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Lone Star Planet: Free Classic | BookMarket

Home Store Crime FictionLone Star Planet

Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller

Lone Star Planet

by H. Beam Piper

Public domain · Free4.3 (3)

Texans, where politics are deadly. An Earth diplomat is sent to New Texas, a planet where politicians can be shot by citizens who think they've misbehaved, and aliens are threatening. Piper and McGuire's comic novella is a satire of politics with a frontier swagger. IMPLEMENTATION NOTE FIX→ credit co-author John J. McGuire. RIGHTS→ US public domain (copyright not renewed); still protected in the UK and EU

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Added to BookMarket: October 6, 2026
First published: 1957
Genres: Crime Fiction Fantasy Thriller

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Hiro T.4.0

Read this one in a single sitting — the EPUB formatting is clean and it held up beautifully.

Oct 2026

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Daniel O.4.0

The prose is dense in places but rewarding. Glad it was available as a proper ebook.

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The prose is dense in places but rewarding. Glad it was available as a proper ebook.

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