If you thrilled to Richard Seaton and Martin Crane hot-rodding the Skylark with X-metal and outfoxing DuQuesne across Osnome, you’ll feel right at home with the Lensmen’s blistering starship battles and larger-than-life heroics in Galactic Patrol. It delivers the same breathless escalation—from ingenious gadgets to planet-cracking firepower—while keeping that upbeat, swashbuckling spirit that made Seaton’s cosmic escapades so much fun.

Loved how Seaton kludges together the Skylark’s impossible drive and repeatedly hacks his way out of traps—even kidnapping rescues and last-second reversals against DuQuesne? The Witches of Karres dishes out that same gleeful “science-so-advanced-it’s-magic” energy: wild tech, psychic tricks, and daredevil improvisation as Captain Pausert ricochets through space on a rescue-laden romp that never stops topping itself.

If the awe you felt at first reaching Osnome—allying with Dunark and discovering staggering alien engineering—was your favorite part, Rendezvous with Rama doubles down on that wonder. You’ll methodically explore an immense alien starship from the inside, uncovering vast, uncanny systems with the same “what else is out there?” thrill that powered the Skylark’s most mind-expanding moments.

If what hooked you was the nonstop momentum—Seaton racing to save Dorothy, rapid-fire ship upgrades, and audacious showdowns with DuQuesne—then The Star Kings is pure catnip. It hurls you through blazing pursuits, desperate rescues, and swashbuckling confrontations across a flamboyant interstellar stage, keeping the throttle open the way The Skylark of Space does.

If you loved how Seaton’s discovery turns a single ship into a passport to the cosmos—and how each leap raises the stakes—Tau Zero takes that escalation to the limit. A starship’s relentless journey pushes beyond mere interstellar sightseeing to a breathtaking, epoch-spanning odyssey, delivering the same expansive rush you got when the Skylark’s mission kept widening from rescue to cosmic revelation.