Books with author H Beam Piper

The Terro-Human Future History is an account of the next 6,000 years of human history. 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.Table of Contents:Uller UprisingFour-Day PlanetThe Cosmic ComputerSpace VikingThe ReturnOmnilingualThe Edge of the KnifeThe KeeperGraveyard of DreamsMinistry of DisturbanceOomphel in the SkyA Slave is a SlaveNaudsonceLittle Fuzzy

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.

Jack Holloway lives a solitary life in a wilderness of planet Zarathustra, itself "owned" by the Chartered Zarathustra Company, which installed basic services and colonial outposts initially, and now reaps the benefits of new discoveries, such as the valuable 'sunstones' mined by Holloway until he befriends a tiny, golden-furred humanoid that he names 'Little Fuzzy.' Little Fuzzy brings his family/tribe to meet Holloway and the lot of them promptly adopt Holloway as well. Upon discovery that the Fuzzies intelligence may qualify them as a sapient species, the Company moves against them.

"Four-Day Planet" is set on a planet called Fenris, where extremes in climate have resulted in an extremely small population with very few off-world contacts. The protagonist is a 17-year-old reporter who fights to overturn the corrupt 'government' and coercive mercantilist monopoly on 'tallow-wax', the sole export from Fenris. "Lone Star Planet" is set on New Texas, where everything from cows to nuts is prefixed. Silk, the unwilling, banished replacement for the Solar League's former ambassador, must solve the murder and stave off an anticipated invasion by the Srauff, a canine alien race, while preventing his own assassination on a planet where the killing of politicians is acceptable, if they "had it coming."

The chartered Zarathustra Company had it all their way. Their charter was for a Class III uninhabited planet, which Zarathustra was, and it meant they owned the planet lock stock and barrel. They exploited it, developed it and reaped the huge profits from it without interference from the Colonial Government. Then Jack Holloway, a sunstone prospector, appeared on the scene with his family of Fuzzies and the passionate conviction that they were not cute animals but little people.

31 incredible science fiction novels and short stories, collected here and presented in full awesomeness! If you love sci-fi, you NEED to read H. Beam Piper, one of the greatest sci-fi writers of all time.Contents include:TIME AND TIME AGAINHE WALKED AROUND THE HORSESPOLICE OPERATIONTHE MERCENARIESLAST ENEMYFLIGHT FROM TOMORROWOPERATION R.S.V.P.DEARESTTEMPLE TROUBLEGENESISDAY OF THE MORONULLR UPRISINGNULL-ABCTHE RETURNTIME CRIMEOMNILINGUALTHE EDGE OF THE KNIFETHE KEEPERLONE STAR PLANETGRAVEYARD OF DREAMSMINISTRY OF DISTURBANCEHUNTER PATROLCROSSROADS OF DESTINYTHE ANSWEROOMPHEL IN THE SKYFOUR-DAY PLANET — Part 1FOUR-DAY PLANET — Part 2NAUDSONCELITTLE FUZZY — Part 1LITTLE FUZZY — Part 2A SLAVE IS A SLAVESPACE VIKINGTHE COSMIC COMPUTER

This unique collection of sci-fi and fantasy stories has been meticulously edited, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. The Terro-Human Future History Series:Uller UprisingFour-Day PlanetThe Cosmic ComputerSpace VikingThe ReturnOmnilingualThe Edge of the KnifeThe KeeperGraveyard of DreamsMinistry of DisturbanceOomphel in the SkyA Slave is a SlaveNaudsonceLittle FuzzyThe Paratime Series:He Walked Around the HorsesPolice OperationLast EnemyTemple TroubleGenesisTime CrimeOther Novels:Lone Star Planet (A Planet for Texans)Null-ABC (Crisis in 2140)Short Stories:Time and Time AgainFlight from TomorrowThe MercenariesDay of the MoronDearestThe AnswerHunter PatrolCrossroads of Destiny

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.Jack Holloway lives a solitary life in a wilderness of planet Zarathustra, itself "owned" by the Chartered Zarathustra Company, which installed basic services and colonial outposts initially, and now reaps the benefits of new discoveries, such as the valuable 'sunstones' mined by Holloway until he befriends a tiny, golden-furred humanoid that he names 'Little Fuzzy.' Little Fuzzy brings his family/tribe to meet Holloway and the lot of them promptly adopt Holloway as well. Upon discovery that the Fuzzies intelligence may qualify them as a sapient species, the Company moves against them.