H Beam Piper

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Dall'altra parte del cortile della piantagione, altri sei uomini in abiti a strisce, con carabine a tracolla, si avvicinarono; con loro venne un altro uomo con un mantello bianco con cappuccio e due guardie con giacche blu e berretti rossi, con fucili a baionetta. L'uomo vestito di bianco e i suoi servi armati si avvicinarono alla casa; i sei schiavisti di Calera proseguirono attraverso il cortile fino al punto in cui i loro cavalli venivano picchettati. "Se non offendo i nobili signori, allora," disse Coru-hin-Irigod, "prego la loro sofferenza di andarsene. Io ei miei uomini abbiamo molta strada da percorrere se volessimo raggiungere Careba al calar della notte. Il Signore, il Grande Signore, il Signore Dio Safar veglia tra di noi finch non ci incontreremo di nuovo. " Urado Alatana, il caposquadra, sal sul portico mentre i due schiavisti scendevano. "Li guardi bene, Radd?" chiese il capitano delle guardie. "Pensi che io sia abbastanza pazzo da far uscire di qui quei banditi con duemila obus - quarantamila unit di cambio paratemporali - dei soldi della Compagnia senza sapere cosa stiamo ottenendo?" l'altro par . "Stanno bene, belli, puliti, dall'aspetto sano. Ho fatto di tutto ma smontarli e ispezionare i pezzi mentre venivano sganciati alla palizzata. Vorrei sapere dove ha preso questo Coru-hin-Whatshisname loro, per . Non sono roba locale. Molto pi scuri e stanno blaterando tra di loro in un gergo che non ho mai sentito prima. Alcuni indossano abiti stracci e hanno sandali dall'aspetto strano. Ho notato che la maggior parte di loro mostravano segni di recenti frustate. Ci potrebbe significare che sono fastidiosi, o potrebbe semplicemente significare che questi Calera sono un sacco di bruti sadici. "Poveri diavoli " L'uomo chiamato Dosu Golan sperava evidentemente di non essersi mai sorpreso a parlare di altri umani in quel modo. Il capitano delle guardie si volt verso di lui.

Little Fuzzy is a 1962 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper, now in public domain. It was nominated for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel. 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. The book was followed by a sequel, Fuzzy Sapiens (original title The Other Human Race) published in 1964, the same year that Piper committed suicide. In the wake of Piper's suicide, rumor spread of a lost "second sequel"; in 1981, at the behest of Ace Books, William Tuning produced the critically acclaimed Fuzzy Bones. Ace also hired Ardath Mayhar in 1982 to write Golden Dreams: A Fuzzy Odyssey, which tells the events of Little Fuzzy from the viewpoint of the Fuzzies (or Gashta, as they call themselves). Later, Piper's lost manuscript was discovered, and published in 1984 as Fuzzies and Other People. A new volume in the series, Fuzzy Ergo Sum by Wolfgang Diehr, was published by Pequod Press in April 2011. A second book, Caveat Fuzzy was released in August 2012. A third installment, this time by Wolfgang Diehr & well known Piper historian John F. Carr, titled Fuzzy Conundrum, published in 2016. In 2011, John Scalzi published Fuzzy Nation, which he described as a "reboot" of Piper's original. (wikipedia.org)

The Cosmic Computer (Original Title: Junkyard Planet) is science fiction novel by Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 - c. November 6, 1964) who was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales.

The Cosmic Computer (Original Title: Junkyard Planet) is science fiction novel by Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 - c. November 6, 1964) who was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales.

Little Fuzzy is a 1962 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper, now in public domain. It was nominated for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel. 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. The book was followed by a sequel, Fuzzy Sapiens (original title The Other Human Race) published in 1964, the same year that Piper committed suicide. In the wake of Piper's suicide, rumor spread of a lost "second sequel"; in 1981, at the behest of Ace Books, William Tuning produced the critically acclaimed Fuzzy Bones. Ace also hired Ardath Mayhar in 1982 to write Golden Dreams: A Fuzzy Odyssey, which tells the events of Little Fuzzy from the viewpoint of the Fuzzies (or Gashta, as they call themselves). Later, Piper's lost manuscript was discovered, and published in 1984 as Fuzzies and Other People. A new volume in the series, Fuzzy Ergo Sum by Wolfgang Diehr, was published by Pequod Press in April 2011. A second book, Caveat Fuzzy was released in August 2012. A third installment, this time by Wolfgang Diehr & well known Piper historian John F. Carr, titled Fuzzy Conundrum, published in 2016. In 2011, John Scalzi published Fuzzy Nation, which he described as a "reboot" of Piper's original. (wikipedia.org)

