Uller Uprising, by Henry Beam Piper
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The story of a confrontation between a human overlord and alien servants, with an ironic twist at the end. Like most of Piper's best work, Uller Uprising is modeled after an actual event in human history; in this case the Sepoy Mutiny -- though not a mere retelling of the Indian Mutiny, but rather an analysis of an historical event applied to a similar situation in the far future. Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk
Uller Uprising, by Henry Beam Piper- Published on: 2015-10-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 11.00" h x .34" w x 8.50" l, .80 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 148 pages
About the Author Henry Beam Piper 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.John D. Clark has worked with development NGOs, the World Bank, universities, and as and adviser to governments on development and civil society issues. His career has focused on poverty reduction and bridging the gap between grassroots organizations and official agencies. He is currently Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics, and has served on a Task Force advising UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on Africa. From 1992 to 2000 he worked for the World Bank as manager of the NGO and Civil Society Unit and then as Lead Social Development Specialist for East Asia. Before that he worked in NGOs for 18 years, mostly with Oxfam UK where he led campaigns operations and managed Oxfam s advocacy with official agencies and Northern governments on aid, debt and trade issues.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Of historic interest... By David Besides being an exciting story told well, this book should be interesting to all SF fans because it was the first real example of what we now call "Military SF." It predated Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" by several years. Jerry Pournelle was strongly influenced by reading this and other Beam Piper works. (I think it is no coincidence that a minor character in this book is named Col. Falkenberg!)So many aspects of this book are repeated again and again in works by Pournelle, Weber, Drake, etc.: The story is told from the point of view of a dedicated military officer. Military hardware and methods are presented in convincing detail. Military rites and customs, the implicit trust and comradeship between military people, and the natural distrust between military and civilian authorities -- all are implicit to the plot. Military ways of thinking are forever contrasted to their civilian counterparts, so that the civvy ways of thought are shown to be hopelessly fuzzy-minded and soft-hearted, incapable of handling a crisis. Sexuality is repressed to the Boy-Scout level -- well, perhaps that's because it was published in the 1950s.And above all, aliens are gorily slaughtered in numbers. Much of the fun and the punch to this narrative lies in the fact that it's OKAY to wreak bloody mayhem on enemies, if they are nonhuman and attacked you first. John Ringo is a recent author who uses exactly the same method to add "kick" to a narrative. Ringo's books seem always to be asking, how inventively can we waste a battalion of lizard-headed gooks?Piper showed how to ask and answer that question first, here in ULLER, where you will find the original pattern for the plot styles of Ringo, Weber, Drake, et al.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Native Insurrection By Arthur W Jordin Uller Uprising (1952) is the first SF novel in the Terro-Human Future History series. It is set on Nifheim and Uller during the early years of the Terran Federation. Uller is a habitable planet similar to Earth, although the fauna is based on silicone chains and the weather is fierce.. Nifheim is a nearby planet with a flourine biochemistry and loaded with heavy metals.In this novel, Sidney Harrington is Govenoral-General of the Chartered Uller Company. He is the highest Terran official on the planet.Carlos von Schlicten is an Argentine citizen of German ancestry. He is a General within the Army of the Chartered Uller Company.Lourenco Gomes is the head of the mining project on Nifheim.Juan Murillo is a seismologist on Nifheim. He is a third or fourth generation Martian.Paula Quinton has a Doctorate in extraterrestrial sociography. She is also a field agent for the Exterrestrial's Rights Association.Mohammed Ferriera is the local ERA agent in Konkrook.Gotkrink is a Uller native, the son/daughter of King Orgzild of Keegark.In this story, Paula is visiting Nifheim before continuing to Uller. The local miners are entertaining her with a front seat at four nuclear explosions. They are blowing out some heavy metals from the mantle.After returning from emplacing the devices, Dr. Murillo seats himself at the console, but allows Gotkrink to leave the room. Dr.Gomes starts the countdown. The explosions are impressive, but the burning hydrogen is fantastic.Three months later, Paula is on Uller visiting a native home. A riot starts and endangers both herself and Ferriera. Von Schlicten is returning from a field inspection and has his driver set down his command car on the plaza.Ferriera has fallen, but Paula is swing a bolo at the natives. She wounds one, but another grabs her with all four hands. She kicks it in the groin. Then Von Schlicten sticks his pistol into its mouth and blows out his brains.Paula mentions the presence of a dog within the household. The Terrans have been looking for Stalin, the Governor-General's collie, as well as a goat and some rabbits that have mysteriously disappeared. After she heard the dog barking, her host had gone out of the house. Apparently that was when the riot started.Von Schlicten explains about the lost animals and suggests that the native host had started the riot. The native was a known activist and agitator. Paula and Ferriera were just at the wrong place at the wrong time.Later, the Governor-General is poisoned by a native servant. The Terrans quickly decide that the natives had been using the Terran animals to find the right poison. When the news of the Governor-General's death is broadcast, native troops mutiny throughout the Terran zone.This tale is based on the Sepoy Mutiny against the East India Company in 1857. Yet the technology is a mix of twentieth century and future devices. Combat cars are armed with fifteen millimeter machine guns, but fly through the air with contragravityThis novelette was published in the Twayne Triplet The Petrified Planet with "Daughter of Earth" and "The Long View". The planets were described in a article provided to each author before beginning the stories, but the tales vary in details about the natives.The author wrote other stories within this universe. The next installment in this sequence is Four-Day Planet.Highly recommended for Piper fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of strange planets, armed uprisings, and a bit of romance. Read and enjoy!-Arthur W. Jordin
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fantastic! By The Reviewer Formerly Known as Kurt Johnson In the far future, exploration has brought many new worlds into the reach of humankind. To facilitate the exploitation of these worlds, trading companies are established. On the world of Uller, the Chartered Uller Company has been running matters much as the British East India Company ran India in the Eighteenth Century. While local potentates rule, humans profit and attempt to better the lot of the locals, whom they derisively call "Geeks." However, not all of the four-armed reptile-oid natives are pleased about the arrangement. When rebellion explodes, it is up to General Carlos von Schlichten, commander of the Company's army, to hold Uller for the Chartered Uller Company and the Terran Federation.This is an intelligent, and thought provoking book. The action is gripping, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. The author's use of the old trading company paradigm in the future is nothing short of brilliant. As an added bonus, the first chapter of the book contains notes describing the silicone world of Uller and fluorine world of Niflheim, with comments on the chemistry and evolution of life on the world: this written by Dr John D. Clark, scientist and one of the discoverers of sulfa.In certain ways, this book is out of date (the scene involving scientists using their sliderules is humorous), but not in any way that damages the believability of the story. So, if you are looking for a sci-fi book with a gripping story, and a highly exotic setting, then this book is for you!
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