I'm under the impression that Tales of the Lensmen is a licensed product, and that they work from actual after-action reports and interviews with the Lensmen, rather than making everything up from whole cloth.

If I'm right, there's probably a bit of fiction on the order of, "Well, that's not what I said, but I have to admit, that's what I would have said if I had a week to think of a snappy retort," but otherwise, TotL sticks to the truth, thus avoiding the RPF problem.

Peter Eng
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