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Dan Goodman

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Apr 4, 2006, 3:39:20 AM4/4/06
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07:05 am - Graveyard of Dreams by Henry Beam Piper

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18109
Language: English

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Dan Goodman

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Dan Goodman wrote:

> From the gutenbergupdate LiveJournal feed:
> 07:05 am - Graveyard of Dreams by Henry Beam Piper
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18109
> Language: English

Turns out to be a short story which later became the novel _Junkyard
Planet_/_The Cosmic Computer_. I recall the novel as being better.

alanm...@yahoo.com

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Thanks for the reference! I was surprised to see they also have
several Edgar Rice Burroughs stories. - A. McIntire

Chuck Bridgeland

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Apr 5, 2006, 8:39:01 AM4/5/06
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There's been ERB material on Gutenberg for a long time.


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gr...@durendal.org

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Dan Goodman wrote:
> Dan Goodman wrote:
>
> > From the gutenbergupdate LiveJournal feed:
> > 07:05 am - Graveyard of Dreams by Henry Beam Piper
> >
> > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18109
> > Language: English
>
> Turns out to be a short story which later became the novel _Junkyard
> Planet_/_The Cosmic Computer_. I recall the novel as being better.

_The Cosmic Computer_ is in queue to go into the archive as well.

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Apr 10, 2006, 7:26:38 AM4/10/06
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"Little Fuzzy" has just posted to the Project Gutenberg archive.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18137

Greg Weeks

Peter D. Tillman

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Apr 10, 2006, 3:36:41 PM4/10/06
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In article <1144668398.8...@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
gr...@durendal.org wrote:

> "Little Fuzzy" has just posted to the Project Gutenberg archive.
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18137
>

Thanks! Fond memories of LF.

Happy reading--
Pete Tillman

Michael Stemper

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Apr 11, 2006, 12:47:42 PM4/11/06
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In article <1144668398.8...@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, greg writes:
>"Little Fuzzy" has just posted to the Project Gutenberg archive.

How on Earth did that fall out of copyright?

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Mike Schilling

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Apr 11, 2006, 1:07:44 PM4/11/06
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"Michael Stemper" <mste...@siemens-emis.com> wrote in message
news:200604111647...@walkabout.empros.com...

> In article <1144668398.8...@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, greg
> writes:
>>"Little Fuzzy" has just posted to the Project Gutenberg archive.
>
> How on Earth did that fall out of copyright?

Piper not being around to renew it, one surmises.

In fact I'm wondering now if the Ace reissues where I first read Piper's
work were of public domain works.


gr...@durendal.org

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Apr 12, 2006, 8:23:33 AM4/12/06
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Time Crime by H. Beam Piper has posted to the Project Gutenberg
archive.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18151

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Apr 27, 2006, 8:39:38 AM4/27/06
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Operation R.S.V.P. by H. Beam Piper has posted to the Project Gutenberg
archive.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18261

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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May 9, 2006, 7:32:39 AM5/9/06
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The Answer by H. Beam Piper has posted to the Project Gutenberg

gr...@durendal.org

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May 9, 2006, 9:49:29 AM5/9/06
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Null-ABC by John J. McGuire and H. Beam Piper has posted to the Project
Gutenberg archive. This one hasn't been in print since 1957 when it was
published as Crisis in 2140.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18346

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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May 28, 2006, 8:42:17 AM5/28/06
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Flight From Tomorrow by H. Beam Piper has posted to the Project
Gutenberg archive.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18460

Greg Weeks

trike

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May 29, 2006, 12:35:34 AM5/29/06
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I see on the PG "recently posted' page that a couple of Andre Norton's
books have been added. (Also War and Peace.)

Doug
...also Hawkman. Oh, wait; that's something else.

gr...@durendal.org

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May 30, 2006, 10:12:04 AM5/30/06
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> I see on the PG "recently posted' page that a couple of Andre Norton's
> books have been added. (Also War and Peace.)

Star Born wasn't it? Plague ship has been there for a while. There are
a few more at Distributed Proofing that should be coming in a bit.

