Time To Pay H. Beam Piper Trivia Quiz

Answer: Space Viking

In the beginning of the book, Lucas Trask is to get married to his one true love and his wedding is interrupted by Andray Dunnan who is apparently unbalanced. Andray Dunnan shoots up the wedding including the bride to be and the groom. The bride dies but Lucas Trask lives and gives up all he owns to purchase a spaceship to chase Andray Dunnan down.

In a game of hide and seek Lucas Trask restores some semblance of civilization on older planets. It was the first book I read by H. Beam Piper at the age of 13 and I became a fan of his for the rest of my life. I am now 50 and still read his books now and again!

Answer: It changes the status of the planet

As a Class III uninhabited planet, Zarathustra was chartered to the Zarathustra Company. This in effect meant that the Company owned the planet. If the species can be proved to be sapient, this would change the status of Zarathustra to Class IV inhabited and the Company's charter and privileges would be over.

Answer: The Cosmic Computer

The search for Merlin leads to many discoveries of equipment leftover from the last galactic war which can be sold off-world for money that is then used to restore civilization on Poictesme. In this day of large books and multiple book series' this is a quick solid read.

Answer: The Sepoy Mutiny in India

In the Uller Uprising a company on another planet is using the local population as laborers, foremen, police and army. Something causes them to revolt against the company troops and the company must put down the revolt. Another good solid Sci-Fi read from H. Beam Piper.

Answer: Supercow

Lone Star Planet is part of a two-part book by H. Beam Piper. The other part of the book is called Four-Day Planet. Two great ideas under one cover ... YEAH!

Answer: State Trooper in Pennsylvania

This is one of H. Beam Piper's many Paratime novels. Corporal Calvin Morrison is somehow transported to a different version of the past of his world. The technology is similar to that of the English Civil War while the area the book covers is that of a Pennsylvania that you and I (and Corporal Morrison) have never seen.

Answer: The planet makes 4 rotations (days) in a standard year

In "Four-Day Planet" the planet Fenris is a very inhospitable planet. The planet's rotation and trip around the sun make it one tough place to survive, let alone eek out a living. The only 'work' is as a 'monster hunter'. Hunting and killing sea-monsters for their tallow-wax.

Answer: Land Prawn

One of the reasons that Fuzzies are found in "Little Fuzzy" is because they began to migrate from their normal living areas to follow the migration of the Land Prawn. It is not until later that Jack Holloway finds out that they have also developed a taste for Extee Three because it contains more "hokfusine" than what they gained from Land Prawns.

Answer: It is a story about 2 "alien" species

This is a book that follows 2 races on 2 different planets from their very beginnings until they eventually meet each other after becoming space explorers. When H. Beam Piper wrote it almost every other Science Fiction book in print dealt with at least one race in the book being human.

Answer: Jerry Pournelle

Before becoming a writer Jerry Pournelle met H. Beam Piper and they became friends from the start. H. Beam Piper was almost twice Pournelle's age. The legal rights to Piper's works were given to Pournelle by Piper himself, before Pournelle ever thought about writing Science Fiction.

In Pournelle's words "Beam apparently knew my future better than I did." Piper's extensive notes, maps and all have never been found, but belong to Pournelle should that "gold mine" ever be found. One thing that any who knew H. Beam Piper would say is what Jerry Pournelle said of him. "He was a cavalier."