The Skylark of Space

Novel by E.E. "Doc" Smith and Mrs. Lee Hawkins Garby. Written 1915-1920; published 1928.

Therese Littleton, associate curator at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Seattle, says this of The Skylark of Space:

As for me, my favorite exhibit is Not So Weird Science, and my favorite artifact is an original, hand-corrected 1919 manuscript of The Skylark of Space, by E.E. “Doc” Smith, acknowledging Mrs. Lee Hawkins Garby as a collaborator. (Smith enlisted Mrs. Garby’s help to write more effective female characters and dialogue.) The manuscript is nondescript compared to the sleek Gundam battle suit models and bustling space dock view screen near it, but Skylark is quietly awesome, representing a continuum of ideas and imagination that encompasses the entire twentieth century and beyond.