Title: He Walked Around the Horses

Title: He Walked Around the Horses Title Record # 56179
Author: H. Beam Piper
Date: 1948-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Paratime Police
Webpages: librivox.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: A documented case of a diplomat's disappearance in 1809 is postulated as a slip into a parallel universe where Benedict Arnold died at the Battle of Quebec, leading to Napoleon never rising to power; the events in that universe of the diplomat's appearance are portrayed as a series of letters and reports.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1959^ⓘTranslated by Bruno Fonzi	Italian	Passò intorno ai cavalli
1982^ⓘTranslated by Brigitte Cirla	French	A l'instant où il contourna les cheveaux ...^?A l'instant ou il contourna les cheveaux ...
1983^ⓘTranslated by Alain Rague	French	L'homme qui apparut
1984^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Er ging um die Pferde herum
1984^ⓘTranslated by Lore Straßl.	German	Der Mann, der um die Pferde herumging
2006^ⓘTranslated by Roberto Marini	Italian	Girò Intorno Ai Cavalli

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science Fiction, April 1948	1948-04-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Bonestell
World of Wonder	1951-08-00	ed. Fletcher Pratt	Twayne Publishers		$3.95^?$: US dollar	445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Herbstman
World of Wonder	1951-10-00	ed. Fletcher Pratt	Twayne Publishers		$3.95^?$: US dollar	445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Herbstman
Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories	1958-06-00	ed. Edmund Crispin	Faber and Faber		15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Le Meraviglie del possibile: Antologia della fantascienza	1959-11-10	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Sergio Solmi	Einaudi		Lit 3,000^?Lit: Italian lira	xx+ 554	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Aspects of Science Fiction	1959-11-30	ed. G. D. Doherty	John Murray (The Albemarle Library for Schools)		8/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	218	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories	1959-12-00	ed. Edmund Crispin	Faber and Faber		15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Curl
Best SF Three	1960-09-00	ed. Edmund Crispin	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	46	5/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	C. W. Bacon
Best SF Three	1962-00-00	ed. Edmund Crispin	Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions)		6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	224	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Best SF Three	1963-00-00	ed. Edmund Crispin	Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions)		6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	224	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Best SF Three	1967-00-00	ed. Edmund Crispin	Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions)		6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	224	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Aspects of Science Fiction	1968-00-00	ed. G. D. Doherty	John Murray (The Albemarle Library for Schools #4)	0-7195-0322-1		218	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Aspects of Science Fiction	1970-00-00	ed. G. D. Doherty	John Murray (The Albemarle Library for Schools)	0-7195-2215-3		218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
A Science Fiction Argosy	1972-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster	0-671-21126-9	$9.95^?$: US dollar	828	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Wendell Minor
A Science Fiction Argosy	1972-05-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster / SFBC	2710	$3.98^?$: US dollar	xii+ 819	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Wendell Minor
A Science Fiction Argosy	1973-04-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-01520-9	£^?£: UK pound	832	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Space Mail	1980-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Fawcett Crest	0-449-24312-5	$2.50^?$: US dollar	416	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	John Berkey
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	1981-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-33635-9	$6.98^?$: US dollar	786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Don Dixon
Paratime	1981-08-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-65169-0	$2.75^?$: US dollar	295	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
The Golden Age of Science Fiction	1981-10-00	ed. Kingsley Amis	Hutchinson	0-09-145770-X	£6.95^?£: UK pound	370	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Space Mail	1982-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Fawcett Crest	0-449-24312-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar	416	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Orbites, #3	1982-09-15	ed. Daniel Riche	Néo	2-7304-0163-6	F39.00^?F: French frank	196	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	mag	Luc Cornillon
Paratime	1982-12-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-65170-4	$2.95^?$: US dollar	295	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
The Golden Age of Science Fiction	1983-00-00	ed. Kingsley Amis	Penguin Books	0-14-006382-X	£2.95^?£: UK pound	365	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Mick Brownfield
Paratime	1983-05-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-65170-4	$2.95^?$: US dollar	295	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948	1983-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #543)	0-87997-854-6 / UE1854	$3.50^?$: US dollar	287	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Robert André^?Robert Andre
