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ULLR UPRISING - A STORY IN TWO PARTS
BY H. BEAM PIPER
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A lone armor‑tender hovers above the alien landscape of Niflheim, a world where the air itself is a lethal cocktail of fluorine gases and the ground seethes with metallic fluorides. The crew—grizzled engineers, a candy‑chewing rookie, and the sharp‑eyed Paula Quinton—operate from a floating contragravity craft, watching strange, egg‑shaped machines appear on the horizon. Their mission is to probe the planet’s volatile mines, where dormant volcanoes hide pockets of hydrogen that could ignite spectacular—and deadly—explosions.
Tension builds as the team confronts the first Ullran handling‑machine, a hulking contragravity tank that lumbers into view, its clawed arms poised for work. Dialogue between the humans and a four‑armed, lizard‑like assistant hints at uneasy alliances and the high stakes of extracting precious metals from a world that would melt ordinary suits in minutes. The story captures the awe and danger of frontier mining on a planet where even breathing is a gamble.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (233K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2006-09-25
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1904–1964
A self-taught science fiction writer with a gift for big ideas, he built vivid futures and alternate histories that still feel adventurous and sharp. He is especially remembered for the Terro-Human Future History stories, the Paratime tales, and the beloved novel Little Fuzzy.
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