H. Beam Piper

John F. Carr has edited numerous anthologies of science fiction, and is also the author of three science fiction novels. He lives in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.

“Carr does an extremely good job of dragging [Piper] out of obscurity”—Science Fiction Studies; “in-depth...goes a long way toward clearing up the mystery of who H. Beam Piper really was. Carr knows his works thoroughly”—Locus; “excellent”—Steve Silver, SF Site; “definitive...well written”—www.jerrypournelle.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      PART I: THE EARLY YEARS1. A Prince Is Born      2. Soul Mates of the Quill      3. The Would-Be Writer      4. Prohibition—Phooey!      5. The Deer Stalkers      6. The Unholy Duo      7. The Old Brick House Beside the River      8. Never a Debtor Be      9. Three’s Company      10. Moment of Greatness      11. Changing Fortunes      PART II: THE WRITER12. Success at Last!      13. A Late Bloomer      14. The Campbell Years      15. The Collaborators      16. Beam’s Kids      17. Betty      18. The Case of the Missing Pistol      19. Weekend Marriage      20. Piper’s History of the Future      21. French Vacation      22. The Big Breakup      23. Sputnik      PART III: OFF TO BILLTOWN24. Leaving Altoona      25. Back to Work      26. Fuzzy Problems      27. When in the Course...      28. Unexpected Help      29. Little Fuzzy Finds a Home      30. Space Viking      31. Sequelitis      32. Pigeon Pie      33. Running Out of Steam      34. Let the Guns Bury Him      35. The Funeral      36. The Last Good-Bye      Afterword      Appendix A: Piper Story Log      Appendix B: The Future History      Appendix C: The Terro-Human Future History      Appendix D: Piper Weapons Inventory      Appendix E: Piper Bibliography      Notes      Bibliography      Index