The Return by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
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"The Return" by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire is a science fiction short story published in 1954. More than 250 years after nuclear war, explorers from Fort Ridgeway discover a fortified community descended from an old army platoon. These survivors have developed a mysterious religion centered on a god who died in battle and will one day return. As the explorers seek their help retrieving precious microfilmed books, they realize
the community may believe one of them is their prophesied deity—a case of mistaken identity with potentially fatal consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Piper, H. Beam, 1904-1964 |
|---|---|
| Author | McGuire, John J. (John Joseph), 1917-1981 |
| Illustrator | Freas, Kelly, 1922-2005 |
| Title | The Return |
| Series Title | Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, January, 1954. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_(Piper_and_McGuire_short_story) |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 18855 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-18855-3 |
| Release Date | Jul 17, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 466 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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