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Lord Kalvan Of Otherwhen (Paratime Police)
Un anonimo agente della polizia di Stato della Pennsylvania, Calvin Morrison, viene scaraventato in una dimensione dove le cose sono andate molto diversamente rispetto alla nostra Terra. Nel giro di poche settimane il signor Morrison è già diventato Lord Kalvan d'Altroquando e si trova a capo di un esercito per combattere una guerra locale... Ma la sua iniziativa minaccia...more
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January 1st 1965
by Ace Books
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Rating: 4.9* of five
The Book Report: It has been said since there were people to say it that you have to leave home to find yourself. It was never more truly said than with Corporal Calvin Morrison, Pennsylvania State Police. He had to leave Earth as he knew it in order to feel at home at last.
Calvin, you see, ran afoul of a glitch in an alien (though still Earthly) technology, was swept into a temporal conveyor, and despite being thrust into a unique environment, still managed to defend himself...more
The Book Report: It has been said since there were people to say it that you have to leave home to find yourself. It was never more truly said than with Corporal Calvin Morrison, Pennsylvania State Police. He had to leave Earth as he knew it in order to feel at home at last.
Calvin, you see, ran afoul of a glitch in an alien (though still Earthly) technology, was swept into a temporal conveyor, and despite being thrust into a unique environment, still managed to defend himself...more
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A long time favorite of mine --- I think I would give it five stars if I could parse some of the battle scenes. Piper's narration would be greatly aided with some maps!
What I love about this book is not just the time travel (which is really dimensional hopping to a less advanced Earth), it's the civilization building. Pennsylvania State Police officer Calvin Morrison finds himself in a world where his large store of military knowledge (including, most importantly, how to make gunpowder) transfor...more
What I love about this book is not just the time travel (which is really dimensional hopping to a less advanced Earth), it's the civilization building. Pennsylvania State Police officer Calvin Morrison finds himself in a world where his large store of military knowledge (including, most importantly, how to make gunpowder) transfor...more
This was not my first Piper, nor my second. I was well into reading Piper before discovering this, but wow, what an incredible adventure this started for me. And now with the continuations that Roland Green and John Carr have produced, this Kalvan Canon (That is a Pun) just grows and grows. Much like Hos-Hostigos.
I had long since read L Sprague de Camp, Lest Darkness Falls, the story where a man of our times (and Calvin Morrison is a Pennsylvania State Trooper from the 50's or 60's) returns to a...more
I had long since read L Sprague de Camp, Lest Darkness Falls, the story where a man of our times (and Calvin Morrison is a Pennsylvania State Trooper from the 50's or 60's) returns to a...more
This book is pretty cool, i like this type of sci fi.
the last book written by piper before his suicide this is probably the best of the lot.
Calvin Morrison is a Pennsylvania state trooper on a routine arrest in the middle of a farm in PA. Before he can get to the house he and his partners are storming he is "abducted". to be more specific he is accidentally transported via the Paracops, to an alternate time line.
It seems that time travel, forward and back ward, is impossible, however lateral t...more
the last book written by piper before his suicide this is probably the best of the lot.
Calvin Morrison is a Pennsylvania state trooper on a routine arrest in the middle of a farm in PA. Before he can get to the house he and his partners are storming he is "abducted". to be more specific he is accidentally transported via the Paracops, to an alternate time line.
It seems that time travel, forward and back ward, is impossible, however lateral t...more
A bit too much "framing" with the Paratime police sections. I'd have done it all from Calvin Morrison's point of view, but that's just my opinion. Would have been quite brilliant if Sprague D Camp's Lest Darkness Fall hadn't been written 20 years earlier...
You remember that episode of Star Trek where Kirk was super awesome because he knew how to make gunpowder. Stretch that out into a full book and make the protagonist "Time-cop". Not my fav from Piper, but still solid fiction.
Favorite part is when he's thinking to himself that he really should have read more science fiction in order to help get his head around the whole para-time idea.
I reread this story from time to time. It is one of my favorite adventure stories. Just plain fun.
I found myself rather disappointed in this book. I like the premise, but it wasn't executed well.
A police officer finds himself transported to another time line - the same world, but one where the people and cultures developed differently. Kalvan basically waltzes in and takes over and everyone does exactly as he says. He introduces all this new technology and tons of new ideas, and no one gets upset or resists him. They all simply fall in line behind him.
Additionally, the characters are flat an...more
A police officer finds himself transported to another time line - the same world, but one where the people and cultures developed differently. Kalvan basically waltzes in and takes over and everyone does exactly as he says. He introduces all this new technology and tons of new ideas, and no one gets upset or resists him. They all simply fall in line behind him.
Additionally, the characters are flat an...more
May 06, 2012
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One of the best parallel timelines type books - well thought premise - good read
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A seminal Sci-Fi work, a must read for all Sci-Fi fans and his best work.
a.k.a. Gunpowder God, which is what I have from Sphere Science Fiction.
I recorded Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen in 50-55 minute episodes for Golden Hours, my local radio service for blind and reading-impaired listeners. Too bad I didn't make CD copies for myself, since the radio station broadcast the tape versions and then erased them too reuse.
I guess I'll have to re-record it for Golden Hours, and this time keep a copy.
I guess I'll have to re-record it for Golden Hours, and this time keep a copy.
One of the best Sci-Fi stories ever! A lateral time line story, or alternate reality. Calvin Morrison a Penn State trooper from the late nineteen fifties is accidentally transported to an alternate reality where North America is a feudal system of warring princes. This book has it all, a Hero, a Princess, and lots of sword play!
I really liked this book when I was 14. I should read it again. Even if I end up not liking the novel anymore, I will always remember it as the book that introduced me to the idea of Indo-European languages and alternate history fiction.
Lovely old alternate universe book. Nothing earth shattering, just a nice comfy read.
A model for alternate history stories...and a damn good read!
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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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