"ZNIDD SUDDABIT " So the Ulleran challenge begins, with the rantings of a prophet and a seemingly incidental street riot. Only when a dose of poison lands in the governor-general's whiskey does it become clear that the "geeks" have had it up to their double-lidded eyeballs with the imperialist Terran Federation's Chartered Uller Company. Then, overnight, war is everywhere. How it will end is in the (merely) two Terran hands of the new governor-general, a man shrewd enough to know that "it is easier to banish a habit of thought than a piece of knowledge." The problem is, the particular...
"ZNIDD SUDDABIT " So the Ulleran challenge begins, with the rantings of a prophet and a seemingly incidental street riot. Only when a dose of poiso...
The Lane Fleming collection of early pistols and revolvers was one of the best in the country. When Fleming was found dead on the floor of his locked gunroom, a confederate-made Colt-type percussion .36 revolver in his hand, the coroner's verdict was "death by accident," But Gladys Fleming had her doubts... enough to engage Colonel Jefferson Davis Rand - a pistol collector himself, to catalogue, appraise, and negotiate the sale of her late husband's collection. There were a number of people who had wanted the collection, but had anyone wanted it badly enough to kill Fleming? And if so, how...
The Lane Fleming collection of early pistols and revolvers was one of the best in the country. When Fleming was found dead on the floor of his locked ...
"Time Crime" was originally published in "Astounding Science Fiction" in 1955 as a two-part serial. Many readers have long believed that this short novel was incomplete, due to its abrupt ending. Carr, who has continued Piper's Kalvan series, has written a new third part to this intriguing novel, adding vital information about the depths to which the Wizard Traders have infiltrated Home Time Line.
"Time Crime" was originally published in "Astounding Science Fiction" in 1955 as a two-part serial. Many readers have long believed that this short no...
From H. Beam Piper, the creator of the Terrohuman Future History and the bestselling Fuzzy novels, come the parallel worlds of Paratime--collected for the first time in one volume.
Infinite worlds allowed for infinite evil--unless the doorway to those worlds was most carefully guarded. The Paratime Police are an elite force of men and women charged with defending a million unsuspecting Earths from their more developed--and more ruthless--neighbors in parallel continua. From the original Paratime, which introduced the unceasing struggles of the time-traveling...
From H. Beam Piper, the creator of the Terrohuman Future History and the bestselling Fuzzy novels, come the parallel worlds of Parati...
