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Paratime!

Collected Paratime Stories

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Paratime!

By: H. Beam Piper
Narrated by: Craig Allen
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H. Beam Piper was one of the classic writers of science fiction's Golden Age. Among his most famous creations are the "Little Fuzzy" novels and the "Paratime" alternate history series. This volume collects all six of Piper's short stories and novellas in the Paratime universe, including the classic tales "He Walked around the Horses", "Police Operation", and "Time Crime".

Public Domain (P)2012 Wildside Press LLC Adventure Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Science Fiction Short Story
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H. Beam Piper wrote these stories in the late 1940s and they hold up remarkably well. If you are interested in stories concerning parallel universes, you will love these stories. It also serves as a introduction to Piper's Terran-Human Empire series.

Classic Tales of the Multiverse

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Great classic sf. Could use better breaks between stories. I wish it contained Lord Kalyan of Otherwhen.

No Lord Kalvan.

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Whoever edited this audiobook needs to consider giving the finished product a proof-listen before shipping it off marked as "done." One of the stories is missing a whole section out of the middle (but don't worry, the missing section shows up at the end of the book). The last story simply stops in the middle of the story.

I do not recommend buying this version, and I intend to try to get my money back.

Horrible Production Standard

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There seems to be a section of story missing from the middle and appearing at the end instead.
I'm sure Audible will fix it soon, so it shouldn't count against the audio book in general.

Technical Difficulties

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First got involved with H. Beam Piper back in my college days. Little Fuzzy and Four Day Planet started me off. I always found the whole Para-time concept interesting. Got hooked on that with Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen. Surprisingly, it trips you up when you listen to the stuff now in how they viewed how the future would be. You know, like watching an old 60’s vintage Sci Fi movie. You know, the stuff that came out of Italy every other week.

This takes me back.

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I like Piper's books. However the narrator did not seem to even try to differentiate the characters' voices, making this recording harder to finish.

narrator

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Ending credits chapter should be chapter 10 I believe. Please have that fixed it is disconcerting

Chapters are out of order

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Most of the last chapter " end credits" needs to go earlier in book.

editing poor

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chapters missing in the middle of The Last Enemy story which should prompt a credit refund

incomplete

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