''Federation'' 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" a ...

, edited by

John F. Carr John Francis Carr (born December 25, 1944) is an American science fiction editor and writer as well as the executor of the literary estate of H. Beam Piper. Career Carr was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in San Diego, California ...

. The book was published in 1981 by

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, and again in 1982, 1983 and 1986. Most of these stories take place in the early part of his Terro-Human Future History.

* Essay: “Piper's Foundation” by

Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960 ...

* Introduction by

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Omnilingual "Omnilingual" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. Beam Piper. Originally published in the February 1957 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'', it focuses on the problem of archaeology on an alien culture. Synopsis An expediti ...

(first appeared in ''

Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'', February 1957) * "Naudsonce" (First appeared in ''Analog'', January 1962) * "Oomphel in the Sky" (first appeared in ''Analog'', November 1960) * "Graveyard of Dreams" (first appeared in ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

''. February 1958) * "When in the Course" (previously unpublished)

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* 1982 —

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, Best Single Author Collection 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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