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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Oomphel in the Sky](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnmb567mqsebstk1qskaaqx/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260924%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260924T110352Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=4f6ed26d3bb5ec39d993a6a8d2a1d6ffe624f3691c1ed17fe049e95d8499b6dd) ## About this work Oomphel in the Sky by H. Beam Piper — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside OOMPHEL ... ... IN THE SKY By H. BEAM PIPER Transcriber's Note This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction, November 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Since Logic derives from postulates, it never has, and never will, change a postulate. And a religious belief is a system of postulates ... so how can a man fight a native superstition with logic? Or anything else ...? Illustrated by Bernklau Miles Gilbert watched the landscape slide away below him, its quilt of rounded treetops mottled red and orange in the double sunlight and, in shaded places, with the natural yellow of the vegetation of Kwannon. The aircar began a slow swing to the left, and Gettler Alpha came into view, a monstrous smear of red incandescence with an optical diameter of two feet at arm's length, slightly flattened on the bottom by the western horizon. In another couple of hours it would be completely set, but by that time Beta, the planet's G-class primary, would be at its midafternoon hottest. He glanced at his watch. It was 1005, but that was Galactic Standard Time, and had no relevance to anything that was happening in the local sky. It did mean, though, that it was five minutes short of two hours to 'cast-time. He snapped on the communication screen in front of him, and Harry Walsh, the news editor, looked out of it at him from the office in Bluelake, halfway across the continent. He wanted to know how things were going. "Just about finished. I'm going to look in at a couple more native villages, and then I'm going to Sanders' plantation to see Gonzales. I hope I'll have a personal statement from him, and the final situation-progress map,… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Foomphel-in-the-sky) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Foomphel-in-the-sky) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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