Other editions of book Time Crime

This short novel by H. Beam Piper was originally published in two parts in Astounding Science Fiction, February and March of 1955 and was also published in the 1981 collection, "Paratime."The heroes of this story, Verken Vall, and his wife, Hadron Dalla, are ready to embark on a long-overdue vacation, when the Paratime Police send them both to investigate rumors of slavery in the Esaron Sector. Like many of Piper's stories, this is a police procedural, set in the world of the future.

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The heroes of this story, Verken Vall and his wife Hadron Dalla, are ready to embark on a long-overdue vacation, when the Paratime Police send them both to investigate rumors of slavery in the Esaron Sector. Like many of Piper's stories, this is a police procedural, set in the world of the future.This short novel by H. Beam Piper was originally published in two parts in Astounding Science Fiction, February and March of 1955 and also appeared in the 1981 collection Paratime.

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.