Project Gutenberg 2007-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 172 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van Ministry of Disturbance Produced from Astounding Science Fiction December 1958. Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Ministry of Disturbance" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novel that was published in the late 1950s. The story unfolds in a distant future where the Galactic Empire, ruled by the Emperor Paul XXII, faces internal threats and political intrigue, particularly surrounding the behavior of its various ministers and the stability of governance. At its core, the book explores themes of loyalty, paranoia, and the struggle for power amidst changing societal dynamics. The narrative follows Emperor Paul XXII as he navigates a labyrinth of conspiracies against his reign. Driven by paranoia and the fear of betrayal from ministers and officials, Paul discovers plots targeting his life, orchestrated by Prince Travann and others. As students protest against bureaucratic inefficiencies, the Emperor attempts to quell unrest while addressing the threats from within his palace. The plot thickens with the introduction of scientific discovery, including the potential for time travel, which serves as a metaphor for the need for innovation and change in an Empire stuck in stagnation. Ultimately, Paul's journey reflects the balance of power, the allure of authority, and the need for progressive transformation within a crumbling political structure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 132544 132534 2024-10-09T06:42:12.999340 2023-09-09T08:57:26.853579 text/html text/html 130098 2009-01-19T19:29:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 196432 2009-01-19T19:32:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 272866 2024-10-09T06:42:19.973314 application/epub+zip 273874 2024-10-09T06:42:16.526324 application/epub+zip 108232 2024-10-09T06:42:14.937381 application/epub+zip 588378 2024-10-09T06:42:22.275302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 576443 2024-10-09T06:42:18.883316 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204427 2022-09-09T15:46:44.325433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120423 120325 2024-10-09T06:42:12.582323 2023-09-09T08:57:26.544598 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 120211 2009-01-19T19:29:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 45127 2009-01-19T19:32:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 120203 2009-01-19T19:29:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45105 2009-01-19T19:32:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 2653130 2007-02-27T14:21:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 23601 2024-10-09T06:42:22.416279 application/rdf+xml 14850 2024-10-09T06:42:15.503317 image/jpeg 3887 2024-10-09T06:42:15.217314 image/jpeg 272601 2024-10-09T06:42:13.023320 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 en.wikipedia