Project Gutenberg 2006-04-26 Public domain in the USA. 98 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam Operation R.S.V.P. Produced from Amazing Stories, January, 1951. Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Operation R.S.V.P." by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores the intricacies and tensions of international relations during a futuristic Cold War scenario, where rival powers engage in espionage and advanced weaponry, particularly focusing on the development and implications of nuclear technology. The plot centers on the escalating conflict between the Union of East European Soviet Republics and the United Peoples' Republics of East Asia amid a backdrop of scientific advancements and simmering territorial disputes. The disappearance of prominent scientists from both factions raises suspicions and paranoia, leading to diplomatic overtures filled with threats and counter-threats. At the heart of the story lies the character of Shere Ali Abdallah, the Ameer of Afghanistan, who seizes the opportunity to exploit the rivalries between superpowers by offering superior technology developed by the very scientists they seek. This culminates in a negotiation rooted in the balance of power, where the Ameer proposes to establish a unified authority while leveraging the advanced weaponry his nation possesses, showcasing a clever twist in the game of power politics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories Epistolary fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 46906 2025-07-08T03:45:38.223780 text/html 43160 2006-04-26T13:01:44 text/html 437140 2025-07-08T03:45:42.755734 application/epub+zip 435946 2025-07-08T03:45:40.640781 application/epub+zip 80334 2025-07-08T03:45:39.602745 application/epub+zip 529348 2025-07-08T03:45:44.275745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523102 2025-07-08T03:45:42.119797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152029 2022-09-08T15:33:49.829561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38750 2025-07-08T03:45:37.921756 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38670 2006-04-26T13:01:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19771 2025-07-08T03:45:44.397730 application/rdf+xml 14353 2025-07-08T03:45:40.083749 image/jpeg 3835 2025-07-08T03:45:39.841769 image/jpeg 343561 2006-04-26T13:01:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 14460 2006-04-26T13:01:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 417115 2025-07-08T03:45:38.240759 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia