
I remember being "busted" in 9th-grade study hall by Mrs. Pettingill, who caught me reading "Children of the Lens." My copy of "Astounding Science-Fiction" was hidden inside a Joseph Conrad novel. I was severely chastised for reading such pulp "trash."
Yeah, I was merely learning mind-stretching scientific and sociological concepts that Mrs. Pettingill never dreamed of. I read -- and enjoyed -- Joseph Conrad later on.
I remember it well. I even still have all the books, some re-accumulated from used book sales.
Doc Smith's vision was interesting. Fascist in some respects, but great stories.