New Releases by James H. Schmitz

Welcome to \"Amazing Tales Volume 175\

Im Schutze der undurchdringlichen Vegetation der Wasserwelt Nandy-Cline nehmen Entwicklungen ihren Lauf, die zu einer Bedrohung für den Planeten werden. Noch ahnt niemand etwas von der großen Gefahr, die sich buchstäblich unter den Augen der Beobachtungsschiffe zusammenbraut. Erst im letzten Augenblick wird man auf die Bedrohung aufmerksam, aber da scheint es bereits zu spät zu sein, um die Planeten der Föderation vor einem grauenhaften Schicksal zu retten... Der Roman Dämonenbrut von James H. Schmitz erschien erstmal im Jahr 1968; eine deutsche Erstveröffentlichung folgte 1973. Dämonenbrut erscheint in der Reihe GALAXIS SCIENCE FICTION aus dem Apex-Verlag, in der SF-Pulp-Klassiker als durchgesehene Neuausgaben wiederveröffentlicht werden.

A must read sci-fi short. With the evil that is descending on us this story shows just what it would take to get us together again. Many religions have some variation of Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You but that''s never the part that makes the news, that''s never what you hear chanted...(Goodreads)

The Seventh Star Hotel has ben rigged to explore after an illicit transaction has taken place involving the hijacking of fifty Hlats, remarkable creatures something like a cross between Chewbacca and a ghost.(Goodreads)

(Excerpt): \"Gefty Rammer came along the narrow passages between the Silver Queen''s control compartment and the staterooms, trying to exchange the haggard look on his face for one of competent self-assurance. There was nothing to gain by letting his two passengers suspect that during the past few minutes their pilot, the owner of Rammer Spacelines, had been a bare step away from plain and fancy gibbering.\"

(Excerpt): \"He was already a thief, prepared to steal again. He didn''t know that he himself was only booty! Phil Garfield was thirty miles south of the little town of Redmon on Route Twelve when he was startled by a series of sharp, clanking noises. They came from under the Packard''s hood. The car immediately began to lose speed. Garfield jammed down the accelerator, had a sense of sick helplessness at the complete lack of response from the motor. The Packard rolled on, getting rid of its momentum, and came to a stop.\"

(Excerpt): \"There is a limit to how perfect a counterfeit can be—a limit that cannot be passed without an odd phenomenon setting in....\". Intriguing book leads you to think beyond where you are or are not.(Goodreads)

(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 results.\"

The Geest gun — the Gunderland Battle trophy on the wall — attracts plotters and generates a plot. Like Rudyard Kipling''s bejeweled elephant-goad in \"The King''s Ankus\

Financier, blackmailer/conman Barney Chard is sure he''s got mark Dr. Oliver McAllen right where he wants him. He knows McAllen''s secret. He just needs to politely apply the right pressure. McAllen spends too much time fishing to be a threat.(Goodreads)

The robbery of the Dosey Asteroids Shipping Station in a remote and spottily explored section of space provided the newscasting 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 employees who had been in the station dome at the time. All these people appeared at first to have been killed by gunfire, but a study of their bodies revealed that only in a few instances had gun wounds been the actual cause of death. For the most part the wounds had been inflicted on corpses, presumably in an attempt to conceal the fact that disaster in another and unknown form had befallen the station. he raiders left very few clues.(Goodreads)

- Als Telzey erwacht, hat sie eine Doppelgängerin. Keines der beiden Mädchen weiß, welches das echte und welches das synthetische ist. Sie haben ihre Rolle zu spielen als Marionetten, deren Bewegungen ein Computer steuert... - Engstirnigkeit und Rechthaberei beschwören die Katastrophe herauf. Und das Schicksal von Millionen liegt in den Händen des dümmsten von ihnen... - Ein Fanatiker hat den Sendboten einer außerirdischen Welt erschossen. Nun wartet die Menschheit auf die Rache der Roboter... - Es war nicht das Paradies, in dem er lebte und arbeitete, aber es war seine Welt. Gewaltsam herausgerissen, kam er mit allem zurecht, nur mit einem nicht... Die von Christian Dörge zusammengestellte Anthologie Die unheimliche Freiheit enthält vier Erzählungen von James H. Schmitz, H. Beam Pier, Randall Garrett – und von Harry Bates, dessen legendäre Erzählung Der Tag, an dem die Erde stillstand (die literarische Vorlage für zwei Verfilmungen aus den Jahren 1951 und 2008) hier erstmals seit Jahrzehnten wieder in deutscher Sprache erhältlich ist. Die unheimliche Freiheit erscheint in der Reihe GALAXIS SCIENCE FICTION aus dem Apex-Verlag, in der SF-Pulp-Klassiker als durchgesehene Neuausgaben wiederveröffentlicht werden.

