James H Schmitz

This is a classic science fiction novel by James H. Schmitz that first appeared in Analog Science Fact and Fiction. It tells the story of the beautiful and deadly martial artist Trigger Agree and her quest to find her associate Holati Tate. Tate disappeared after discovering the Plasmoids, ancient living machines that were banished to a far off part of the galaxy but no-one knows why. Will she succeed and unravel the mystery? Find out in this thrilling...

The robbery of the Dosey Asteroids Shipping Station in a remote and spottily explored section of space provided the news casting systems of the Federation of the Hub with one of the juiciest crime stories of the season. In a manner not clearly explained, the Dosey Asteroids Company had lost six months' production of gem-quality cut star hyacinths valued at nearly a hundred million credits. It lost also its Chief Lapidary and seventy-eight other company...

This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz and illustrated by Schoenherr that first appeared in Analog Science Fact and Fiction. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'A novice is one who is inexperienced-but that doesn't mean incompetent. Nor does it mean stupid!' This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some of its...

This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz that first appeared in Analog Science Fact and Fiction. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'There is no predictable correlation between intelligence and ethics, nor is ruthlessness necessarily an evil thing. And there is nothing like enforced, uninterrupted contemplation to learn to distinguish one from another.... ' This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics...

(Excerpt): "In addition, Perrie and Dexter were volunteers for what Dr. Aloys Ormond referred to cryptically as "very advanced experimentation." The group at large had not been told the exact nature of these experiments, but the implication was that they were mental exercises of such power that Dr. Al did not wish other advanced students to try them, until the brave pioneer work being done by Perrie and Dexter was concluded and he had evaluated the...

(Excerpt): "There is a limit to how perfect a counterfeit can be-a limit that cannot be passed without an odd phenomenon setting in."

Amazing Stories Volume 175 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are four short stories by different authors: "Captives Of The Thieve-Star" by James H. Schmitz, "Left Hand, Right Hand" by James H. Schmitz, "Dear Nan Glanders" by Beta McGavin, and "Feet Of Clay" by Robert Hoskins.

Telzey Amberdon was only in her teens when she discovered that she was a telepath. Not only a telepath, but a xenotelepath, able to communicate mentally not just with humans, but with alien intelligences. And she turned out to be one of the most powerful telepaths in the history of the galactic civilization called the Hub. First she had to deal with an alien race that humans hadn't realized were intelligent, and who were about to eliminate those troublesome...

Door in the wall: A man must choose between the rationality of science and the magic of imagination. All cats are gray: A down-on-his-luck spaceman and a mysetrious woman and her cat take off to explore and bring back a derelict ship said to hold great treasure. A martian odyssey: A four-man crew lands on Mars and makes a startling discovery. Victory: A victorious captain returns to h his home planet after an alien war and finds that victory has...