Four Day Planet and Lone Star Planet

H. Beam Piper

Classic Science Fiction, alien planets, Hyper-drive space ships, contra-gravity, weird societies. For all that the characters are human and problems (I said Classic Science Fiction) are human problems. Neither of these stories have overlapping characters. Four Day Planet is about a young man trying to be a reporter in a small town (the only town) on a back water planet. Oh, by the way, there are only 4 days in this planet's year. The year is about long as ours so as you can guess the conditions are rather extreme just as is the local wild life. As the story progresses we have graft, corruption, attempted murder, revolution, monsters and oh yes lots of guns. Did I mention Piper's universe is full of guns, regular fire arms that any old NRA member would recognize? The characters are well developed and well paced. I have read this one many times and enjoyed again and again. Lone...