I thought I'd read most of the late H. Beam Piper's works, but this was news to me:
H. Beam Piper wrote a detective novel, in which he shows off his vast knowledge of antique firearms. Murder in the Gunroom is now available as an e-book (plain text or html) at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17866
Enjoy!
Piper was one of the best hard SF writers of the 1950's and early 1960's. His writings ranged from the Terro-Human future history series (including the Fuzzy books), to the brilliant novel Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen, part of his Paratime series of works. More information on the author and his work is available from http://www.zarthani.net/.
Hat tip to Jerrie Adkins, from the L.M. Bujold mailing list, for the heads-up on the e-book version.
Posted by Nicholas at March 5, 2006 09:23 PM
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