The Piper, H. Beam 1904-1964 creator McGuire, John J. (John Joseph) 1917-1981 text utu 2006 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Return" by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire is a science fiction short story published in 1954. More than 250 years after nuclear war devastated Earth, explorers from Fort Ridgeway encounter a fortified community with a mysterious religion centered on a god who died in battle and will return. The community believes this god taught deductive reasoning and observation. As the explorers seek their help retrieving precious microfilmed books, they discover the community may believe one of them is their awaited deity—a misconception with dangerous implications. (This is an automatically generated summary.) There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #18855 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_(Piper_and_McGuire_short_story) Release date is 2006-09-01 Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Science fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19158 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19158 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133440.0 19158