H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964)
The Terro-Human Future History is Piper's detailed account of the next 6000 years of human history. 1942, the year the first fission reactor was constructed, is defined as the year 1 A.E. (Atomic Era). In 1973, a nuclear war devastates the planet, eventually laying the groundwork for the emergence of a Terran Federation, once humanity goes into space and develops antigravity technology. The story "The Edge of the Knife" (collected in Empire) occurs slightly before the war, and involves a man who sees flashes of the future. It links many key elements of Piper's series. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Volumes 1 and 2 (2 Discs)
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964)
Genre(s): Science Fiction, Short Stories
Language: English
01 The Answer
02 Temple Trouble
03 Flight From Tomorrow
04 Police Operation
05 Graveyard of Dreams
06 He Walked Around the Horses
07 Hunter Patrol
08 Last Enemy
09 Crossroads of Destiny
10 Dearest
11 Ministry of Disturbance
12 Naudsonce
13 Omnilingual
14 Oomphel in the Sky
15 Operation R.S.V.P
16 The Return
17 The Keeper
18 Time and Time Again
5. A Slave Is a Slave
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964)
The Galactic Empire is slowly 'welcoming' into the family of civilized worlds those systems so far off in the backwater of the galaxy that they have been overlooked and ignored for the past 500 years or so. This is purely routine work because every planet offered the chance has eagerly accepted the invitation. Mainly because the enlightened Empire lets the planetary government continue to rule and do whatever it wants...with a few minor restrictions of course; and because the they are shown what happens to planets who decide not to accept the invitation.
Aditya is the system in question here. Forgotten for almost a millennium but surviving, thank you very much, with an economy based entirely on slavery. Everyone is a slave except for the few thousand Lords Master. What happens when the this type of society meets the Constitution of the Galactic Empire which forbids any type of slavery? What happens when the poor, oppressed slaves are given their freedom? Funny you should ask ....
Genre(s): Science Fiction
6. Space Viking
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964)
A galactic war has left the Terran Federation in ruins. Formerly civilized planets have decivilized into barbarism. Space Vikings roam the wreckage, plundering and killing for gain. Lord Lucas Trask of Traskon was no admirer of the Space Vikings, but when murder takes his wife on his wedding day, Trask trades everything he has for his own Space Viking ship and sets out on a galaxy-wide quest for revenge. (Summary by Mark Nelson)
Genre(s): General Fiction, Science Fiction
7. Time Crime
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964)
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! (Summary by Gutenberg text)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
8. Uller Uprising
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964)
Uller Uprising is the story of a confrontation between a human overlord and alien servants, with an ironic twist at the end. Like most of Piper's best work, Uller Uprising is modeled after an actual event in human history; in this case the Sepoy Mutiny (a Bengal uprising in British-held India brought about when rumors were spread to native soldiers that cartridges being issued by the British were coated with animal fat. The rebellion quickly spread throughout India and led to the massacre of the British Colony at Cawnpore.). Piper's novel is not a mere retelling of the Indian Mutiny, but rather an analysis of an historical event applied to a similar situation in the far future. (Summary from John F. Carr's introduction)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
9. Lone Star Planet
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964) and John J. MCGUIRE (1917 - 1981)
New Texas: its citizens figure that name about says it all. The Solar League ambassador to the Lone Star Planet has the unenviable task of convincing New Texans that a s'Srauff attack is imminent, and dangerous. Unfortunately it's common knowledge that the s'Srauff are evolved from canine ancestors—and not a Texan alive is about to be scared of a talking dog! But unless he can get them to act, and fast, there won't be a Texan alive, scared or otherwise! (Summary from the text)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
10. Four-Day Planet
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964)
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. (Introduction from the Gutenberg text)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
11. Null-ABC
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964) and John J. MCGUIRE (1917 - 1981)
"There's some reaction these days that holds scientists responsible for war. Take it one step further: What happens if "book-learnin'" is held responsible ...?" (quote from Astounding Science Fiction, Feb 1953)
Genre(s): General Fiction, Science Fiction
12. Time Crime
H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964)
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! (Summary by Gutenberg text)
Genre(s): Science Fiction