David "PiperFan" Johnson  11-27-2016
04:56 UT
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Tim Tow wrote:
> Where is the reference in Piper where he says that every type of
> government had existed at one time in the Italian City states
> around the Renaissance time period?
I think Jon has that one right with Harkaman's comment from ~Space Viking~.
Piper
likens an unemployed mercenary (acting as a secret agent for a
Hos-Harphax prince) to "the bravos of Renaissance Italy" in ~Lord
Kalvan~ and notes in "The Mercenaries" that some Free Scientist leaders
"acquired power greater than that of any _condottiere_ captain of
Renaissance Italy" but I've not been able to locate a reference to
Renaissance Italy in a Terro-human Future History work.
Oath to Galzar!
David
--
"Ravick
had been in power too long, and he was drunker on it than Bish Ware
ever got on Baldur honey-rum. As an intoxicant, rum is practically a
soft drink beside power." - Walt Boyd (H. Beam Piper), ~Four-Day Planet~
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Mike Robertson 11-26-2016
17:47 UT
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Jon Crocker asked if anyone has read Down Styphon.
Yes I have and its a very good read. I recommend it to everyone.
Mike Robertson
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Jon Crocker 11-23-2016
00:49 UT
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I couldn't find that quote, but in Space Viking in the opening party,
Harkamann says "You know, it's odd; practically everything that's
happened on any of the inhabited planets has happened on Terra before
the first spaceship."
Seperate question - has anyone read the new "Down Styphon" book, by John Carr? How is it?
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Tim Tow 11-21-2016
18:50 UT
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Interesting to see a minor Piper revival albeit unofficial apparently.
I
had a question. Where is the reference in Piper where he says that
every type of government had existed at one time in the Italian City
states around the Renaissance time period?
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David "PiperFan" Johnson 11-15-2016
00:45 UT
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Dietmar Wehr's System States War?
Anyone read any of these books?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BOWHN7A
From
the descriptions, Wehr, co-author of ~The Merlin Gambit~, seems to have
made enough changes to keep him clear of any copyright laywers but with
even "sophisticated planning computers" fighting the war it sure sounds
familiar to me.
Looks like the final novel in the trilogy--after
the Federation defeats the System States--goes in a decidely different
direction.
Remember Ashmodai! Remember Belphegor!
David
--
"Ideas
for science fiction stories like ideas for anything else, are where you
find them, usually in the most unlikely places. The only reliable
source is a mind which asks itself a question like, 'What would happen
if--?' or, 'Now what would this develop into, in a few centuries?' Or,
'How would so-and-so happen?' Anything at all, can trigger such a
question, in your field if not in mine." - H. Beam Piper, "Double: Bill
Symposium" interview
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David "PiperFan" Johnson 11-13-2016
15:56 UT
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James "jimmyjoejangles" Romanski wrote:
> thanks for the heads up! how much expansion are we talking?
> I'm excited to read some new Piper(to me(possibly))!
The
~Sci-Fi Sherlock Holmes~ edition adds about a thousand words to the
11,000 words of "The Return" originally published in ~Astounding~. So,
we're not talking here about something like the expansion of "Graveyard
of Dreams" into ~Junkyard Planet~.
This book is rare, and
valuable, not so much for the Piper/McGuire yarn but because of its
(two) limited run(s) and special interest to Sherlock Holmes fans. But
it does nevertheless include the first publication of some original
Piper/McGuire material.
Good luck,
David
--
"Do you
know which books to study, and which ones not to bother with? Or which
ones to read first, so that what you read in the others will be
comprehensible to you? That's what they'll give you [at university].
The tools, which you don't have now, for educating yourself." - Bish
Ware (H. Beam Piper), ~Four-Day Planet~
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jimmyjoejangles 11-13-2016
12:50 UT
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thanks for the heads up! how much expansion are we talking? I'm excited to read some new Piper(to me(possibly))!
