Murder in the Gunroom

H. Beam Piper

Illustrated by Napoli [Transcriber's note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction April 1947.

H. Beam Piper

Illustrated by Freas * * * * * [Illustration] Martha Dane paused, looking up at the purple-tinged copper sky.

H. Beam Piper

CHAPTER 1 It was hard to judge Jeff Rand's age from his appearance; he was certainly over thirty and considerably under fifty.

H. Beam Piper

I Jack Holloway found himself squinting, the orange sun full in his eyes.

Jane Austen

Chapter 1 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Letter 1 St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17-- TO Mrs. Saville, England You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such ...

Herman Melville

Original Transcriber's Notes: This text is a combination of etexts, one from the now-defunct ERIS project at Virginia Tech and one from Project Gutenberg's archives.

Charles Dickens

Book the First--Recalled to Life I. The Period It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was...