Download or read book The Cosmic Computer written by H. Beam Piper and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of futuristic science fiction, this novel had its genesis in a much shorter story called "Graveyard of Dreams" (Galaxy, 1958) Piper expanded it to book length, and it appeared in 1963 as Junkyard Planet. Ace later renamed the book The Cosmic Computer for its paperback appearance. This edition of The Cosmic Computer is complete and unabridged.Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to home world of Poictesme, dubbed "The Junkyard Planet" because of all the military equipment left behind after the last war. Conn claims he has found the location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been left behind. But is Merlin real, or just a myth? And if Conn does have access to Merlin, will the computer save Poictesme -- or tear the world apart?
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Download or read book The Cosmic Computer written by H. Beam Piper and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conn Maxwell is designated to travel to Earth from the colony world of Poictesme, a world desperate for regeneration following an intersystem war, to try and identify the location of the super computer Merlin, which many of the colonists believe is hidden somewhere on the planet and which they see as their salvation.
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Download or read book The Cosmic Computer illustrated written by H. Beam H. Beam Piper and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty minutes to Litchfield.Conn Maxwell, at the armor-glass front of the observation deck, watched the landscape rush out of the horizon and vanish beneath the ship, ten thousand feet down. He thought he knew how an hourglass must feel with the sand slowly draining out.It had been six months to Litchfield when the Mizar lifted out of La Plata Spaceport and he watched Terra dwindle away. It had been two months to Litchfield when he boarded the City of Asgard at the port of the same name on Odin. It had been two hours to Litchfield when the Countess Dorothy rose from the airship dock at Storisende. He had had all that time, and now it was gone, and he was still unprepared for what he must face at home.Thirty minutes to Litchfield.The words echoed in his mind as though he had spoken them aloud, and then, realizing that he never addressed himself as sir, he turned. It was the first mate.He had a clipboard in his hand, and he was wearing a Terran Federation Space Navy uniform of forty years, or about a dozen regulation-changes, ago. Once Conn had taken that sort of thing for granted. Now it was obtruding upon him everywhere.
Download or read book The Cosmic Computer written by H. Beam Piper and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conn Maxwell told them: "There are incredible things still undiscovered; most of the important installations were built in duplicate as a precaution against space attack. I know where all of them are. "But I could find nothing, not one single word, about any giant strategic planning computer called Merlin!" Nevertheless the leading men of the planet didn't believe him. They couldn't, for the search for Merlin had become their abiding obsession. Merlin meant everything to them: power, pleasures, and profits unlimited. Conn had known they'd never believe him, and so he had a trick or two up his space-trained sleeve that might outwit even their fabled Cosmic Computer ... if they dared accept his challenge. Here it is - H. Beam Piper's classic SF novel, available in print for the first time in decades!
Download or read book The Cosmic Computer written by Henry Beam Piper and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cosmic Computer H. Beam PIPER (1904 - 1964) Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, "The Junkyard Planet," with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants hope to find Merlin, which they think will be their ticket to wealth and prosperity. But is Merlin real, or just an old rumor? And if they find it will it save them, or tear them apart? (by Mark Nelson)
Download or read book The Cosmic Computer written by H. Beam Piper and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, "The Junkyard Planet," with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants hope to find Merlin, which they think will be their ticket to wealth and prosperity. But is Merlin real, or just an old rumor? And if they find it will it save them, or tear them apart?Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 - c. November 6, 1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales. He wrote under the name H. Beam Piper. Another source gives his name as "Horace Beam Piper" and a different date of death. His gravestone says "Henry Beam Piper." Piper himself may have been the source of part of the confusion; he told people the H stood for Horace, encouraging the assumption that he used the initial because he disliked his name.
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Download or read book The COSMIC COMPUTER Annotated written by H. BEAM PIPER and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-31 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It had been six months to Litchfield when the Mizar lifted out of La Plata Spaceport and he watched Terra dwindle away. It had been two months to Litchfield when he boarded the City of Asgard at the port of the same name on Odin. It had been two hours to Litchfield when the Countess Dorothy rose from the airship dock at Storisende. He had had all that time, and now it was gone, and he was still unprepared for what he must face at home.
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Download or read book Junkyard Planet written by H. Piper and published by Wildside Press. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel had its genesis in a much shorter story called "Graveyard of Dreams" (Galaxy, 1958) Piper expanded it to book length, and it appeared in 1963 as Junkyard Planet. Ace later renamed the book The Cosmic Computer for its paperback appearance. This edition returns the book to Piper's original title, Junkyard Planet. Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his home world of Poictesme, dubbed "The Junkyard Planet" because of all the military equipment left behind after the last war. Conn claims he has found the location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been left behind. But is Merlin real, or just a myth? And will Conn's knowledge of the computer save Poictesme -- or tear his world apart?
