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Paratime (Paratime Police)
Contents:
He Walked around the Horses (1948)
Police Operation (1948)
Last Enemy (1950)
Time Crime (1955) novel
Temple Trouble (1951)
He Walked around the Horses (1948)
Police Operation (1948)
Last Enemy (1950)
Time Crime (1955) novel
Temple Trouble (1951)
Paperback, 295 pages
Published
August 1st 1981
by Ace
(first published 1981)
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Piper's work is surely dated--everybody smokes without any twinge of guilt, women are very rare in meaningful roles, and colonialism is rampant in many (if not all) alternative time lines. That said, Piper has created some very vivid and well thought out alternative histories. I enjoyed the fact that our time-line was not the one which figured out Paratime, but one of the less-advanced civilizations that the Paratime Police are protecting.
The technology employed in the stories is also showing it...more
The technology employed in the stories is also showing it...more
Jan 29, 2013
Jay Michaels
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
old-school,
science-fiction
These are probably some of the earliest science fiction stories dealing with the idea of parallel worlds. H. Beam Piper wisely put some limitations into his technology, including the requirement that it takes half an hour to shift to your destination.
Unfortunately, Piper's character names seem to be arbitrary and jarring, but kudos to him for not settling for "Sam Smith" and similar ilk.
Piper's fascination with reincarnation is evident, especially in one parallel world where they've documented...more
Unfortunately, Piper's character names seem to be arbitrary and jarring, but kudos to him for not settling for "Sam Smith" and similar ilk.
Piper's fascination with reincarnation is evident, especially in one parallel world where they've documented...more
An interesting set of long and short short stories about a multidimensional universe in which people in just one strand have developed the technology to traverse dimensions. Since some dimensions have developed faster than others, dimension travel essentially equates to time travel in many instances too. The paratime police are there to make sure that no one from the level capable of interdimensional travel (level 1) gives the secret away to anyone else. This is not as easy as it sounds as the l...more
I had high hopes for this series of stories. It has a clever premise, but the characters and the plots just didn't pay off for me. For me, the stories felt plodding and contrived. After just a few paratime "transpositions," the gimmick became rather tired and I lost interest.
Good time/alternate universe stories
A great group of short stories with the same characters; "Last Enemy" is my personal favorite.
Apr 27, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
T. Brown
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction,
tero-human-future-history
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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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