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H. Beam Piper Fan Fiction and Artwork

"In truth, you don't need any kind of license or permission to do fan fiction, as long as you are not selling it."
— Ginjer Buchanan, Editor-in-Chief, Ace Books, Penguin
Group (USA), personal communication, March 20, 2001

H. Beam Piper, untitled illustration from the fanzine Ventura II, 1965
Untitled illustration (1965)
by H. Beam Piper
from the fanzine Ventura II
This page serves as a forum for fan-authored fiction (and other artistic or creative material) based upon the works of H. Beam Piper.

Work set in Piper's Terro-human Future History

The Condottieri by H. Beam Piper The Condottieri, a retelling of Piper's "The Mercenaries," ©2010 by David Johnson.
  • The original "The Mercenaries," first published in Astounding Science Fiction in March 1950, is one of Piper's three "Hartley" stories, based in a setting that is somewhat similar to the Terro-human Future History but distinct nonetheless. This retelling removes those elements of the Hartley setting which are imcompatible with the Terro-human Future History and makes other minor changes to align the story with the Terro-human Future History.
The Condottieri by H. Beam Piper In Congress Assembled—, a retelling of Piper's "When in the Course—" by David Johnson, July 2010.
  • The original "When in the Course—," first published in the 1981 anthology Federation edited by John F. Carr, is set in the Terro-human Future History but includes characters and settings which also appear in Piper's Paratime story "Gunpowder God." This retelling removes these Paratime elements and makes other minor changes to align the story with the Terro-human Future History.
Operation Please Respond by H. Beam Piper and David Johnson Operation Please Respond, a retelling of Piper's "Operation R.S.V.P.," ©2010 by David Johnson.
  • The original "Operation R.S.V.P.," first published in Amazing Stories in January 1951, is not a Terro-human Future History story. This retelling makes substantial changes in the characters and setting to align the story with the Terro-human Future History.
The Armageddonists by H. Beam Piper, John J. McGuire, and David Johnson The Armageddonists, a retelling of Piper's and McGuire's "The Return," ©2011 by David Johnson.
  • The original "The Return," co-authored with John J. McGuire and first published in Astounding Science Fiction in January 1954, is not a Terro-human Future History story. This retelling makes substantial changes in the characters and setting to align the story with the Terro-human Future History.
The Spine of the Knife by David Johnson The Spine of the Knife, a retelling of Piper's "The Edge of the Knife" by David Johnson.
  • The original "The Edge of the Knife," first published in Amazing Stories in May 1957, is a Terro-human Future History story which deals only peripherally with events leading up to the Thirty Days' War. This retelling abandons the original characters and plot and addresses events leading to the Thirty Days' War more directly.
Prince of Tanith by Terry Mancour Prince of Tanith, a sequel to Piper's Space Viking by Terry Mancour, July 2011.
  • A sequel to Piper's Space Viking, this novel details the next exciting chapter in the life of Prince Lucas Trask of Tanith, Space Viking, raider of worlds, defender of inter-stellar civilization. Prince of Tanith is the first in at least three anticipated sequels to the Golden Age-era story.
Princess Valerie's War by Terry Mancour Princess Valerie's War, a sequel to Prince of Tanith by Terry Mancour, July 2011.
  • A sequel to Prince of Tanith, Princess Valerie's War is the second in at least three anticipated sequels to Piper's Space Viking.
— Galaxy's Forge, a Fourth Century, AE, Volund setting by Michael McGuirk.
— Sarpanitum, a Nineteenth Century, AE, setting by Mike Robertson, September 2007.
The Tides of Chaos by Dietmar Wehr The Tides of Chaos, a sequel to Piper's The Cosmic Computer by Dietmar Wehr, June 2009.
  • A sequel to Piper's The Cosmic Computer. If you like a rousing good yarn, with lots of action, a quest, good versus evil and unexpected plot twists then you'll enjoy this story.


Work set in Piper's Paratime setting

— The Head of Susana: Aztec Conquest of Spain (excerpt and table of contents), by Lawrence H. Feldman, November 2002.
— Recessional, a story set in a Fourth Level, Europe-American Sector, Hispano-Columbian Subsector "Nuclear War" timeline by Jim "Rhino" Sparr, September 2009.
— I Told You So, a story which begins on Tortha Karf's Fifth Level estate by Jim "Rhino" Sparr, September 2009.
"Tangent" (site registration required) by Gina Marie Wylie, 2006. Preview wihtout registration here.
  • A sequel to Piper's Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen and its sequel Great Kings' War. Shanghaied across the time dimensions, middle school student Judy Bondi, her classmates and an extraordinary man deal with a history they never learned in school. Instead of reading history, they're making it!
"Cost of Time" (site registration required) by Gina Marie Wylie, 2007.
  • A sequel to "Tangent" by Gina Marie Wylie. Judy Bondi and her friends have made a little history. Now it's time to teach a little history and a few other subjects. For Noia, daughter of a count, it's about her heart's desire.


Work based upon other Piper material

— Second Genesis, a sequel to Piper's "Genesis" by Wolf Diehr.


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