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Four-Day Planet

By H. Beam Piper
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Publisher Description

Reminiscent of old whaling stories, Four-Day Planet follows the story of Walter Boyd, a scrappy 17-year-old reporter working for his father at the Port Sandor Times. Walt gets tied up in the adventures of the sea-monster hunters on Fenris—a barely-habitable planet with a 2,000-hour day. The prized—and only—commodity on Fenris is tallow-wax, a miraculous material harvested from the dangerous seas of the planet.

While being set in a grand sci-fi universe, the book packs in more about intrigue, betrayal, and the grit required to survive on a backwater planet of the Federation. The book was later re-published as a “two-for-one” with Lone Star Planet (originally titled A Planet for Texans).

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3.5
“I enjoy pulp sci-fi every so often if only to be reminded of the social and technological advancements we have made since the 50s and 60s. This was actually rather fun story. It combines an old fashioned crime drama with sci-fi and throws in a monster or two. The world-building was good. I had never heard of this author but my husband had of course read him as a kid. Women were essentially nonexistent in the story but that doesn’t ever surprise me. It seems hit or miss with these old works. The title refers to the fact that there are only four days in one year on this planet and that was not really explored further which was something I was waiting for. It intrigues me how the human body would adjust to that. Overall a good read if you are into vintage sci-fi. Don’t look for anything too exotic.”

About H. Beam Piper

Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – c.  November 6, 1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales.

He wrote under the name H. Beam Piper. Another source gives his name as "Horace Beam Piper" and a different date of death. His gravestone says "Henry Beam Piper". Piper himself may have been the source of part of the confusion; he told people the H stood for Horace, encouraging the assumption that he used the initial because he disliked his name. On a copy of Little Fuzzy given to Charles O. Piper, Beam's cousin and executor, he wrote "To Charles from Henry."

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