Der Bärtige starrte auf den zerbrochenen Verstärker. Langsam, unmerklich fast, veränderte sich sein Ausdruck. Dann lachte er leise. Obwohl er dieses menschliche Gehirn für seine Zwecke modifiziert hatte, nachdem er es und den es beherbergenden Körper übernommen hatte, im Grunde blieb es, was es immer gewesen war. Sobald er die Zügel lockerte, fiel es automatisch in die alten Bahnen der Gefühlsreaktion zurück. Er hatte es gezwungen, nachdem er sich darin festgesetzt hatte, jede seiner rudimentären Fähigkeiten so stark zu entwickeln, bis es jedem anderen Exemplar seiner Art weit überlegen war. Kein menschliches Gehirn, und mochte es noch so begabt sein, konnte sich mit einem vergleichen, das den Vorteil hatte, Wirtsorganismus eines Ceetal-Parasiten zu sein. Nicht einmal er, der Ceetal selbst, war diesem hypertrophen menschlichen Intellekt vergleichbar - er kontrollierte ihn nur, wie ein Mensch eine Maschine dirigiert, die auf einem bestimmten Gebiet um ein Vielfaches mehr leistet als er selbst. Der Band Agent der Wega enthält drei spannende Weltraum-Agenten-Abenteuer aus der Feder des US-amerikanischen Schriftstellers James H. Schmitz. Agent der Wega erscheint in der Reihe GALAXIS SCIENCE FICTION aus dem Apex-Verlag, in der SF-Pulp-Klassiker als durchgesehene Neuausgaben wiederveröffentlicht werden.

Agent of Vega and Other Stories By James H. Schmitz She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me she loves me not!!! Eight large ships came individually out of the darkness between the stars that was their sea, and began to move about the planet noorhut in a carefully timed pattern of orbits. They stayed much too far out to permit any instrument of space-detection to suspect that the noorhut might be their common center of interest. Though the men who crewed the eight ships bore the people of noorhut no ill will, hardly anything could have looked less promising for noorhut than the cargo they had on board. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

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 most acclaimed authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Robert Sheckley. Each publication is complete with a short introduction to the history of science fiction.

When Peer and Channok grappled the derelict Ra-Twelve, they hooked a death-prize—haunted by the Yomm, stalked by the Mysterious Nine!

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Trade Paperback Halloween-themed science fiction anthology. Featuring a mix of classic science fiction reprints where the scary stuff happens in space. THE UNIVERSE MAY NOT BE A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD . . . _The oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown,Ó the grand master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft, once wrote. And the greatest unknown is the vast universe, shrouded in eternal cosmic night. What things might be on other planets¾or in the dark gulfs between the stars? Giving very unsettling answers to that question are such writers as Arthur C. Clarke, George R. R. Martin, Theodore Sturgeon, Tony Daniel, Robert Sheckley, James. H. Schmitz, Clark Ashton Smith, Neal Asher, Sarah A. Hoyt, and more, all equally masters of science fiction and of terror. One might hope that in the void beyond the earth will be found friendly aliens, benevolent and possibly wiser than humanity, but donu0090t be surprised if other worlds have unpleasant surprises in store for future visitors. And in vacuum, no one will be able to hear your screams¾as if it would do any good if they could . . . At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Time travel is one of the staples of science fiction, right up there with aliens, space opera, and robots. Most science fiction authors have written at least one time travel story. This collection samples some of the best. TIME OUT, by Edward M. Lerner THESE STONES WILL REMEMBER, by Reginald Bretnor PROJECT MASTODON, by Clifford D. Simak 12:01 P.M., by Richard A. Lupoff TIME CONSIDERED AS A SERIES OF THERMITE BURNS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, by Damien Broderick TIME AND TIME AGAIN, by H. Beam Piper TRY, TRY AGAIN, by John Gregory Betancourt THE ETERNAL WALL, by Raymond Z. Gallun THE MAN FROM TIME, by Frank Belknap Long OF TIME AND TEXAS, by William F. Nolan THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE, by H. Beam Piper THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT (10), by Grendel Briarton TIME BUM, by C.M. Kornbluth NEBOGIPFEL AT THE END OF TIME, by Richard A. Lupoff UNBORN TOMORROW, by Mack Reynolds LOST IN THE FUTURE, by John Victor Peterson THE WINDS OF TIME, by James H. Schmitz ARMAGEDDON -- 2419 A.D., by Philip Francis Nowlan THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE, by Edmond Hamilton A TRAVELER IN TIME, by August Derleth THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT (71), by Grendel Briarton FLIGHT FROM TOMORROW, by H. Beam Piper IN THE CRACKS OF TIME, by David Grace SWEEP ME TO MY REVENGE!, by Darrell Schweitzer THE SOLID MEN, by C.J. Henderson THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT (Epsilon), by Grendel Briarton And don''t forget to search this ebook store for \"Wildside Megapack\" to see many more entries in this series, covering westerns, mysteries, science fiction, pulp fiction, and much, much more!

