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Graveyard of Dreams: Science Fiction Stories

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With the transition of much of H. Beam Piper's work into the public domain publishers like Wildside Press have finally begun to bring Piper's work back into print and for that fans of Piper owe them a debt of gratitude. But this collection is a particularly odd choice. Four of its five stories were also reissued in Wildside's Flight from Tomorrow: Science Fiction Stories. The title story here is an intriguing novela that was later expanded by Piper into the novel The Cosmic Computer (originally published as Junkyard Planet) but this story only introduces the plot that is finished in the novel. Two other stories, "The Answer" and "Operation R.S.V.P.," are cautionary tales from the Cold War era of Mutually-Assured Destruction (MAD) that will seem outdated to contemporary readers. "Genesis," a story of ancient Martian explorers crash-landed on Earth is seem by most Piper fans as the "genesis" of Piper's Paratime yarns. The only new story in this collection, "Last Enemy," is perhaps the most interesting. It's one of Piper's Paratime tales about the political ramifications resulting from the discovery of reincarnation.

Another collection of un-related Piper stories. In the 80's version from Ace (which at least tried to keep the related stories together) these were found in_Paratime_, _Federation_, & _Worlds of H. Beam Piper_