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66 relations: A Planet for Texans, Ace Books, Alternate history, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Ardath Mayhar, Communist International, Detective fiction, Dimension X (radio program), Elizabeth Bear, Empire (H. Beam Piper book), Enlightened despotism, Federation (short story collection), First World, Foundation series, Fuzzy Nation, General semantics, George H. Scithers, H. L. Mencken, He Walked Around the Horses, History, In medias res, Indian Rebellion of 1857, Interregnum, Isaac Asimov, Jerry Pournelle, Jo Walton, John F. Carr, John J. McGuire, John Scalzi, John W. Campbell, Last Enemy, Life insurance, List of science-fiction authors, Little Fuzzy, Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen, Malum in se, Malum prohibitum, Martian, Michael Kurland, Mutual assured destruction, NATO, Nuclear warfare, Omnilingual, Paratime series, Pennsylvania Railroad, Project Gutenberg, Prometheus Award, Raccoon coat, Science, ..., Science fiction, Second World, Short story, Space opera, Space Viking, The Answer (short story), The Italian Job, The Keeper (short story), The Return (short story), The Worlds of H. Beam Piper, Tor.com, United States, When in the Course, William Tuning, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, X Minus One. Expand index (16 more) »
A Planet for Texans
A Planet for Texans (also published as Lone Star Planet) is a science-fiction novel written by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire.
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Ace Books
Ace Books is an American specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books.
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Alternate history
Alternate history or alternative history (Commonwealth English), sometimes abbreviated as AH, is a genre of fiction consisting of stories in which one or more historical events occur differently.
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Altoona, Pennsylvania
Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science-fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930.
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Ardath Mayhar
Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar (February 20, 1930 – February 1, 2012) was an American writer and poet.
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Communist International
The Communist International (Comintern), known also as the Third International (1919–1943), was an international communist organization that advocated world communism.
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Detective fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.
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Dimension X (radio program)
Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950 to September 29, 1951.
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Elizabeth Bear
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear.
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Empire (H. Beam Piper book)
Empire is a collection of short stories by American writer H. Beam Piper, edited by John F. Carr.
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Enlightened despotism
Enlightened despotism (also called benevolent despotism) referred to a leader's espousal of "Enlightenment ideas and principles" to enhance the leader's power.
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Federation (short story collection)
Federation is a collection of short stories by American writer H. Beam Piper, edited by John F. Carr.
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First World
The concept of First World originated during the Cold War and included countries that were generally aligned with NATO and opposed to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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Foundation series
The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov.
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Fuzzy Nation
Fuzzy Nation (published by Tor Books) is a 2011 reboot by John Scalzi of H. Beam Piper's 1962 novel Little Fuzzy.
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General semantics
General semantics is a self improvement and therapy program begun in the 1920s that seeks to regulate human mental habits and behaviors.
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George H. Scithers
George H. Scithers (May 14, 1929 – April 19, 2010) was an American science fiction fan, author and editor.
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H. L. Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English.
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He Walked Around the Horses
"He Walked Around the Horses" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. Beam Piper.
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History
History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.
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In medias res
A narrative work beginning in medias res (lit. "into the middle of things") opens in the midst of action (cf. ab ovo, ab initio).
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Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India between 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
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Interregnum
An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order.
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Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.
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Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Eugene Pournelle (August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American science fiction writer, essayist, and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s.
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Jo Walton
Jo Walton (born December 1, 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet.
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John F. Carr
John Francis Carr (born December 25, 1944) is an American science fiction editor and writer.
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John J. McGuire
John Joseph McGuire (August 25, 1917; Altoona, Pennsylvania – August 1, 1981) was an American author of science fiction.
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John Scalzi
John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
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John W. Campbell
John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor.
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Last Enemy
"Last Enemy" is a science fiction short story written by H. Beam Piper, and is a part of his Paratime series.
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Life insurance
Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations) is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money (the benefit) in exchange for a premium, upon the death of an insured person (often the policy holder).
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List of science-fiction authors
Note that this partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction, even if they predate or did not work in that genre.
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Little Fuzzy
Little Fuzzy is a 1962 juvenile science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper, now in public domain.
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Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer H. Beam Piper; it is part of his Paratime series of stories, and was expanded by other writers to form the Kalvan series.
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Malum in se
Malum in se (plural mala in se) is a Latin phrase meaning wrong or evil in itself.
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Malum prohibitum
Malum prohibitum (plural mala prohibita, literal translation: "wrong prohibited") is a Latin phrase used in law to refer to conduct that constitutes an unlawful act only by virtue of statute, as opposed to conduct that is evil in and of itself, or malum in se. Conduct that is so clearly violative of society's standards for allowable conduct that it is illegal under English common law is usually regarded as malum in se.
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Martian
A Martian is a native inhabitant of the planet Mars.
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Michael Kurland
Michael Joseph Kurland (born March 1, 1938) is an American author, best known for his works of science fiction and detective fiction.
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Mutual assured destruction
Mutual assured destruction or mutually assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender (see pre-emptive nuclear strike and second strike).
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.
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Nuclear warfare
Nuclear warfare (sometimes atomic warfare or thermonuclear warfare) is a military conflict or political strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on the enemy.
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Omnilingual
"Omnilingual" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. Beam Piper.
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Paratime series
The Paratime series written by H. Beam Piper consists of several short stories, one novella, and one novel; they deal with an advanced civilization that is able to travel between parallel universes with alternate histories, and uses that ability to trade for goods and services that their own, exhausted Earth cannot provide.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks".
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Prometheus Award
The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society, which also publishes the quarterly journal Prometheus.
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Raccoon coat
Raccoon coats, full-length fur coats made of raccoon hide, were a fad in the United States during the 1920s.
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Science
R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
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Second World
The Second World is the former industrial socialist states (formally the Eastern Bloc) largely encompassing territories under the influence of the Soviet Union.
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Short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood, however there are many exceptions to this.
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Space opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, chivalric romance, and risk-taking.
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Space Viking
Space Viking is a science fiction novel by American writer H. Beam Piper, set in his Terro-Human future history.
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The Answer (short story)
"The Answer" is a science fiction short story written by H. Beam Piper.
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The Italian Job
The Italian Job is a 1969 British comedy caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson.
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The Keeper (short story)
"The Keeper" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. Beam Piper.
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The Return (short story)
"The Return" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire.
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The Worlds of H. Beam Piper
The Worlds of H. Beam Piper is a collection of short stories written by H. Beam Piper, and edited by John F. Carr.
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Tor.com
Tor.com is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, as well as an imprint of Tor Books.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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When in the Course
"When in the Course" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. Beam Piper.
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William Tuning
Orville William Tuning (June 21, 1935 in Ottumwa, Iowa – April 18, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California) was an American author of science fiction and a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).
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Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport, officially The City of Williamsport, is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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X Minus One
X Minus One was an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various timeslots on NBC.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beam_Piper