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Jun 15, 2006, 9:09:23 AM6/15/06
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H. Beam Piper's The Edge of the Knife is up at Project Gutenberg.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18584

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Jun 21, 2006, 8:46:36 AM6/21/06
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Crossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper is up at Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18632

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Jun 22, 2006, 7:58:47 AM6/22/06
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Hunter Patrol by H. Beam Piper is up at Project Gutenberg.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18641

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Jul 12, 2006, 8:52:36 AM7/12/06
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The Last Enemy

and

He Walked Around the Horses

are up at Project Gutenberg now.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18800
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18807

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Jul 19, 2006, 10:51:31 AM7/19/06
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The Mercenaries

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18814

Time and Time Again

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18831

The Return

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18855

Temple Trouble

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18861

by H. Beam Piper have all posted to Project Gutenberg now.

Greg Weeks

Shadow Wolf

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Jul 20, 2006, 1:27:40 PM7/20/06
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gr...@durendal.org wrote in news:1153320691.751454.31030
@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> The Mercenaries
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18814

I hadn't read this one before. It's funny, from the first two words of
the story, I kept expecting the main character to pull out a sword.

> Time and Time Again
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18831

I hadn't read this one either. Some of the concepts developed here were
mentioned in the early Paratime stories - I wonder why it wasn't included
in the Paratime anthology? (It's at least as much a Paratime story as "He
Walked Around Horses".)

>
> The Return
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18855

This one I've read, in _Empire_, I think.

>
> Temple Trouble
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18861
>

This one, of course, is a classic Paratime work, and one of my favorites.


Will "The Other Human Race" make it onto Gutenberg, by any chance?

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Robert A. Woodward

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Jul 21, 2006, 2:30:45 AM7/21/06
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In article <Xns98066BFAD304s...@38.119.71.211>,
Shadow Wolf <shadow...@NOSPAMyahoo.invalid> wrote:

> gr...@durendal.org wrote in news:1153320691.751454.31030
> @i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>
> > The Mercenaries
> >
> > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18814
>
> I hadn't read this one before. It's funny, from the first two words of
> the story, I kept expecting the main character to pull out a sword.
>
> > Time and Time Again
> >
> > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18831
>
> I hadn't read this one either. Some of the concepts developed here were
> mentioned in the early Paratime stories - I wonder why it wasn't included
> in the Paratime anthology? (It's at least as much a Paratime story as "He
> Walked Around Horses".)
>

It is part of his future history. Note the name of the President
(and his son) in "The Mercenaries" - compare with the names of the
lawyer and his son in "Time and Time Again." Also, note that the
scientists in "The Mercenaries" are in the process of inventing
Collapsium.

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gr...@durendal.org

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Jul 21, 2006, 8:32:10 AM7/21/06
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Shadow Wolf wrote:

> Will "The Other Human Race" make it onto Gutenberg, by any chance?

No, it's still under copyright in the US.

Greg Weeks

Shadow Wolf

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Jul 21, 2006, 2:59:22 PM7/21/06
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gr...@durendal.org wrote in news:1153485130.243972.189910@
75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

>
> Shadow Wolf wrote:
>
>> Will "The Other Human Race" make it onto Gutenberg, by any chance?
>
> No, it's still under copyright in the US.

Darn.

gr...@durendal.org

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Aug 1, 2006, 8:07:34 AM8/1/06
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Day of the Moron is in Project Gutenberg now.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18949

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Aug 17, 2006, 9:34:07 AM8/17/06
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Police Operation by H. Beam Piper is at Gutenberg now

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19067

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Aug 19, 2006, 1:07:05 PM8/19/06
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Naudsonce by H. Beam Piper

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19076

Greg Weeks

Joe Bednorz

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Aug 19, 2006, 11:38:00 PM8/19/06
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Thanks for all the wonderful Gutenberg notifications you've posted.

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Dearest by H. Beam Piper is at Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19102

Greg Weeks

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The Keeper by H. Beam Piper From Venture Science Fiction has posted to
Project Gutenberg. Thanks to Gordon Van Gelder from F&SF for checking
the contracts.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19338

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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"Ullr Uprising" from Space Science Fiction by H. Beam Piper is at
Project Gutenberg now.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19370

Greg Weeks

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Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper is at Project Gutenberg.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19445

Greg Weeks

Cyli

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Oct 4, 2006, 5:29:36 AM10/4/06
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Which led me to many others that hadn't been there when I last looked.
Thank you for the post. I now have man Pipers in a nice little
folder.
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Joe Bednorz

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Oct 4, 2006, 9:49:59 AM10/4/06
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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:29:36 -0500, Cyli wrote:

>On 3 Oct 2006 04:37:12 -0700, gr...@durendal.org wrote:
>
>>Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper is at Project Gutenberg.
>>
>>http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19445
>>
>>Greg Weeks
>
>
>Which led me to many others that hadn't been there when I last looked.
>Thank you for the post. I now have man Pipers in a nice little
>folder.

