title: Naudsonce and Other Science Fiction by H. Beam Piper, Adventure
author: H. Beam Piper
description: Henry Beam Piper (1904 - 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.
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  > 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the copyright on
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  # NAUDSONCE
  
  
  
  
  
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  Bishop Berkeley's famous question  
  about the sound of a falling tree  
  may have no standing in Science.  
  But there is a highly interesti