Federation and Empire

By H. Beam Piper

The collected short story to novella length works from H. Beam Piper's "Terro-human" future history. This edition covers the Federation and Empire periods. The Edge of the Knife - A professor who can see the future tries to convince those around him of their impending doom. Omnilingual - How can archaeologists translate a dead language found among the ruins of a lost civilization, on an alien planet? Naudsonce - A first-contact story concerning communications with beings who hear and speak, but don't seem to convey information through set words. Oomphel in the Sky - 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...' A Slave is a Slave - There has always been strong sympathy for the poor, meek, downtrodden slave-the kindly little man, oppressed by cruel and overbearing masters.Could it possibly have been misplaced...' Ministry of Disturbance - Sometimes getting a job is harder than the job after you get it - and sometimes getting out of a job is harder than either! The Keeper - Raud the Keeper protects a millenia old treasure on an Earth that is poor and forgotten among the empire of the stars.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153065792X
• ISBN13: 9781530657926
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"