Paratime Parasites contains a new introduction to Paratime, four never before published Paratime stories by John F. Carr and all of H. Beam Piper's Paratime stories except "Time Crime" and the Lord Kalvan yarns. Newer stories include: "Paratime Parasites," a story about a conveyor missing for 10,000 years and Verkan Vall's efforts to find out what happened to the original Paratime Survey Team. "Back From the Dead, a story about a man who returns from the dead only to find himself in his twelve-year-old body. "Paratime Paradox," where an outtimer threatens the Paratime Travel secret itself through his dreams. "The Transtemporal Man," a story about what happens when an outtimer suddenly appears with the ability to transpose to different timelines without a transtemporal conveyer. This is one collection you do not want to miss.

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 wife's murderer and its unexpected consequences. The story was originally serialized in Analog magazine. BackgroundTen thousand refugees from the losing side of The Big War (The System States War of The Cosmic Computer) fled far beyond the boundaries of the Terran Federation and colonized the planet Excalibur. By the beginning of Space Viking, they had expanded to a handful of Sword Worlds (so-called because they are named after legendary swords) and had grown to a total population of three and a half billion, organized in a feudal system of kingdoms, duchies, and other small states, ruled by frequently-warring noblemen. Despite their isolation and the political instability, the inhabitants managed to retain a high level of technology, including space flight. One day, a starship rediscovered the Old Federation. Civilization had collapsed, presumably due to the war; many of the planets had regressed to varying stages of semi-barbarism. Taking advantage of the situation, "Space Vikings" (reminiscent of Norse vikings) proceeded to raid the poorly defended Federation worlds over the next three hundred years for loot.

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 wife's murderer and its unexpected consequences. The story was originally serialized in Analog magazine. BackgroundTen thousand refugees from the losing side of The Big War (The System States War of The Cosmic Computer) fled far beyond the boundaries of the Terran Federation and colonized the planet Excalibur. By the beginning of Space Viking, they had expanded to a handful of Sword Worlds (so-called because they are named after legendary swords) and had grown to a total population of three and a half billion, organized in a feudal system of kingdoms, duchies, and other small states, ruled by frequently-warring noblemen. Despite their isolation and the political instability, the inhabitants managed to retain a high level of technology, including space flight. One day, a starship rediscovered the Old Federation. Civilization had collapsed, presumably due to the war; many of the planets had regressed to varying stages of semi-barbarism. Taking advantage of the situation, "Space Vikings" (reminiscent of Norse vikings) proceeded to raid the poorly defended Federation worlds over the next three hundred years for loot.

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 Extreme Environment Suit can preserve the life of anyone caught outside. Fenris isn't a hell planet, but it's nobody's bargain. With 2,000-hour days and an 8,000-hour year, it alternates blazing heat with killing cold. A planet like that tends to breed a special kind of person: tough enough to stay alive and smart enough to make the best of it. When that kind of person discovers he's being cheated of wealth he's risked his life for, that kind of planet is ripe for revolution. This prescient tale will please fans of politically oriented science fiction.

The Paratime Police had a real headache this time Tracing one man in a population of millions is easy-compared to finding one gang hiding out on one of billions of probability lines In Time Crime, detectives have to pursue criminals into the past, future, and other possible presents. SF lovers, settle in for a pulse-pounding - and thought-provoking - adventure.

Once, wars were won by maneuvering hired fighting men; now wars are different-and the hired experts are different. But the human problems remain

The planet Zarathustra is listed as uninhabited - which means that the entire planet can be owned by a corporation. That owner is the rich and happy Zarathustra Company - rich and happy, that is, until a prospector named Jack Holloway comes across undocumented species - a tiny, golden-furred little biped that he dubs 'Little Fuzzy.' Not only are the Little Fuzzies cute, they're bright too - in fact, they may be sapient as people are ... and that means everything the Zarathustra company owns on this world is at stake...