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H. Beam Piper
[1904-1964]

short profile The 'Little Fuzzy' Saga Federation Series Paratime Series other works Kindle Editions works about H. Beam Piper links

"English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid,
and as such is no more legitimate than any of the other products of that conversation."
— H. Beam Piper (in "Fuzzy Sapiens")

The 'Little Fuzzy' Saga
Gashta homepage/fansite

	Book 1: "Little Fuzzy" [1962] by H. Beam Piper generally considered juvenile fiction; nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel Cosmos Books mass pb [7/2007] for $6.99 Ace 7x5 pb [1/87] out of print/used Aegypan 11x6½ hardcover [6/2006] for $25.95 book entry at Wikipedia
	Book 2: "Fuzzy Sapiens" [1964] by H. Beam Piper (originally "The Other Human Race") Ace mass pb [1964] out of print/used Ace 7x5 pb [8/85] out of print/used Ace 7x5 pb [8/84] out of print/used
	"The Fuzzy Papers: Complete In One Volume - Little Fuzzy & Fuzzy Sapiens" [1964] by H. Beam Piper Ace mass pb [9/80] out of print/many used Nelson Doubleday Book Club 8x5¾ hardcover [1964] out of print/many used
	"Fuzzy Bones" [1981] by William Tuning authorized sequel to the first two novels; explains that fuzzy sapiens are descended from a space-travelling race marooned on a hostile planet, who still look to the stars for rescue Ace mass pb [2/83] out of print/used Ace mass pb [12/81] out of print/many used
	"Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey" [1982] by Ardath Mayhar authorized novel, which repeats the Tuning tale from the viewpoint of the fuzzies, who call their own species 'gashta' Ace mass pb [9/83] out of print/many used Ace mass pb [10/82] out of print/many, many used
	"The Adventures of Little Fuzzy" childrens book [1983] Adapted by Benson Parker, illustrated by Michael Whelan & David Wenzel; basically a child-level story based on the first "Little Fuzzy" novel Platt & Munk hardcover [1/83] out of print/used
	Book 3: "Fuzzies and Other People" [lost until 1984] by H. Beam Piper the third part of Piper's vision, which naturally contradicts the tales by Tuning & Mayhar; six months after the court victory in "Fuzzy Sapiens", the Zarathustra Company's lawyers are jousting over whether fuzzies can testify in court Ace 7x5 pb [12/86] out of print/used Ace 7x5 pb [8/84] out of print/used
	"The Complete Fuzzy" [1998] by H. Beam Piper includes "Little Fuzzy", "Fuzzy Sapiens" & "Fuzzies and Other People" Ace 9x6 pb [12/98] for 19.14

"Fuzzy Nation" continuation novel [5/2011] by John Scalzi
http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Nation-John-Scalzi-ebook/dp/B004OA63YO/
http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Nation-John-Scalzi/dp/0765367033/ pb
http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Nation-John-Scalzi/dp/0765328542/

"Fuzzy Ergo Sum" continuation novel [8/2011] by Wolfgang Diehr
http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Ergo-Sum-Wolfgang-Diehr-ebook/dp/B005KNP732/
http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Ergo-Sum-Diehr-Wolfgang/dp/0937912174/

"Caveat Fuzzy" continuation novel [7/2012] by Wolfgang Diehr
http://www.amazon.com/Caveat-Fuzzy-Little-Wolfgang-Diehr-ebook/dp/B00905E55M/
http://www.amazon.com/Caveat-Fuzzy-Wolfgang-Diehr/dp/0937912220/

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Federation  Series
http://www.amazon.com/Federation-Piper-Halcyon-Classics-ebook/dp/B003AU4SCS/

"Uller Uprising (1952) ISBN 0-441-84292-5

"Four-Day Planet (1961) ISBN 0-441-24891-8 (refers to the 1981 edition: Four-Day Planet/Lone Star planet)

"The Cosmic Computer (1963, originally Junkyard Planet) ISBN 0-441-11759-7 (refers to the 1983 edition.)
Based on the short story "Graveyard of Dreams", published in Galaxy Magazine February 1958.

"Space Viking (1963) ISBN 0-441-77784-8 (refers to the 1983 edition)

"Federation (1981) ISBN 0-441-23191-8

"Empire, (1981) ISBN 0-441-20557-7 (refers to the May 1983 Mass Market Paperback Ed.)

