The Answer by H. Beam Piper
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"The Answer" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction short story published in 1959. Fifteen years after a devastating nuclear war between the United States and Soviet Union, two scientists in Argentina conduct an experiment with negamatter that produces an unexpected result. The explosion's distinctive signature leads one scientist to a stunning realization about what truly triggered the catastrophic war that destroyed the Northern Hemisphere—a discovery that changes everything they thought
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| Author | Piper, H. Beam, 1904-1964 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Answer |
| Series Title | Produced from Fantastic Universe Science Fiction, December, 1959 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_(short_story) |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Geetu Melwani, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 18342 |
| Release Date | May 8, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 299 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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