SCI-FI & FANTASY Boxed Set: 30 Dystopian Novels & Supernatural Stories (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. From Terro-Human Future History to Paratime: war, colonization, and time crimesBy H. Beam Piper
Length76h 11m
About this audiobook
SCI-FI & FANTASY Boxed Set: 30 Dystopian Novels & Supernatural Stories gathers H. Beam Piper's speculative imagination across tales of collapsing orders, alternate histories, psychic disturbances, and future civilizations under ideological strain. Written in a lucid, brisk prose shaped by mid-twentieth-century pulp magazines, these stories combine adventure plotting with rigorous social speculation. Piper's fiction belongs to the Golden Age and postwar tradition of science fiction, yet it is distinguished by its fascination with history, governance, technological change, and the fragility of culture. H. Beam Piper, born in Pennsylvania in 1904, was largely self-educated and deeply versed in military history, philosophy, and political theory. These interests informed his recurring themes: the rise and fall of empires, the ethics of power, and the consequences of human folly across time. His best-known Paratime and Terro-Human Future History stories reveal an author who treated speculative settings as laboratories for historical argument. This collection is recommended for readers who enjoy intellectually grounded science fiction and supernatural fiction with narrative momentum. It will especially reward those interested in classic speculative literature that remains alert to civilization's vulnerabilities.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length76 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 16, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1SCI-FI & FANTASY Boxed Set: 30 Dystopian Novels & Supernatural Stories (Annotated)
26A Slave is a Slave (pt. 1)
2Introduction
27A Slave is a Slave (pt. 2)
3Historical Context
28Naudsonce
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Little Fuzzy (pt. 1)
5The Terro-Human Future History Series
30Little Fuzzy (pt. 2)
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6Uller Uprising (pt. 1)
31Little Fuzzy (pt. 3)
7Uller Uprising (pt. 2)
32The Paratime Series
8Uller Uprising (pt. 3)
33He Walked Around the Horses
9Four-Day Planet
34Police Operation
108. Practice, 50-MM Gun
35Last Enemy (pt. 1)
1117. Tallow-Wax Fire
36Last Enemy (pt. 2)
12The Cosmic Computer (pt. 1)
37Temple Trouble
13The Cosmic Computer (pt. 2)
38Genesis
14The Cosmic Computer (pt. 3)
39Time Crime (pt. 1)
15Space Viking (pt. 1)
40Time Crime (pt. 2)
16Space Viking (pt. 2)
41Other Novels
17Space Viking (pt. 3)
42Lone Star Planet (A Planet for Texans) (pt. 1)
18Space Viking (pt. 4)
43Lone Star Planet (A Planet for Texans) (pt. 2)
19The Return
44Null-ABC (Crisis in 2140) (pt. 1)
20Omnilingual
45Null-ABC (Crisis in 2140) (pt. 2)
21The Edge of the Knife
46Short Stories
22The Keeper
47Time and Time Again
23Graveyard of Dreams
48Flight from Tomorrow
24Ministry of Disturbance
49The Mercenaries
25Oomphel in the Sky
50Day of the Moron
ULLER UPRISING: Terro-Human Future History NovelH. Beam Piper6h 43m3.8 (1.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
LITTLE FUZZYH. Beam Piper7h 39m4.2 (12.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
OmnilingualH. Beam Piper2h 12m$10 · $0.00
Lone Star PlanetH. Beam Piper3h 22m$10 · $0.00
Last EnemyH. Beam Piper2h 38m$10 · $0.00
Hunter PatrolH. Beam Piper1h 14m3.7 (136)$10 · $0.00
NaudsonceH. Beam Piper1h 55m3.6 (137)$10 · $0.00
Space Viking (Annotated)H. Beam Piper8h 31m$1.99 · $0.00
Four Day Planet & Lone Star Planet (Annotated)H. Beam Piper10h 31m4.0 (139)$2 · $0.00
Terro-Human Future History: Complete Series (Annotated)H. Beam Piper49h 55m$2 · $0.00
Murder in the Gunroom (Annotated)H. Beam Piper8h 32m3.8 (708)$2 · $0.00
The H. Beam Piper Essential: 30 Sci-Fi Classics & Fantasy Titles in One Edition (Annotated)H. Beam Piper76h 16m$2 · $0.00
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Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (Annotated)H. Beam Piper8h 23m4.5 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The MercenariesH. Beam Piper1h3.6 (96)$2 · $0.00
Oomphel in the SkyH. Beam Piper1h 59m3.6 (187)$1 · $0.00
Space VikingH. Beam Piper7h 47m3.8 (2K)$1 · $0.00
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Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery10h 54m4.4 (1.3M)$12 · $0.00
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