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H. Beam Piper


Born
in Altoona, Pennsylvania, The United States
March 23, 1904

Died
November 06, 1964

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Genre
Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller


Henry Beam Piper was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales.


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Average rating: 3.93 · 33,291 ratings · 2,704 reviews · 387 distinct works • Similar authors
Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens...
4.04 avg rating — 11,020 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions
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Fuzzy Sapiens (Fuzzy Sapien...
4.13 avg rating — 2,036 ratings — published 1964 — 36 editions
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Space Viking
3.76 avg rating — 2,027 ratings — published 1962 — 142 editions
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Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen
4.18 avg rating — 1,549 ratings — published 1965 — 32 editions
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The Cosmic Computer
3.72 avg rating — 1,353 ratings — published 1963 — 218 editions
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The Fuzzy Papers (Fuzzy Sap...
4.22 avg rating — 1,149 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions
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Fuzzies and Other People (F...
4.08 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 1984 — 8 editions
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Uller Uprising
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3.63 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 1952 — 159 editions
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Four Day Planet
3.73 avg rating — 706 ratings — published 1961 — 62 editions
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Omnilingual
3.69 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 1957 — 111 editions
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Series by H. Beam Piper

Little Fuzzy Fuzzy Sapiens Fuzzies and Other People
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Uller Uprising Four Day Planet The Cosmic Computer Space Viking Federation Empire
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3.73 avg rating — 6,296 ratings

The Complete Paratime He Walked Around the Horses Police Operation Last Enemy Temple Trouble Time Crimes: The Paratime C... Paratime
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3.94 avg rating — 3,823 ratings

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“I like it where it gets dark at night, and if you want noise, you have to make it yourself.”
― H. Beam Piper, Fuzzies and Other People
tags: noise, quiet, solitude
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“Take a drink because you pity yourself, and then the drink pities you and has a drink, and then two good drinks get together and that calls for drinks all around.”
― H. Beam Piper, Little Fuzzy
tags: alcohol, self-pity
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“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, Fuzzy Sapiens
tags: english-language
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