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948	1983-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-854-6	C$3.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	287	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Robert André^?Robert Andre
Histoires de la quatrième dimension	1983-11-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3783)	2-253-03295-6		413	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Philippe Adamov
Aspects of Science Fiction	1984-00-00	ed. G. D. Doherty	John Murray (The Albemarle Library for Schools)	0-7195-2215-3		218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Sternenpost: 3. Zustellung	1984-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6735)	3-8118-6735-0	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	176	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Carl Lundgren
Parazeit	1984-06-00	H. Beam Piper	Moewig (Utopia Classics #66)	3-8118-5012-1	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fifth Series	1985-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-47566-9	$6.98^?$: US dollar	641	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Romas
Highlights	1985-07-00	uncredited	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6743)	3-8118-6743-1	DM 7.95^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	192+ 160+ 160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Mattingly
Paratime	1986-09-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-65171-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar	295	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
Alternative Histories	1986-12-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Garland Publishing (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities #623)	0-8240-8659-7	$19.95^?$: US dollar	363	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	M. C. Escher
The Complete Paratime	2001-03-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books	0-441-00801-1	$15.00^?$: US dollar	424	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Dave Dorman
The Complete Paratime	2001-06-00	H. Beam Piper	Ace Books / SFBC	0-7394-1803-3 / 37430	$11.98^?$: US dollar	424	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Dave Dorman
Crossroads of Destiny	2006-00-00	H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press	1-55742-952-9	$12.95^?$: US dollar	128	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	2006-03-07	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Gramercy Books	0-517-33635-9	$11.99^?$: US dollar	786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
He Walked Around the Horses	2006-07-11	H. Beam Piper	Project Gutenberg	18807			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Urania #1514	2006-09-00	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1514	€3.60^?€: Euro	332	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	mag	Victor Togliani
The Essential H. Beam Piper Collection	2009-08-06	H. Beam Piper	unknown		$1.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Short Science Fiction Collection 26	2009-09-13	ed. LibriVox	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth	NASA/JPL-Caltech
He Walked Around the Horses	2010-07-12	H. Beam Piper	Fili-Quarian Classics		$9.99^?$: US dollar	24	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap
Paratime!	2010-10-13	H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-0889-1	$7.99^?$: US dollar	260	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
He Walked Around the Horses	2011-03-24	H. Beam Piper	Amazon Digital Services				ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Short Stories of H. Beam Piper	2011-10-10	H. Beam Piper	CreateSpace	978-1-4664-1972-8	$24.99^?$: US dollar	394	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The H. Beam Piper Megapack	2013-03-07	H. Beam Piper	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4344-4694-7	$0.99^?$: US dollar	2544	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Horse Story Megapack: 25 Exciting Equine Tales, Old and New	2013-08-10	ed. Mary Wickizer Burgess, Robert Reginald	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4794-0141-3	$0.99^?$: US dollar	582	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
He Walked Around the Horses	2016-01-14	H. Beam Piper	Chasma Press	978-1-5183-7019-9	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales	2018-12-21	uncredited	Musaicum Books		$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection	2018-12-21	uncredited	Musaicum Books / OK Publishing	978-80-272-4813-1	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
He Walked Around the Horses	date unknown	H. Beam Piper	manybooks.net	14187			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-33635-9	$6.98^?$: US dollar	786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Don Dixon
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Gramercy Books	0-517-33635-9	$11.99^?$: US dollar	786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg, Joseph Olander	Gramercy Books	0-517-33635-9		786	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-87997-854-6	$3.50^?$: US dollar	287	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Robert André^?Robert Andre
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948	date unknown	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books	0-87997-854-6	$3.50^?$: US dollar	287	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Robert André^?Robert Andre

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