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DanaThomas posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
“They looted a thousand worlds” – sounds familiar…
https://www.blackgate.com/2017/03/21/space-viking-by-h-beam-piper/
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Thanks, Dana.
I came across that cover picture “by chance” and since my old copies are long gone will get a couple of those books again.
H. Beam Piper (1904-64) didn’t publish his first story until 1947.
he told of humanity’s ascension to the stars, the rise and fall of the Terran Federation, and the subsequent birth of the Galactic Empire. (errrrr…..) LOL he uses the names of Gods to name his planets … Tanith = Tanit. Khepera = Kheperi (the scarab part of the sun)
HAHAHA – “This is driven home for him by events on Marduk, an old Federation planet that never suffered collapse. There, a Hitler-like demagogue rises to power throught licit and illicit means. With rabble-rousing rallies, mass media, and enough bribes to the right players, he gets himself elected. The opposition find out just how bad he truly is when he starts arresting them.” well… I dont know what to say.. Hitler was considered by many Vedic Devis as an incarnation of the Avatar.
One of the few moments of levity in Space Viking comes at the expense of some politicians and social workers on Marduk. The way they bristle when Trask responds to their explanation of Markdukan economics with a joke about the Gilgameshers, a planet of hard-bargaining syncretic-Jewish traders, reeks of condescension and self-delusion…………………………..REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE lol