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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

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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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."

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.

Previously appearing in separate publications, these stories of the Galaxy are now in a unitary publication. After the Galactic Empire crumbled, the Vegan Confederacy was too weak to survive, yet it prospered because of its secret weapon--telepathy. Not all of the Agents of Vega were human, but all were the most powerful telepaths in the Galaxy.

''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.