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The Paratime series written by H. Beam Piper consists of several short stories, one novella, and one novel; they deal with an advanced civilization that is able to travel between parallel universes with alternate histories, and uses that ability to trade for goods and services their own, exhausted Earth cannot provide. Specifically, the Paratime series deals with the Paratime Police, the organization that protects the secret of paratime travel. ==Stories in the Paratime Series== These stories were written by Piper: * ''He Walked Around the Horses'' (''Astounding Science Fiction Magazine'', April 1948) * ''Police Operation'' (''Astounding Science Fiction Magazine'', July 1948) * ''Last Enemy'' (''Astounding Science Fiction Magazine,'' August, 1950) * ''Temple Trouble'' (''Astounding Science Fiction Magazine'', April, 1951) * ''Genesis'' (''Future Magazine'', September, 1951) * ''Time Crime'' (novella) (''Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, February and March 1955'') * ''Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen'' (novel) (Analog Science Fiction, 1965) in two parts: "Gunpowder God" and "Down Styphon!" Sequels not written by Piper *''Great Kings' War'', written by Roland J. Green and John F. Carr. * Kalvan Kingmaker, written by John F. Carr. * The Siege of Tarr-Hostigos, written by John F. Carr. * The Hos-Blethan Affair , written by John F. Carr and Wolfgang Diehr. * The Fireseed Wars, written by John F. Carr. * The Gunpowder God, written by John F. Carr. Some persons dispute ''He Walked Around The Horses'' and ''Genesis'' being Paratime stories, however ''Genesis'' is the account of a group of Martian colonists arriving on Earth between 75,000 and 100,000 years ago exactly as described by Piper in several of his Paratime Police stories. All of the names used in ''Genesis'' follow the conventions used in all of the Paratime stories but not used in Piper's other stories. Additionally the events in ''He Walked Around The Horses'' are referred to by Tortha Karf in the story ''Police Operation'' where he describes the event briefly to Verkan Vall. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paratime series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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