Project Gutenberg 2006-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 168 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam The Edge of the Knife Produced from Amazing Stories, May 1957. Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Edge of the Knife" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novella likely written in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around Edward Chalmers, a history professor with the ability to foresee future events. The story addresses themes of precognition and the repercussions of knowledge about future events, particularly in the context of political upheaval and assassination. In the plot, Chalmers inadvertently reveals his knowledge of Khalid ib'n Hussein's upcoming assassination during a history lecture. This incident leads to significant turmoil for him professionally, as he faces accusations of madness from college administrators and skepticism from his peers. As events unfold, Khalid is indeed assassinated, validating Chalmers' foresight but also complicating his life as a professor. In a twist of fate, the story explores how knowledge of the future can be both a gift and a burden, ultimately leading Chalmers to confront his sanity and the implications of his abilities in a world rife with political tension. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 123960 123957 2024-10-08T08:45:16.386830 2023-09-08T10:12:12.189344 text/html text/html 121160 2009-12-21T03:12:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 195615 2009-12-21T03:13:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 259696 2024-10-08T08:45:20.998809 application/epub+zip 260279 2024-10-08T08:45:18.107853 application/epub+zip 105360 2024-10-08T08:45:16.988818 application/epub+zip 345756 2024-10-08T08:45:23.100778 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337628 2024-10-08T08:45:20.278796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159752 2022-09-09T04:35:26.185383 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116144 116041 2024-10-08T08:45:15.987835 2023-09-08T10:12:11.852347 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 115952 2009-12-21T03:11:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 44186 2009-12-21T03:13:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19534 2024-10-08T08:45:23.226787 application/rdf+xml 10496 2024-10-08T08:45:17.537840 image/jpeg 2860 2024-10-08T08:45:17.264822 image/jpeg 253189 2024-10-08T08:45:16.408850 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia