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H. Beam Piper

Index H. Beam Piper

Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 –) was an American science fiction writer. [1]

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  1. 63 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), Empire (H. Beam Piper book), Enlightened absolutism, Federation (short story collection), First World, Foot whipping, Foundation (book series), Fuzzy Ergo Sum, 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, Mars in fiction, Michael Kurland, Mutual assured destruction, NATO, Nuclear warfare, Omnilingual, Paratime series, Pennsylvania Railroad, Project Gutenberg, Prometheus Award, Raccoon coat, Science, ... Expand index (13 more) »

  2. 1964 suicides
  3. Suicides by firearm in Pennsylvania

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 a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn.

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Alternate history

Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply AH) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history.

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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), also known as the Third International, was an international organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism, and which was led and controlled by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether 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 mostly on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950, to September 29, 1951.

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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 absolutism

Enlightened absolutism, also called enlightened despotism, refers to the conduct and policies of European absolute monarchs during the 18th and early 19th centuries who were influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment, espousing them to enhance their 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 the First World was originally one of the "Three Worlds" formed by the global political landscape of the Cold War, as it grouped together those countries that were aligned with the Western Bloc of the United States.

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Foot whipping

Foot whipping, falanga/falaka or bastinado is a method of inflicting pain and humiliation by administering a beating on the soles of a person's bare feet.

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Foundation (book series)

The Foundation series (or trilogy) is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov.

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Fuzzy Ergo Sum

Fuzzy Ergo Sum is a 2011 science fiction novel by Wolfgang Diehr as a sequel to H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy trilogy: Little Fuzzy, Fuzzy Sapiens, and Fuzzies and Other People.

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General semantics

General semantics is a school of thought that incorporates philosophic and scientific aspects.

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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, essayist, 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 (derived) is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.

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In medias res

A narrative work beginning in medias res ("into the middle of things") opens in the chronological middle of the plot, rather than at the beginning (cf. ab ovo, ab initio).

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Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 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 (– April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. H. Beam Piper and Isaac Asimov are American alternate history writers and Pulp fiction writers.

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Jerry Pournelle

Jerry Eugene Pournelle (August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers.

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Jo Walton

Jo Walton (born 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 as well as the executor of the literary estate of H. Beam Piper.

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John J. McGuire

John Joseph McGuire (August 25, 1917, in 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. H. Beam Piper and John W. Campbell are Pulp fiction writers.

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Last Enemy

"Last Enemy" is a science fiction short story by American writer 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 upon the death of an insured person (often the policyholder).

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List of science-fiction authors

This is a list of notable science-fiction authors, in alphabetical order.

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Little Fuzzy

Little Fuzzy is a 1962 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 John F. Carr to form the Kalvan series (with some installments co-written by Carr and other writers).

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Malum in se

Malum in se (plural mala in se) is a Latin phrase meaning or.

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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.

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Mars in fiction

Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has appeared as a setting in works of fiction since at least the mid-1600s.

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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 (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.

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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 of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Nuclear warfare

Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry.

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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 and subsequently by John F. Carr consists of several short stories, one novella, and one novel, all but one of which were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction under the editorship of John W. Campbell.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library.

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Prometheus Award

The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society.

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Raccoon coat

A raccoon coat is a full-length fur coat made of raccoon pelts, which became a fashion fad in the United States during the 1920s.

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Science

Science is a strict systematic discipline that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Second World

The Second World is one of the "Three Worlds" formed by the global political landscape of the Cold War, as it grouped together those countries that were aligned with the Eastern Bloc of the Soviet Union.

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Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction.

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Space opera

Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking space adventures, relationships, and chivalric romance.

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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 by American writer H. Beam Piper.

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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 (Piper and McGuire short story)

"The Return" is a science fiction short story by American writers 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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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 is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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X Minus One

X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC.

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See also

1964 suicides

Suicides by firearm in Pennsylvania

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beam_Piper

Also known as Beam Piper, H beam piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam Piper, Uller Uprising.

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