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Originally Posted by pwalker8
E.E. (Doc) Smith is the most obvious. I think his books up through the First Lensman are in PD and can be found at PG. If you look on Amazon, you see a number of Complete Lensman compilations for $1. I also see a number of Lester Del Rey books.
I also noticed that Zelazny's Lord Of Light has reappeared in Apple's Books store. It list his son Trent as the co-author, which lead me to hope that maybe it's legit. On the other hand, the listed publisher has a somewhat suspect reputation and it's not in the Amazon store. All the legit Zelazny books are listed with the private Zelazny publishing company.
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Smith posed a problem. He is PD in Life + 50, under copyright under life +70, and mostly still under copyright in the US.
First Lensman was not renewed, plus most of his shorter works. Nor was his collaboration with E. Evelyn Smith renewed. Also the First two skylarks were not renewed.
So most of his works are still under copyright, and most of those omnibus edition are copyright infringements - at least in the US. I haver no clue who is handling the estate these days. His daughter is dead. . .
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The Skylark 0f Space is a very thorny copyright problem. There are three versions of it. The 1926 version is PD (copyright not renewed). The 1947 version is unknown. The 1958 version (which is what most readers here would think of as
The Skylark of Space) is still under copyright.