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Ministry of Disturbance and Other Science Fiction by H. Beam Piper, Adventure (Paperback)
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Ministry of Disturbance and Other Science Fiction by H. Beam Piper, Adventure (Paperback)
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Included in this volume are five novelettes from the last decade of
Piper's career. The title story, "Ministry of Disturbance,"
appeared in the December 1958 issue of "Astounding," (where
Cambpell blurbed it, "Sometimes getting a job is harder than the
job after you get it -- and sometimes getting out of a job is
harder than either!"). Also included are "A Slave is a Slave," from
the April 1962 issue of "Analog" ("There has always been strong
sympathy for the poor," said JWC, "meek, downtrodden slave -- the
kindly little man, oppressed by cruel and overbearing masters.
Could it possibly have been misplaced. . . ?"); "Oomphel in the
Sky," from "Analog," November 1960 ("Since Logic derives from
postulates, it never has, and never will, change a postulate. And a
religious belief is a system of postulates . . . so how can a man
fight a native superstition with logic? Or anything else. . . ?");
"Omnilingual" from the February 1957 issue of "Astounding," ("To
translate writings, you need a key to the code -- and if the last
writer of Martian died forty thousand years before the first writer
of Earth was born . . . how could the Martian be translated. . .
?"); and last though hardly least, "The Keeper," from "Venture
Science Fiction," July 1957 ("Evil men had stolen his treasure, and
Raud set out with his deer rifle and his great dog Brave to catch
the thieves before they could reach the Starfolk. That the men had
negatron pistols meant little -- Raud was the Keeper. . . .")
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Imprint: |
Aegypan
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2007 |
First published: |
April 2007 |
Authors: |
H.Beam Piper
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60312-192-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
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LSN: |
1-60312-192-7 |
Barcode: |
9781603121927 |
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