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is about the power of the human brain, “The Ties of Earth” by James H. Schmitz. It seemed like a remarkable lucky streak to be sure, but when Allan Commager went on an unprecedented fifteen-minute winning session at the craps tables, it set off an unexpected chain of events. He soon found himself at the house of someone he barely knew, surrounded by strange people, being subjected to parlor room experiments of the mind. But to a secret society known as “the Guides,” it was no trickery. And when Commager’s consciousness revived several hours later, he found himself sitting in front of a fish tank staring into its dark waters. It was then he knew that something was terribly wrong. Soon the mental powers of outside forces turned Commager’s world upside. There was something about his brain that caused them great concern—that caused them to fear him! The second novel is Thomas L. Sherred’s “Cue For Quiet.” It seemed like the worst headache imaginable. Pete Miller felt like his head was going to explode. But it turned out to be no ordinary headache. Pete’s suspicions were aroused when the TV set at Art’s bar went on the fritz. Then the engine in Freddie’s new car blew up. The next victim was the jukebox across the street at the High Hat. Not much later, another jukebox, this one at Harry’s place, also mysteriously broke down. But what could be causing all the trouble? Surely Pete’s throbbing brain couldn’t be culprit… T. L. Sherred spins a very memorable tale of a man with a headache—who found a cure for it. And that cure gave him more power than any man could ever dream of….

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, "The Lords of Quarmall," is written by Fritz Leiber and Harry Fischer. It''s about a subterranean kingdom. There are certain passageways under the earth that lead to the magicked chambers of Quarmall, where sorcerers and torturers live in endless night... Where the legends of the "Ancients" were spawned... To this labyrinth of caverns and tunnels come Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser-but differently, this time: not as comrades but combatants in a deadly dance. The second novel, "Beacon to Elsewhere," by James H. Schmitz, features a rip in time. The forces of the Universe met at Lion Mesa, a remote desert location, where an experiment gone awry caused time and space to converge. The imposing forces were represented by the rebel Terrans; by Dowland of the Interstellar Police; and by the monstrous shapes from an alien galaxy. They all sought the same thing: the all-consuming, time-wrenching power of...the Beacon to Elsewhere..

''The End of Time" and "The Winds of Time" are two short science fiction novels about time and time travel that were written in 1933 and 1962, respectively. The two stories were published originally in two popular science fiction magazines of those times. In ''The End of Time" by millions of millions the creatures of earth slow and drop when their time-sense is mysteriously paralyzed. In ''The Winds of Time" Gefty Rammer has hired out his spaceship to a man who wants to pick up some strange equipment stranded on an airless moon just outside the Hub. It turns out they picked up a Janandra as well. The Janandra has the run of the ship, and the equipment is taking them away from the Hub, fast. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of these two timeless stories.

James H. Schmitz and "Space Opera" were almost synonymous. He was best known for his tales of interstellar secret agents and, galactic criminals, and particularly for heroines like Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee. This collection of stories, while not lacking in cosmic adventures also shows that he was capable of showing other facets in his work. Find adventure, humor and fear in... Schmitz Resurrected! Stories include: An Incident on Route 12 Watch the Sky The Other Likeness The Star Hyacinths Oneness The Winds of Time Ham Sandwich Gone Fishing

James Henry Schmitz (1911-1981) was an American writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents. He is best known for space opera and strong female characters (such as Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee) that didn''t fit into the damsel in distress stereotype typical of science fiction during the time he was writing. Included in this volume are "An Incident on Route 12," "Watch the Sky," "The Winds of Time," and "Lion Loose."

