Others have discussed the general content of this book, so I won't repeat what they have said. Schmitz is my favorite sci-fi writer of all time. His "Agent of Vega" stories, and "Witches of Karres "novel are my two favorites in sci-fi history. That's subjective, but there are some reasons why he was and is so compelling. His books have totally stood the test of time for me. I loved them as a 15 year old boy back in 1962, and...
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I read my parents' copies of these stories in the seventies and eighties. They have long been among my favorite short stories, and I'm definitely a James Schmitz fan. I'm glad to see that the stories are being republished. In this collection, I was also glad to see the pairing of Schmitz's "Pork Chop Tree" and "Compulsion" into the single story they are, especially because "Pork Chop Tree" is so hard to find. This series...
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An excellent book. This the second of four books that Baen Books is publishing that are compilations of the short stories my James Schmitz. While I normally am not a fan of short stories, these are some of the finest that I have read.
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This second reprint volume of Schmitz's Hub tales lives up to the promise of the first. It finishes up the Telzey stories and introduces Trigger Argee, an agent for the Psychology Service. Schmitz was finally hitting his stride with the Telzey stories in these tales, and this volume includes what I regard as some of the best. Resident Witch, Company Planet, Ti's Toys, and Child of the Gods are much better than most of the...
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This is the second volume of four presenting James Schmitz's Federation of the Hub. The first, "Telzey Amberdon," introduced one of his most popular characters, a powerful teen-aged psi. The second volume introduces a more mature character, Trigger Argee (and incidently reprints a series of Telzey stories that have never before seen book publication). Trigger is a married woman (although you will have to wait to volume...
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