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H Beam Piper
Since Logic derives from postulates, it never has, and never will, change a postulate. And a religious belief is a system of postulates ... so how can a man fight…
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This story was rejected by two top-flight science-fiction editors for the same reason: "Too hot to handle." "Too dangerous for our book." We'd like to know whether or not the…
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"Time Crime" by H. Beam Piper is a gripping science fiction novella that combines elements of time travel and detective mystery. In this thrilling tale, government investigator Verkan Vall navigates…
There was no stopping General Zarvas' rebellion. Hunted and hated in two worlds Hradzka dreamed of a monomaniac's glory stranded in the past with his knowledge of the future. But…
A Slave is a Slave, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made…
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Time and Time Again, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts…
Time Crime, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its…
Terra has a problem. The Uller are Uprising and the uprising must be put down at any cost. A brilliant retelling of Sepoy Mutiny set against an interstellar empire. H…
Terra has a problem. The Uller are uprising and the uprising must be put down at any cost. A brilliant retelling of Sepoy Mutiny set against an interstellar empire. H…
Space Viking, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its…
"Uller Uprising" by H. Beam Piper is a riveting science fiction novel that unfolds against the backdrop of interstellar colonization and political intrigue. Set on the distant planet Uller, the…
To translate writings you need a key to the code-and if the last writer of Martian died forty thousand years before the first writer of Earth was born ... how…
John F. Carr
H Beam Piper is one of science fiction’s most enigmatic writers. In 1946 Piper appeared seemingly from out of nowhere, already at the top of his form. This biography illuminates…
John F Carr
The focus of this new volume about science-fiction author H. Beam Piper is on his writing, the path of his career and the works he created, including his Paratime series…
H. Beam Piper
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
Well, have you thought that it might just be suicide? Kathie asked. I have, briefly; I dismissed the thought, almost at once, Rand told her. One, that if it had…
The title is a reference to 1 Corinthians 15:26, The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. The last enemy was the toughest of all – and conquering him…
The story revolves around determining whether a small furry species discovered on the planet Zarathustra is sapient and features a mild libertarianism that emphasizes sincerity and honesty.
H. Beam Piper, author of Space Viking and Little Fuzzy, was rather enigmatic where his personal statistics were concerned (or so the original blurb to this novel said). He lived…
Four-Day Planet … where the killing heat of a thousand-hour day drives men underground, and the glorious hundred-hour sunset is followed by a thousand-hour night so cold that only an…
TV execs discuss an alternate history TV series, not realizing one participant is from a different timeline.
Included in this volume are five novelettes from the last decade of Piper’s career. The title story, Ministry of Disturbance, appeared in the December 1958 issue of Astounding, (where Cambpell…
A solid sci-fi yarn about a backwater planet with access to huge stores of salvageable war surplus teetering on the edge of economic collapse and their search for a long…
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books…
A story about the military forces of a mining company on an extra-terrestrial planet using atomic bombs to put down a native rebellion...
About the author:
Henry Beam Piper (March…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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The Lane Fleming collection of early pistols and revolvers was one of the best in the country. When Fleming was found dead on the floor of his locked gunroom, a…
Space Viking is a science fiction novel written by H. Beam Piper and is set in his Terro-Human future history. It tells the story of one man's search for his…
The chartered Zarathustra Company was for a Class III uninhabited planet, which meant they owned the planet lock stock and barrel. They exploited it and reaped the huge profits from…
In the world in which Time Crime takes place, human society has developed the technology to move laterally between parallel universes.
