Seaton and Crane plus their wives are stranded in deep space between galaxies and reduced to travelling in the tiny Skylark Two into the fourth dimension. (Goodreads)
Edward Elmer Smith (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965), publishing as E. E. Smith, Ph.D. and later as E. E. "Doc" Smith, was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera.