''Empire'' is a collection of short stories by American writer

H. Beam Piper Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – ) was an American science fiction writer. 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" al ...

, edited by

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. The book was published in 1981 by

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, and again in 1986. Most of these stories take place in his Terro-Human Future History, with the sole exception being " The Return".

* Terro-Human Future History Chronology by

. A short, 35-entry

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of Piper’s Terro-Human Future History, covering from 1 A.E. to 2936 A.E. * Introduction by

. * "The Edge of the Knife” (first appeared in ''

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'', May 1957) * "A Slave is a Slave" (first appeared in ''

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'', April 1962) * "Ministry of Disturbance" (first appeared in ''

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'', December 1958) * " The Return", written with John J. McGuire (first appeared in ''

'', January 1954) * " The Keeper" (first appeared in ''

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'', July 1957)

References

* * * 1981 short story collections Science fiction short story collections Ace Books books Works by H. Beam Piper {{1980s-sf-story-collection-stub

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