H. Beam Piper (1904–1964)
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Little Fuzzy, Space Viking and Other Terro-Human Future History Stories from H. Beam Piper (Twelve Terro-Human Future… (2008) 21 exemplaren
The Terro-Human Future History Omnibus 13 exemplaren
The Best of H. Beam Piper: 33 Novels and Short Stories (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 7 exemplaren
Down Styphon! [short story] 4 exemplaren
The Federation Series by H. Beam Piper (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 4 exemplaren
Works of H. Beam Piper. Illustrated. Space Viking, Little Fuzzy, Uller Uprising, Oomphel in the Sky, Ministry of… 3 exemplaren
Gunpowder God [short story] 3 exemplaren
SF Anthology 2 exemplaren
Short Stories of H. Beam Piper 2 exemplaren
The Greatest Works of H. Beam Piper - 35 Titles in One Edition: Dystopian Novels, Sci-Fi Books & Supernatural Stories:… (2018) 2 exemplaren
The Collected Works of H. Beam Piper 1 exemplaar
Der kleine Fuzzy 1 exemplaar
Short Science Fiction Collection 027 1 exemplaar
The 4-D Doodler / 2BR02B / Quiet, Please / Crossroads of Destiny — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Cmentarz marzeń 1 exemplaar
Afera w świątyni 1 exemplaar
Nowa rasa ludzka 1 exemplaar
Kalvin: The Genesis 1 exemplaar
The Second H. Beam Piper Omnibus 1 exemplaar
Second Genesis 1 exemplaar
The Last Cavalier: H. Beam Piper 1 exemplaar
Terro-Human Future History: Complete Series: Uller Uprising, Four-Day Planet, The Cosmic Computer, Space Viking, The… (2018) 1 exemplaar
Magazine Version 1 exemplaar
Anthology 1 exemplaar
More Short Stories of H. Beam Piper 1 exemplaar
Paratime Omnibus 1 exemplaar
The Essential H. Beam Piper Collection 1 exemplaar
Sci Fi Shorts Volume 10 1 exemplaar
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Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 6: Neanderthals (1987) — Medewerker — 63 exemplaren
The Wild Years 1946-1955 (Amazing Science Fiction Anthology Series) (1987) — Medewerker — 25 exemplaren
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXVI, No. 3 (November 1965) (1965) — Medewerker — 15 exemplaren
Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXX, No. 6 (February 1963) (1963) — Medewerker — 14 exemplaren
Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXX, No. 3 (November 1962) (1962) — Medewerker — 13 exemplaren
Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXIX, No. 2 (April 1962) (1962) — Medewerker — 11 exemplaren
Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXX, No. 4 (December 1962) (1961) — Medewerker — 11 exemplaren
Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXVIII, No. 5 (January 1962) (1961) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXVI, No. 3 (November 1960) (1960) — Auteur — 10 exemplaren
Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXX, No. 5 (January 1963) (1963) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
The Petrified planet: The long view, Uller uprising, Daughters of earth — Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
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- Officiële naam
- Piper, Henry Beam
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Piper, Horace Beam
- Geboortedatum
- 1904-03-23
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1964-11-06
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- suicide
- Woonplaatsen
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
- Beroepen
- laborer
night watchman
science fiction author
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- Populariteit
- #2,855
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- 3.8
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- ISBNs
- 588
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This volume combines several paratime police stories starring Verkan Vall and Tortha Korf with "Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen", the latter being a novel length story of 16th century warfare set in the paratime universe. I first read "Lord Kalvan" years ago, probably in high school, when I was interested in adventure and war stories, and re-read parts of it after I bought this volume two weeks ago. This is typical 1950's science fiction, with unconflicted male heroes, smoking pipes, drinking cocktails, and drawing their guns to shoot clearly evil gangsters. The plots are resolved usually in a rapid few pages when the good guys suddenly reveal how they outsmarted the bad guys, and shoot them dead. Paratime is explained usually in a few pages of dense expository writing disguised as a conversation, and I never quite understood the structure of levels, sectors, and other divisions in the timelines, and could not visualize the police headquarters and props. I enjoyed the break from serious literature.… (meer)