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  • EMPIRE by H. Beam Piper

    TITLE: EMPIRE AUTHOR: H. Beam Piper CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Collection FORMAT: Paperback PUBLISHER: Ace Books, New York, 1981 (ISBN: 0-441-20557-7-250) CONTENTS: Terro-Human Future History Chronology Introduction, by John F. Carr The Edge of the Knife A Slave is a Slave Ministry of Disturbance The Return (with John J. McGuire) The Keeper Last time out,…

  • Reading Science Fiction

    Reading Science Fiction literature has always been one of my main interests in life, and I\’ve been reading \”proper\” science fiction since I first signed out H.G. Wells\’ The Time Machine from the local library at the tender age of about eight or nine years old (circa 1969-1970). I usually prefer older (classic) SF, pre-\”New…

  • FEDERATION by H. Beam Piper

    TITLE: FEDERATION AUTHOR: H. Beam Piper CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Collection PUBLISHER: Ace Books, New York, 1981, ISBN: 0-441-23189-6-295 FORMAT: Paperback, 284 pages CONTENTS: Preface, by Jerry Pournelle Introduction, by John F. Carr Omnilingual Naudsonce Oomphel in the Sky Graveyard of Dreams When in the Course- The book starts with a brief Preface by Jerry…

  • A Couple of Classic Alternate History Stories

    [I]\’ve recently come upon an unusual (but nice) little paperback anthology of alternate history stories, OTHER EARTHS edited by Nick Gevers and Jay Lake. I\’ll talk more about that one at a later date. Strangely enough (well, maybe not so much for me), finding this anthology started me on a major alternate history trip, sending…

  • It’s a Geek\’s Life… (Part Two)

    The Golden Years – Geek Nirvana During the Seventies [T]he start of our teenage years is the sweet spot for the vast majority of us, particularly geeks, the beginning of what is probably the most fondly remembered period of our lives. It\’s long enough ago that most of our memories are fond, rosy ones, but…

  • It’s a Geek\’s Life… (Part Two)

    The Golden Years – Geek Nirvana During the Seventies The start of our teenage years is the sweet spot for the vast majority of us, particularly geeks, the beginning of what is probably the most fondly remembered period of our lives. It\’s long enough ago that most of our memories are fond, rosy ones, but…