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In this lively science fiction adventure, Earth diplomat Stephen Silk is sent to the fiercely independent frontier planet of New Texas, where residents enforce justice with a gun in hand. Amid political intrigue and assassination plots, Silk must navigate the planet's wild... Read Full Overview

Winner of the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian Science Fiction Novel Lone Star Planet...a planet-full of Texans: they firmly believe they live on the biggest, strongest, best planet in the galaxy. They herd cattle the size of boxcars for a living, and... Read Full Overview

Winner of the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian Science Fiction Novel A planet-full of Texans: they firmly believe they live on the biggest, strongest, best planet in the galaxy. They herd cattle the size of boxcars for a living, and they defy the Solar... Read Full Overview

New Texas, the Lone Star Planet: its citizens figure that name about says it all. The Solar League ambassador to the Lone Star Planet has the unenviable task of convincing New Texans that a s'Srauff attack is imminent, and dangerous. Unfortunately it's common... Read Full Overview

A Planet for Texans (also published as Lone Star Planet) is a science-fiction novel written by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire. It was first published in the March 1957 issue of Fantastic Universe as Lone Star Planet and first published in book form in Ace Double... Read Full Overview

A Planet for Texans (also published as Lone Star Planet) is a science-fiction novel written by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire. It was first published in the March 1957 issue of Fantastic Universe as Lone Star Planet and first published in book form in Ace Double... Read Full Overview

This satirical science fiction novel is set on the frontier planet of New Texas, where the inhabitants live by a unique code of honor and take pride in their independence and gun culture. The story follows an Earth diplomat who must navigate the planet's dangerous politics... Read Full Overview