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"Lone Star Planet" by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire is a science-fiction novel first published in 1957. When diplomat Stephen Silk is banished to New Texas after writing a controversial article, he discovers a world where assassinating politicians is legal—as long as the killer proves their victim "needed killin'." His predecessor was murdered, and evidence suggests he's next. Silk must navigate deadly politics while convincing New Texans to join the Solar League against an alien threat. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | McGuire, John J. (John Joseph), 1917-1981 |
|---|---|
| Title | Lone Star Planet |
| Series Title | Prepared from a 1979 reprint of the 1958 original. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Planet_for_Texans |
| Credits | Produced by Greg Weeks, Malcolm Farmer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Space colonies -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 20121 |
| Release Date | Dec 16, 2006 |
| Last Update | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 63077 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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