Centuries in the Future, when Earth has been all but forgotten. some of humanity''s star-flung descendants struggle to master the Plasmoids, strange and alarming life-forms with robotlike traits.

Blazing interstellar adventure by the creator of Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee. Captain Pausert thought his luck had finally turned-but he did not yet realize it was a turn for the worse. On second thought, make that a turn for the disastrous! Pausert thought he had made good with his battered starship, successfully selling off odd-ball cargoes no one else could sell. And then he made the mistake of freeing three slave children from their masters (who were suspiciously eager to part with them). No good deed goes unpunished, and those harmless-looking young ladies were just trying to be helpful, but those three adorable little girls quickly made Pausert the mortal enemy of his fiancée, his home planet, the Empire, warlike Sirians, psychopathic Uldanians, the dread pirate chieftain Laes Yango-and even the Worm World, the darkest threat to mankind in all of space. And all because those harmless-looking little girls were in fact three of the notorious and universally feared Witches of Karres. A rollicking novel from the master of space adventure.

Ape Man, Space Man Earth''s colonists have spread throughout the cosmos, and have almost divided into two separate species. One is the Swimmers, who have adapted to living in zero-gravity, and regard themselves as the next step in evolution, and those who prefer to live on the surface of a planet as little better than apes. The latter group, the Walkers, are not about to say farewell to the planets they grew up on, and think the Swimmers are not so much advanced as deranged. Crowell, born a Swimmer but now a Walker by choice, is caught in the middle as the two sides seem headed for war. Then he discovers the true cause of the altercation: a hidden alien race moving behind the scenes to provoke a war so that they can pick up the pieces after the two sides have obliterated each other. And if Crowell cannot head off the war and convince both sides of the existence of the real enemy, both branches of the human race may be headed for untimely extinction. This full-length novel and much more, fill a huge volume from the master of science fiction adventure. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). \"Much has been made of the ''sense of wonder'' that science fiction evokes, and believe me, there was nothing to evoke that sense quite like the worlds of James Schmitz. . . . Thank you, James Schmitz, wherever you are. And thank you, Eric Flint and Jim Baen, for bringing his Right Stuff back again.\" ¾Mercedes Lackey \"Take my advice and buy TWO copies of this book! You''ll want to lend it to friends and (trust me on this: I have years of experience to back up the observation) once people get their hands on a Schmitz book, they don''t let go!\" ¾ Janet Kagan, Hugo-winner and author of Uhura''s Song

THE HUB IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE- BUT SO ARE ITS CITIZENS. The Federation of the Hub: thousands of rough, ornery and tough-minded human worlds with only the subtlest of interstellar governments holding them all together. Stable at last after centuries of war, the Hub is now prime real estate ... making it a merciless arena for the conflicting schemes of criminals, unscrupulous corporations, and invaders from beyond the edges of Federation space. But the Hub is well-defended, and not only by professional heroes such as Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee. In Hub Space a citizen is expected to stand up for herself, blaster in hand, as needs must; so when Trouble comes Hubward in large doses, there are an awful lot of armed citizens waiting for it.... At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). \"Old-fashioned space opera is alive and well [in] David Weber''s The Honor of the Queen. . . .\" ¾Science Fiction Age \"The Honor of the Queen . . . is worth shouting about. . . . I want more!\" ¾Philadelphia Weekly Press \"In terms of space combat, I think David Weber may be the best writer around . . . a top-notch read.\" ¾FosFax

IF BUREAUCRACIES HAD STARSHIPS Con games Corrupt governors. Deadly rivalries between departments of the same government. And, of course, the long arm of the Mob. Even in our future among the stars, some things never change-except that the governors run (and ruin) planets, the rivalries are fought with spacecraft and energy bolts, and the mobsters smuggle real illegal aliens and make their getaways with subspace portals. It''s all just another day in that bastion of galactic peace and democracy, the Federation of the Hub -and somebody has to clean up this mess! Join secret agent Trigger Argee, scout adventurer Heslet Quillan and Holati Tate, master of intrigue, as they battle the criminal element on its own interstellar turf ... and make the future a little safer for the rest of us. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). \"Take my advice and buy TWO copies of this book! You''ll want to lend it to friends and (trust me on this: I have years of experience to back up the observation) once people get their hands an a Schmitz book, they don''t let go!\" - Janet Kagan, Hugo-winning author of Uhura''s Song \"Wonderfully fresh.\" -The Horn Book ''A. typical James Schmitz mix of humor, strange mental powers, and mild anarchy. Delightful.\"-The Ultimate guide to Science Fiction