H. Beam Piper was a prolific science fiction. He is well known for both his Terro-Human Future History series, and his Paratime series.

This book is a collection of five short stories, written by the incomparable H. Beam Piper, and set in his Paratime universe (or more correctly, multiverse). In this milieu, human society has developed the technology to move laterally between parallel universes. This advanced society looks upon itself as 'First Level'. Second Level contains societies that are about as advanced as First Level, Third Level is less advanced, our own 'Europo-American' world is firmly on the Fourth Level, and Fifth Level contains worlds where (for one reason or another) human life does not exist. Within each of these levels (except First), there are many parallel worlds, many only marginally different, and totaling up to ten-to-the-hundred-thousandth time-lines! Protecting the secret of the existence of this multiverse is the Paratime Police, and these are their stories. 1) He Walked Around The Horses reveals the fate of an unfortunate Napoleonic diplomat accidentally moved to a parallel time-line where the American and French Revolutions were crushed. 2) Police Operation introduces Verkan Vall, Special Chief's Assistant, who needs to clean up a dangerous Venusian pet, which was accidentally left on our time-line. 3) In Last Enemy, a Second Level society has scientifically proven reincarnation, and now it's up to Vall to rescue his ex-wife Hadron Dalla from the resulting explosion. 4) Time Crime pits Vall and the Paratime Police against a well-organized band of criminals, who are jeopardizing the Paratime secret. 5) And, in Temple Trouble, when a group of First Level workers fall into the hands of a Fourth Level king, it's up to Vall to ensure that the Paratime secret isn't wrung from them.1 • Introduction (Paratime) • (1981) • essay by John F. Carr  14 • He Walked Around the Horses • [Paratime Police] • (1948) • novelette by H. Beam Piper  39 • Police Operation • [Paratime Police] • (1948) • novelette by H. Beam Piper  77 • Last Enemy • [Paratime Police] • (1950) • novella by H. Beam Piper  149 • Time Crime • [Paratime Police] • (1955) • novel by H. Beam Piper  261 • Temple Trouble • [Paratime Police] • (1951) • novelette by H. Beam Piper

H. Beam Piper was a prolific science fiction. He is well known for both his Terro-Human Future History series, and his Paratime series.

Graveyard of Dreams is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by H. Beam Piper is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of H. Beam Piper then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

Terra has a problem. The Uller are Uprising and the uprising must be put down at any cost. A brilliant retelling of Sepoy Mutiny set against an interstellar empire. H. Beam piper was one of the best writers of Space Opera that science fiction ever produced. Well written, insightful, and reviling.

Prometheus Award Winning Author! Here is the finest work of H. Beam Piper (1904-64), an engineer turned science fiction writer. Little Fuzzy and Graveyard of Dreams belong to his famous "Terrian Federation" series. Time Crime belongs to Piper\'s tales of various agents of the "Paratime Police" as they work to prevent tyranny and war across the timelines. Genesis and Operation RSVP show the author\'s mind at work outside the confines of either series. One of the year\'s greatest reading bargains.

During the American Civil War, Jeb Stuart left John Singleton Mosby behind Northern lines "to look after loyal Confederate people." But before the war was over, Mosby did a lot more than that....

"Get him to tell you about this invisible playmate of his." A completely bizarre grindhouse classic from Weird Tales, Vol. 43, No. 3, March 1951. Colonel Hampton sipped his whiskey slowly, then puffed on his cigar. "No, this pair were competent liars," he replied. "A good workmanlike liar never makes up a story out of the whole cloth; he always takes a fabric of truth and embroiders it to suit the situation." He smiled grimly; that was an accurate description of his own tactical procedure at the moment. "I hadn\'t intended this to come out, Doctor, but it happens that I am a convinced believer in spiritualism. I suppose you\'ll think that\'s a delusional belief, too?" "Well...." Doctor Vehrner pursed his lips. "I reject the idea of survival after death, myself, but I think that people who believe in such a theory are merely misevaluating evidence. It is definitely not, in itself, a symptom of a psychotic condition."

A Book of Classic Fiction Books You Must Read

The classic sequel to the science fiction bestseller, Little Fuzzy . Also published as The Other Human Race .

Space Viking is a science fiction novel written by H. Beam Piper and is set in his Terro-Human future history. It tells the story of one man\'s search for his wife\'s murderer and its unexpected consequences. The story was originally serialized in Analog magazine. Background Ten thousand refugees from the losing side of The Big War (The System States War of The Cosmic Computer) fled far beyond the boundaries of the Terran Federation and colonized the planet Excalibur. By the beginning of Space Viking, they had expanded to a handful of Sword Worlds (so-called because they are named after legendary swords) and had grown to a total population of three and a half billion, organized in a feudal system of kingdoms, duchies, and other small states, ruled by frequently-warring noblemen. Despite their isolation and the political instability, the inhabitants managed to retain a high level of technology, including space flight. One day, a starship rediscovered the Old Federation. Civilization had collapsed, presumably due to the war; many of the planets had regressed to varying stages of semi-barbarism. Taking advantage of the situation, "Space Vikings" (reminiscent of Norse vikings) proceeded to raid the poorly defended Federation worlds over the next three hundred years for loot.

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 revolver in his hand, the coroner\'s verdict was "death by accident." But Gladys Fleming had her doubts. Enough at any rate to engage Colonel Jefferson Davis Rand--better known just as Jeff--private detective and 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. The question was: had anyone wanted it badly enough to kill Fleming? And if so, how had he done it? This is a mystery that will keep your nerves on a hair trigger even if you don\'t know the difference between a cased pair of Paterson .34\'s and a Texas .40 with a ramming-lever.