Time Crime is a science fiction novel written by H. Beam Piper, originally published in 1955.The Paratime Police had a real headache this time! Tracing one man in a population of millions is easy--compared to finding one gang hiding out on one of billions of probability lines!Time Crime first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine February and March 1955. Total Running Time (TRT): 4 hours, 10 min. Reading by Mark Nelson.Henry Beam Piper (1904-1964) 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, such as Space Viking, or stories of cultural conflict or misunderstanding, such as Little Fuzzy or the Paratime stories.
