H. Beam Piper | Collaborations

H. Beam Piper: Collaborations

"I have a unique privilege: I have the legal right, acknowledged by the copyright owners, to do stories in H. Beam Piper's worlds."
— Jerry Pournelle, Preface to Federation

Beam's first published work, A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks," McElhattan, Pa., compiled in 1927 when Beam was in his mid-twenties, was a collaborative effort with newspaper publisher Henry W. Shoemaker, the owner of the Restless Oaks collection of weapons. During his writing career, Beam also published two stories and two novels co-authored with his friend, writer John J. McGuire.

The late science and science-fiction writer Jerry Pournelle was given permission by Beam himself "to do stories in H. Beam Piper's worlds," though he never exercised this privilege publicly. Since Beam's death, Pournelle's own collaborator, writer John F. Carr, has compiled the original collections of Beam's short fiction and continues to publish sequels to Beam's work with occasional collaborators of his own. Four other writers, William Tuning, Ardath Mayhar, Michael Kurland and most recently John Scalzi, have published officially-sanctioned novels based on Beam's original material. Finally, especially as much of Beam's work has passed into the public doman, several creative works have been produced by Beam's fans.

Shoemaker | McGuire | Carr | Others

Image - 'Restlless Oaks' Catalogue cover

"Restless Oaks" catalogue

Henry W. Shoemaker

A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and other Firearms and Edged Weapons at 'Restless Oaks,' McElhattan, PA, Times Tribune, 1927, co-authored with fellow Pennsylvanian Henry W. Shoemaker, was Piper's first publication.

Image - cover illustration, Analog Science Fiction, November 1963

Cover illustration by John Schoenherr

John J. McGuire

Piper co-authored four works, published between 1953 and 1959, with his friend and fellow author John J. McGuire.

John F. Carr

Author John F. Carr edited the original collections of Beam's short fiction and has written, with occasional co-authors, several sequels to Beam's Paratime and Terro-human Future History works. John has also authored the definitive biography of Piper and an extensive survey of Piper's work. John's Piper-related work is featured at Hostigos.com.

Cover illustration by Michael Whelan

Other collaborators

Since Piper's death several authors have written or co-written officially-sanctioned works based upon his stories and novels, including William Tuning, Ardath Mayhar, Michael Kurland, and John Scalzi.

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