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'Classic Lensman Series'' by E.E. 'Doc' Smith is a science fiction series of seven books:

• Triplanetary
  First Lensman
  Galactic Patrol
  Grey Lensman
  Second Stage Lensman
  Children of the Lens
  Vortex Blaster

I really like this collection of books. It starts of with an ancient race of thinkers, the Arisians, being the only sentient life in the galaxy, suddenly finding they are not alone. The Eddorians appear in the galaxy from another dimension, and finding circumstances that will soon provide the conditions for millions of worlds to rule, they decide to stay and wait.

The Arisians are the proverbial good guys, and the Eddorians the Bad guys. The Eddorians mold the civilisations as they mature into dictatorships, with the strong praying on the weak. Meanwhile the Arisians, not being strong enough to openly oppose what the Eddorians are doing, start a breeding program on many worlds, where they try to force the life into beings more capable than themselves.

The first book details various periods in Earths history showing how the Eddorians and Arisians control the happenings. Later books then lead into the future and space travel, and the results of the breeding program really start to be noticed.

I strongly recommend this series to anybody who likes science fiction. I find the action intense, the characters believable, and the plot brilliant. I'm also intrigued with the style of predicting the future, for example, they discover a way to travel faster than light by removing the inertia from matter, but when using a computer, they still use cards with holes punched in them.