Ditto the thanks. I liked Omnilingual a lot when I first read it. I
just re-read it and still like it a lot.

- This is Archaeology Porn (to go with the Engineering Porn thread)

For more Arch Porn:


"High Weir" by Samuel R. Delany (Š 1968) is another take on future
archaeology on Mars.

Available online here:

<http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/delany2/delany21.html>

"The Meaning of the Word" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Š 1973) is also
about future archaeology.

Available online here:

<http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/yarbro/yarbro1.html>

Trivial stuff on "Omnilingual":

- The html zip file:

- is much larger than the plain text zip file.
- Because it has the original illustrations!

- Has some words run together in my browser:
- Other html files from Project Gutenberg have the same problem.
- Bugged the heck out of me.
- This is due to the "<span class..." markup
- not being quite inserted properly.
- (or there's something wrong with my browser.)

- Global replace "<span" with " <span" to fix this.
^ note extra space.
- Try this on a safe copy.
- Remember to:
- save the file in the editor.
- then refresh it in your browser! (to get the changes.)


- There's a lot of cigarette smoking going on here.

- Used to good effect as well.
- Believe It Or Not. (BION)

- What's the difference between the 1970s and the 1990s? In the
1970s you'd go into a drugstore and loudly ask for cigarettes,
then whisper "...and a pack of condoms."

- "loess" and the archaeologist "Wincklemann"

- David Drake:
- generally slips in "loess" (or "karst") at some point.
- had an Archaeologist Class ship named "Wincklemann" in
"Lt. Leary Commanding."
- I said it was trivial, didn't I?


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Joe Bednorz wrote:
> Ditto the thanks. I liked Omnilingual a lot when I first read it. I
> just re-read it and still like it a lot.
>
> - This is Archaeology Porn (to go with the Engineering Porn thread)

Ever since I first read "Omnilingual," I have considered it the
archetypal modern science fiction story, the way contemporaries thought
of "The Cold Equations" as the ultimate exemplar of what SF is all
about. So many attitudes of Campbellian SF are capsulated in
"Omnilingual" . . .

Mike Schilling

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"Bill Patterson" <WHPat...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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To me, it's very Asimovian: a puzzle story with no violence, very little
conflict, and no villains.


gr...@durendal.org

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Oct 6, 2006, 8:24:35 AM10/6/06
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Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper is at Project Gutenberg.

This is the longer version first published in the Twayne Triplet "The
Petrified Planet" and reissued by Ace. The introduction by John F. Carr
is included.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19474

John F. Carr's site is http://www.hostigos.com/

Greg Weeks

gr...@durendal.org

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Oct 7, 2006, 8:50:57 PM10/7/06
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Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper is at Project Gutenberg.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19478

Greg Weeks

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Oct 11, 2006, 10:52:50 PM10/11/06
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I've just updated the Sci Fi Books at Project Gutenberg page at my
webzine with Banzai!, by Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff, published in
1908, detailing a Japanese invasion of the United States.

Gutenberg uploaded it on Oct 9, 2006.

Typical language of the time regarding minorities, but a very
interesting read.


The link is at:
http://thethunderchild.com/Books/OutofCopyright.html


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omnivo...@yahoo.com

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Oct 14, 2006, 9:01:59 PM10/14/06
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I received an email from Andy Sly of Project Gutenberg with about 20
entries that I didn't have in my list, so now the Sci Fi Books at
Project Gutenberg list has been updated with those.

The list of additions

The Blind Spot
Devolutionist
Emancipatrix
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life
The Night Land
The Consolidator, or Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in
the Moon
An Antarctic Mystery
The Dominion in 1983
A Strange Manuscript found in a Copper Cylinder
City of Endless Night
After London, or Wild England
The Coming Race
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1857
A Journey to Other Worlds
Darkness and Dawn
Lord of the World
The Hidden Children
Caesars Column

gr...@durendal.org

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Oct 16, 2006, 9:21:45 AM10/16/06
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omnivo...@yahoo.com wrote:

> The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life

This was first published in a 1919 Argossy. Off hand I don't remember
which issue.

Stand by for Mars! is in PG now also.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19526

Greg Weeks

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