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Paratime  Series
http://www.hostigos.com/
http://users.penn.com/~djfrank/Lord_Kalvan/Lord_Kalvan_page.html

"Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen" [1965, reprinted 1984] ISBN 0-441-49055-7

"Paratime" [1981] ISBN 0-441-65169-0

"Great Kings' War (1985) by Roland Green and John F. Carr, ISBN 0-441-30200-9

"Kalvan Kingmaker" [2000] by John F. Carr

"The Complete Paratime" [2001]
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Paratime-Ace-Science-Fiction/dp/0441008011/

short stories: "Last Enemy"; "Time Crime" in two parts; "Temple Trouble";
"Police Operation"; and according to some, "Genesis"

"Siege at Tarr-Hostigos" [2003] by John F. Carr

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Other Works by H. Beam Piper

	"Murder In The Gunroom" [1953 novel] by H. Beam Piper A gun collector is found shot dead on the floor of his locked gunroom, a pistol in his hand ... http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Gunroom-Halcyon-Classics-ebook/dp/B0046A9ONY/ http://www.amazon.com/Murder-in-The-Gunroom-ebook/dp/B003CC1KSY/ CruGuru 9x6 pb [10/2008] for $8.99 IndyPublish 9x6 pb [10/2007] for $57.99 {sic} IndyPublish 9x6 hardcover [10/2007] for $63.99 {sic}
	"The Worlds of H. Beam Piper" [10 stories; 1983] Edited by John F. Carr includes "The Answer", "Crossroads of Destiny", "Day of The Moron", "Dearest", "Flight From Tomorrow", "Genesis", "Hunter Patrol", "The Mercenaries", "Operation RSVP", and "Time & Time Again" Ace mass pb [1/84] out of print/used Ace mass pb [2/83] out of print/many used
	"Ministry of Disturbance and Other S.F." [5 stories; 2007] by H. Beam Piper 'five novelettes', including "Omnilingual" [1957], "The Keeper" [1957], "Ministry of Disturbance" [1958], "Oomphel In The Sky" [1960], and "A Slave Is A Slave" [1962] Aegypan pb [3/2007] for $13.95 Aegypan 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] for $26.95
	"Ministry of Disturbance and Other Stories" [2009] by H. Beam Piper includes "The Keeper" [1957], "Ministry of Disturbance" [1958], and "A Slave Is A Slave" [1962] CreateSpace 8½xc5½ pb [7/2009] for $11.95

Kindle  Editions
Amazon's Kindle Store
Kindle ebook reader entry at Wikipedia

Nordell Bookstores Group Kindle Hardware & Content Page
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	"The Essential H. Beam Piper Collection" for Kindle [2009] contains seven novels: "The Cosmic Computer" [1963], "Four-Day Planet" [1961], "Little Fuzzy" [1962], "Lone Star Planet" [1958], "Murder In The Gunroom" [1953], "Null-ABC" aka "Crisis In 2140" [1957] & "Uller Uprising" [1952 novel]; and 25 stories: "A Slave Is A Slave", "The Answer", "Crossroads of Destiny", "Day of The Moron", "Dearest", "The Edge of The Knife", "Flight From Tomorrow", "Genesis", "Graveyard of Dreams", "He Walked Around The Horses", "Hunter Patrol", "The Keeper", "Last Enemy", "The Mercenaries", "Ministry of Disturbance", "Naudsonce", "Omni-lingual", "Oomphel In The Sky", "Operation R.S.V.P.", "Police Operation", "Rebel Raider", "The Return", "Temple Trouble", "Time and Time Again", and "Time Crime" Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2009] for $4.99
	"The Best of H. Beam Piper: 33 Novels & Short Stories" for Kindle [2010] same as the "Essential Collection" for Kindle above, with the addition of the 1963 novel "Space Viking" Kindle Edition from Halcyon Press [2/2010] for $1.99 {sic} contains all 33 H. Beam Piper public domain works
	"The Essential Works of H. Beam Piper" for Kindle [2010] same as the "Essential Collection" for Kindle above, with the omission of "Lone Star Planet" [1958 novel] and the addition of "Space Viking" [1963 novel] Kindle Edition from Golgotha Press [10/2010] for 99¢ {sic}
	"The H. Beam Piper Megapack: 33 Classic Science Fiction Novels & Short Stories" [2013] Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [3/2013] for 99¢ {sic} contains all 33 H. Beam Piper public domain works

Works  About  H. Beam Piper

"H. Beam Piper: Emperor of Paratime - A Working Bibliography" [1994]
by Gordon Benson, Jr. & Phil Stephensen-Payne
Galactic Central Publns 8¼x6 pb [3/94] out of print/scarce
Borgo Press hardcover [3/94] out of print/scarce

"H. Beam Piper: A Biography" [2008] by John F. Carr McFarland 10x7 hardcover [5/2008] for $36.00

L i n k s

H. Beam Piper entry at Wikipedia
H. Beam Piper entry at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
browse H. Beam Piper's books at Amazon

JFC's H. Beam Piper Memorial Website
The Unofficial H.Beam Piper Home Page {with godawful sound loop}
Zarthani H. Beam Piper fansite

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