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David "PiperFan" Johnson 11-13-2016
04:15 UT
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Expanded version of "The Return" at eBay
There is a very reasonably priced edition of ~The Science-Fictional Sherlock Holmes~ available on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/302135867906
This
anthology includes the expanded version of Piper's "The Return." This
item is pretty rare and would be a great bargain if you can get it near
the starting bid price. (This is an auction, of course, so it's
possible it ends up selling for a lot more.)
Good luck,
David (not the seller)
--
"Do
you know which books to study, and which ones not to bother with? Or
which ones to read first, so that what you read in the others will be
comprehensible to you? That's what they'll give you [at university].
The tools, which you don't have now, for educating yourself." - Bish
Ware (H. Beam Piper), ~Four-Day Planet~
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David "PiperFan" Johnson 11-06-2016
01:32 UT
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Jon Crocker wrote:
> the first day he saw her, she had jerkin, under-tunic,
> boots and hose, which seems better suited for riding in
> Pennsylvania in the fall. The second day was "a red and
> grey knit frock that could have gone into Bergdorf-
> Goodman's window with a $200 price tag any day..."
I
think Schoenherr and Freas captured it pretty well in their respective
illustrations for the original "Gunpowder God" and "Down Styphon!" You
can see them at the bottom of the Paratime Gallery page at Zarthani.net:
http://www.zarthani.net/paratime_gallery.htm
But sooner or later I'll add those Japanese "Carter of Mars-esque" illustrations too. ;)
Down Styphon!
David
--
"A
lot of technicians are girls, and when work gets slack, they're always
the first ones to get shoved out of jobs." - Sylvie Jacquemont (H. Beam
Piper), ~Junkyard Planet~
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Jon Crocker 11-06-2016
00:10 UT
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I looked up the reference from Lord Kalvan of what she was wearing - the
first day he saw her, she had jerkin, under-tunic, boots and hose,
which seems better suited for riding in Pennsylvania in the fall. The
second day was "a red and grey knit frock that could have gone into
Bergdorf-Goodman's window with a $200 price tag any day..."
From
the Dollar Times inflation calculator, that's about $1500 in today's
dollars. Bergdorf Goodman has a website, and that seems to be about
right.
I have no doubt that someone, had they been so inclined,
could have bought that outfit from the illustration in New York at the
time, but I don't think it would have been in Bergdorf Goodman's window.
But I wasn't there at the time, so you never know.
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David "PiperFan" Johnson 11-04-2016
04:01 UT
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Jon Crocker wrote:
> She looks like she fell out of Burrows' John Carter of Mars.
This page shows the frontispiece of that same edition of Lord Kalvan:
http://dejahthoris.la.coocan.jp/gr_haxx3.htm
That's
apparently Calvin Morrison leaping into the fray. The page is pointing
out the similarity of this illustration and Frazetta's Swords of Mars cover (at the top).
"Rylla-dad-Doorsha" it is!
Down Styphon!
David
--
"Oh,
my people had many gods. There was Conformity, and Authority, and
Expense Account, and Opinion. And there was Status, whose symbols were
many, and who rode in the great chariot Cadillac, which was almost a god
itself. And there was Atom-bomb, the dread destroyer, who would some
day come to end the world. None were very good gods, and I worshiped
none of them.” - Calvin Morrison (H. Beam Piper), ~Lord Kalvan of
Otherwhen~
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David "PiperFan" Johnson 11-04-2016
02:29 UT
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Martians crash-land on Terra (illustration by Yorimitsu Takashi for Japanese translation of "Genesis")
From online auction here: http://www.uneedbid.com.hk/yahoobid.php?id=h189423286&cid=190603)
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Jon Crocker 11-02-2016
01:53 UT
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I dunno, that looks a bit cool for a Tarr-Hostigos fall time... She looks like she fell out of Burrows' John Carter of Mars.
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jimmyjoejangles 11-01-2016
20:29 UT
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That's exactly as I always pictured her!
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David "PiperFan" Johnson 11-01-2016
14:28 UT
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Princess Rylla as you've never seen her before
(from a Japanese edition of Lord Kalvan: https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%95%B0%E4%B8%9...3%BC/dp/4150103445/)
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