Reception
Groff Conklin gave the novel's first edition a scathing review in Galaxy, describing it as a "primitive artifact" which "simply gives alternate waves of incredulous laughter and dull, acid boredom." P. Schuyler Miller reviewed the novel favorably, saying "Whatever yarns have, Gray Lensman has more of, in greater abundance and variety, than any of the rest." One newspaper reviewer described it as "Science fiction of the highest calibre."
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“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
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