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Dig into this science fiction classic from golden-era great H. Beam Piper. This novel offers a thought-provoking and action-packed look at interplanetary trade in the far-off future -- and the problems that erupt when the natives grow restless. Uller Uprising is a must-read for...

Cracking a tough case is difficult enough when time is running in just one direction. In H. Beam Piper's 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 -- adv...

After his wife is murdered on their wedding day, Lucas Trask becomes a Space Viking, raiding distant worlds while hunting for his wife's killer.

Science fiction luminary H. Beam Piper was fascinated with the idea of time travel, and it is a theme that appears frequently in his work. This early short story tells the tale of a wounded soldier who awakes after suffering a profound injury on the battlefield. Though he can rem...

In the gripping Civil War story Rebel Raider , H. Beam Piper takes a break from the science fiction that was his typical stock-in-trade and beams readers back into the midst of the conflict that ripped the United States asunder. The tale focuses on the exploits of Confederate le...

Part of H. Beam Piper's much-lauded Paratime series, "Police Operation" takes place in the distant future. This story focuses specifically on the Paratime police, an elite organization that is charged with the task of protecting the top-secret technology that allows Earth's deniz...

Author H. Beam Piper attained literary acclaim with his inventive forays into science fiction, but he also tried his hand at the mystery genre. Murder in the Gunroom features a detective whose expertise in antique guns makes him the perfect candidate to crack the case of a coll...

Get set for rip-roaring adventure in this tale from the imagination of science fiction luminary H. Beam Piper. In the aftermath of a massive war, many once-developed planets have been reduced to rubble, and the few survivors have lost all vestiges of civilization. A group of so-c...

"Once, military actions were entirely two dimensional, confined to the surface of land and sea, but then submarines and aircraft added a third dimension, vastly extended by spaceflight. Now, consider that if time travel is possible, the fourth dimension of time opens up new possi...

Should a nation's political climate guide its scientific agenda, or should research exist in a separate realm that's unaffected by these types of considerations? That's the question at the heart of The Mercenaries , a thought-provoking science fiction tale from H. Beam Piper. In...

Reach into the distant past and discover the fascinating origins of the advanced technology that allows future Earth inhabitants to journey between parallel universes at their whim. This entry in H. Beam Piper's popular Paratime series homes in on the Martian colonists who visite...

A group of explorers from Earth stumbles across the remains of an ancient civilization on Mars. The ruins are full of intriguing documents and artifacts, but the contingent from Earth is unable to decipher them. Will they ever be able to crack the code?

Part of H. Beam Piper's popular Paratime series, "Last Enemy" follows the work of researcher Dallona of Hadron, who is attempting to determine whether any aspect of the mind, body or soul survives the process of death. However, when her experiments suggest that sentience does out...

Science fiction author H. Beam Piper is regarded as one of the genre's most inventive practitioners, and this short but gripping tale puts his remarkable creative powers on full display. "He Walked Around the Horses" takes the real-world case of the mysterious disappearance of a ...

In this classic slice of golden-age science fiction from prolific writer H. Beam Piper, a chance meeting on a train leads to a fascinating conversation about alternate universes and counterfactual history. But is it all merely idle chit-chat-or could it be something more intrigui...

A miner on the planet Zarathustra crosses paths with an adorable fuzzy creature -- and soon realizes that the little guy may possess human-like intelligence. This realization may throw the social and political balance of the planet into question, and several different groups are ...

This classic science fiction tale from H. Beam Piper takes place in the Federation universe that served as the setting for many of his stories. In the distant future, the inhabitants of the strange planet Poictesme have long heard rumors about a remarkably powerful computer that ...