The Collected Works of H. Beam Piper (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Dystopian Novels & Science Fiction Series, Including The Terro-Human Future History Series, The Paratime SeriesBy H. Beam Piper
Length95h 7m
About this audiobook
The Collected Works of H. Beam Piper gathers the fiction of a writer whose speculative imagination joined space opera, alternate history, planetary romance, and philosophical adventure. From the Paratime stories to the Terro-Human Future History and such enduring works as Little Fuzzy and Omnilingual, Piper's prose is brisk, lucid, and argumentative, often staging problems of empire, law, anthropology, and technological change. Written in the mid-twentieth-century magazine tradition, these stories retain the vigor of pulp narrative while anticipating later science fiction's concern with cultural systems and historical causation. H. Beam Piper (1904–1964) was a Pennsylvania writer of formidable autodidactic range, deeply interested in history, firearms, linguistics, politics, and the rise and fall of civilizations. His years outside academic institutions, combined with wide reading and practical experience, helped produce fiction unusually attentive to material culture and institutional behavior. Piper's recurring fascination with parallel worlds and future histories reflects a mind trained to see events as contingent, patterned, and morally consequential. This collection is recommended to readers seeking classic science fiction with intellectual architecture beneath its adventure. Scholars, enthusiasts of Golden Age SF, and newcomers alike will find in Piper a sharp, humane, and historically minded storyteller.
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
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GenreScience Fiction
Length95 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 16, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
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 (pt. 1)
34Police Operation
10Four-Day Planet (pt. 2)
35Last Enemy (pt. 1)
11Four-Day Planet (pt. 3)
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)
41Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (pt. 1)
17Space Viking (pt. 3)
42Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (pt. 2)
18Space Viking (pt. 4)
43Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (pt. 3)
19The Return
44Down Styphon!
20Omnilingual
45Other Novels
21The Edge of the Knife
46Lone Star Planet (A Planet for Texans) (pt. 1)
22The Keeper
47Lone Star Planet (A Planet for Texans) (pt. 2)
23Graveyard of Dreams
48Null-ABC (Crisis in 2140) (pt. 1)
24Ministry of Disturbance
49Null-ABC (Crisis in 2140) (pt. 2)
25Oomphel in the Sky
50Murder in the Gunroom (pt. 1)
MURDER IN THE GUNROOMH. Beam Piper8h 32m3.6 (678)$1.99 · $0.00
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Last EnemyH. Beam Piper2h 38m3.8 (238)$10 · $0.00
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