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H. Beam Piper

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H. Beam Piper was an American science fiction author, born on March 23, 1904, and died on November 6, 1964. Known for his hard science fiction style and visionary depictions of the future, his work has had a profound impact on science fiction literature.

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“You mean, the people are armed?" Prince Bentrik was incredulous. "Great Satan, aren't yours?" Prince Trask was equally surprised. "Then your democracy's a farce, and the people are only free on sufferance. If their ballots aren't secured by arms, they're worthless.”

Right To Bear Arms

Book:Space Viking

Source: Space Viking

“Well, that was one thing you had to give [Makann] credit for. He wanted to run out the Gilgameshers. Everybody was in favor of that. Now, Trask could remember something he'd gotten from Harkaman. There had been Hitler, back at the end of the First Century Pre-Atomic; hadn't he gotten into power because everybody was in favor of running out the Christians, or the Moslems, or the Albigensians, or somebody?”

History Historical Memory

Book:Space Viking

Source: Space Viking

“Well, if a Little Fuzzy finds a door open, I’d like to know why he shouldn’t come in and look around.”

Science Fiction First Contact

Author:H. Beam Piper

“You know, it's quite all right to give the underdog a hand, but only one hand. Keep the other hand on your pistol - or he'll try to eat the one you gave him!”

Knows Giving Trying Hands Underdog Pistols

Book:A Slave Is a Slave

Source: A Slave Is a Slave

“Keep a goverment poor and weak and it's your servant; when it is rich and powerful it becomes your master.”

Poor Powerful Rich Masters Weak Servant

Author:H. Beam Piper

“And when someone makes a statement you don't understand, don't tell him he's crazy. Ask him what he means.”

Mean Asks Crazy Statements

Book:Space Viking: Science Fiction Stories

Source: Space Viking: Science Fiction Stories

“English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid, and as such is no more legitimate than any of the other products of that conversation.”

Trying Products Conversation Bars Warrior Angle English Language Maids

Author:H. Beam Piper

“I like it where it gets dark at night, and if you want noise, you have to make it yourself.”

Ifs Want Night Dark Quiet Noise

Author:H. Beam Piper

“Take a drink because you pity yourself, and then the drink pities you and has a drink, and then two good drinks get together and that calls for drinks all around.”

Two Together Drink Alcohol Pity Get Together

Book:Little Fuzzy: Science Fiction Stories

Source: Little Fuzzy: Science Fiction Stories

“Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer.”

Use Lasts Force Waiting Prayer Late Too Late Apathy Incompetent Extremity

Book:A Slave Is a Slave

Source: A Slave Is a Slave

“Sanity, it would seem, was a dangerously contagious disease.”

Seems Disease Sanity Contagious

Author:H. Beam Piper

“Vengeance is a strange human motivation --- it can drive a man to do things which he neither would nor could achieve without it ... and because of that it lies behind some of the greatest sagas of human literature!”

Men Humans Lying Motivation Literature Behinds Achieve Strange Vengeance Saga

Book:Space Viking

Source: Space Viking

“I had a lot of other ideas, now and then, but every time I took a second look at one, it got sick and died.”

Looks Ideas Sick Died Now And Then

Book:Four-Day Planet: Science Fiction Stories

Source: Four-Day Planet: Science Fiction Stories

“Apparently, on New Texas, killing a politician was not malum in se, and was mallum prohibitorum only to the extent that what happened to the politician was in excess of what he deserved.”

Happened Politician Killing Texas Excess

Author:H. Beam Piper

“English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results.”

Men Results Arms Picks Attempting Barmaids

Author:H. Beam Piper

About the Author

Born: March 23, 1904
Died: November 6, 1964
Known for: Author
Quotes: 15

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