Temple Trouble

This story was published in 1951.Henry Beam Piper (23 March 1904 – ca. 06 November 1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of “Paratime” alternate history tales.Piper’s stories fall into two camps: stark space opera and or stories of cultural conflict or misunderstanding.A running theme in his work is that history repeats itself; past events will have direct and clear analogues in the future.Piper’s characterization was rooted in the notion of the self-reliant man: an individual able to take care of himself and both willing and able to tackle any situation which might arise. This is perfectly exemplified in a bit of dialogue found in his short story “Oomphel in the Sky” (1960): “He actually knows what has to be done and how to do it, and he’s going right ahead and doing it, without holding a dozen conferences and round-table discussi