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MEET TRIGGER ARGEE. . . . Half a block from the shopping center, a row of spacers on planet-leave came rollicking cheerily toward her. . . . Trigger shifted toward the edge of the sidewalk to let them pass. As the line swayed up on her left, there was a shadowy settling of an aircar at the curb to her right. With loud outcries of glad recognition and whoops of laughter, the line swung in about her, close. Bodies crowded against her, a hand was clapped over her mouth. Other hands held her arms. Her feet came off the ground and she had a momentary awareness of being rushed expertly forward. There was a lurching twist as the aircar shot upward. SHE''S ABOUT TO ENTER THE MYSTERY OF HER LIFE -- IN LEGACY Ancient living machines that after millennia of stillness suddenly begin to move under their own power, for reasons that remain a mystery to men. Holati Tate discovered them -- then disappeared. Trigger Argee was his closest associate -- she means to find him. She''s brilliant, beautiful, and skilled in every known martial art. She''s worth plenty -- dead or alive -- to more than one faction in this obscure battle. And she''s beginning to have a chilling notion that the long-vanished Masters of the Old Galaxy were wise when they exiled the plasmoids to the most distant and isolated world they knew. . . .

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

- 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.

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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.

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….

''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.

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..

Telzey is one of the galaxy''s most powerful xenotelepaths and Trigger is a top agent of the galaxy''s Federation of the Hub. Separately, they have been making life miserable for human criminals, unfriendly aliens, and nefarious members of all species. And when they get together, the galaxy will never be the same.

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.

पोर्ट निकेय या ग्रीन जोंतरौ के बारे में बहुत कुछ नहीं, निश्चित रूप से! हाल्ट? वह गोरा, बदबूदार, मैकियावेली होगा? क्या हो सकता था-? टेल्जे की आँखें चिंतनशील रूप से संकुचित हो गईं। वहाँ एक छोटी सी घटना हुई होगी- कम से कम, यह मामूली लग रहा था - कल रात स्पेसकॉलर डॉक करने से पहले। न्यूज़कास्टिंग सेवाओं में से एक युवती ने फेडरेशन काउंसिलवमैन जेसैमिन एम्बरडन की बेटी के साथ एक साक्षात्कार के लिए कहा था। यह कभी-कभार हुआ; और जब तक कि वह "असामान्य पालतू जानवर" के बारे में पूछताछ करने में न्यूशेन की गपशप जारी नहीं रखती, तब तक टेल्जी को कोई आपत्ति नहीं थी जब वह पोर्ट निकेय के साथ ला रही थी, तब वह नाराज होने लगी थी। टीटी कुछ असामान्य हो सकता है, लेकिन यह सामान्य हित की बात नहीं थी; और टेल्जी ने ऐसा कहा। तब हैलट ने कार्य को सुचारू रूप से आगे बढ़ाया और टिक-टॉक की उपस्थिति, आदतों, और रहस्यमय एंटेकेडेंट्स पर काफी विस्तार से चर्चा की। टेल्जी ने मान लिया था कि हैलट हमेशा की तरह चिड़चिड़े होने के रास्ते से बाहर जा रहा था। हालांकि, इस घटना को देखते हुए, यह उसके साथ हुआ कि उसकी चाची और न्यूज़कास्ट महिला के बीच की बातचीत अजीब तरह से रुकी हुई थी - लगभग ऐसा ही कुछ दोनों ने पूर्वाभ्यास किया होगा। किस उद्देश्य के लिए पूर्वाभ्यास किया?

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."