{"product_id":"crossroads-of-destiny-and-others-h-beam-piper-9781603129329","title":"Crossroads of Destiny and Others by H. Beam Piper, Science Fiction, Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurbs for books. Days are we write so many of them we could just . . . well. But it's clear we aren't the only ones who feel this way.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. Beam Piper sold \"Crossroads of Destiny\" to \u003cem\u003eFantastic Universe Science Fiction, \u003c\/em\u003e which published it in their July 1959 issue. \"No wonder he'd been so interested in the talk of whether our people accepted these theories!\" they said of the story. We aren't at all certain what they meant by that, but you'll probably have a clue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blurb for \"Hunter Patrol\" (\u003cem\u003eAmazing Stories, \u003c\/em\u003e May 1959 -- a collaboration with John J. McGuire) is equally oblique: \"Readers who remember the Hon. Stephen Silk, diplomat extraordinary, in \u003cem\u003eLone Star Planet (FU, \u003c\/em\u003e March 1957), later published as \u003cem\u003eA Planet for Texans\u003c\/em\u003e (Ace Books), will find the present story a challenging departure -- this possibility that the history we know may not be absolute. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, when \"Dearest\" appeared in \u003cem\u003eWeird Tales, \u003c\/em\u003e in March, 1951, the folks at that magazine blurbed it, \"Many men have dreamed of world peace, but none have been able to achieve it. If one man did have that power, could mankind afford to pay the price?\" An interesting thought, we say. And it seems to us that they had a lot more to say about the story than the SF mags did (above).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other other hand (it makes us feel like such \u003cem\u003eMoties\u003c\/em\u003e to say that), when \u003cem\u003eTrue: The Man's Magazine, \u003c\/em\u003e published \"Rebel Raider\" in December 1950 they said, \"Jeb Stuart left John Singleton Mosby behind Northern lines 'to look after loyal Confederate people.' But before the war was over, Mosby did a lot more than that. . . .\" (We think they actually read the piece before they published it, by golly!)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd on the last hand of all, there's no evidence that anybody at the house that published \u003cem\u003eThe Science-Fictional Sherlock Holmes, \u003c\/em\u003e (1960 -- another collaboration with John J. McGuire) even read \"The Return\" -- they didn't say a word about it! Harrumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. Beam Piper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603129324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603129329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"H. Beam Piper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068771266815,"sku":"9781603129329","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8fb1ddb6-0c13-4d51-8f7e-063a7e5b7a4c.jpg?v=1685420906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crossroads-of-destiny-and-others-h-beam-piper-9781603129329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}