Project Gutenberg 2007-03-03 Public domain in the USA. 255 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam A Slave is a Slave Produced from Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1962. Produced by Greg Weeks, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Slave is a Slave" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story centers around the Galactic Empire's annexation of the planet Aditya, where the locals, who have lived under a system of slavery for centuries, suddenly find themselves confronted with the Empire’s principles of freedom and autonomy. The narrative explores themes of power, societal structure, and the complexities of transitioning from a deeply rooted slave society to one that may embrace freedom. The opening of the novel introduces several key characters, including Prince Jurgen Trevannion and Line-Commodore Vann Shatrak, who are involved in the military operation to take over Aditya. The tone reveals a tense atmosphere as they discuss the military strategies and the implications of their actions on the local population. Observations of the planet's governance highlight a bizarre social structure reliant on slavery, with the new Imperial forces contemplating how to impose their secular but ethical worldview on a populace that has never known freedom. Imperative debates among the characters set the stage for a larger conflict between ideals of liberty and the existing oppressive realities, as the narrative hints at both the administrative challenges and moral dilemmas ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 166933 2025-08-08T14:33:15.386218 text/html 164582 2021-01-01T19:47:07 text/html 692079 2025-08-08T14:33:22.795162 application/epub+zip 693843 2025-08-08T14:33:18.864222 application/epub+zip 119413 2025-08-08T14:33:17.041179 application/epub+zip 935879 2025-08-08T14:33:25.144190 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 921336 2025-08-08T14:33:21.370205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233572 2022-09-10T03:38:47.304924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151427 2025-08-08T14:33:14.990229 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151311 2021-01-01T19:47:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 6314544 2007-03-03T10:40:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 19792 2025-08-08T14:33:25.500146 application/rdf+xml 15357 2025-08-08T14:33:17.521201 image/jpeg 3934 2025-08-08T14:33:17.280218 image/jpeg 636876 2021-01-01T19:47:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 56924 2021-01-01T19:47:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 691303 2025-08-08T14:33:15.420265 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