James H. Schmitz

- 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.

Fantastic anthology of eighteen fantasy and science-fiction short stories, novelettes and novellas that feature adolescent protagonists or are at aimed at adolescent audiences, or both. Contains some true classics as well as as several fun but relatively unknown gems. No Life of Their Own - novella by Clifford D. Simak The Accountant - short story by Robert Sheckley Novice - novelette by James H. Schmitz Child of Void - short story by Margaret St. Clair When the Bough Breaks - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett] A Pail of Air - short story by Fritz Leiber Junior Achievement - short story by William M. Lee Cabin Boy - novelette by Damon Knight The Little Terror - short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins] Gilead - novelette by Zenna Henderson The Menace from Earth - novelette by Robert A. Heinlein The Wayward Cravat - short story by Gertrude Friedberg The Father-Thing - short story by Philip K. Dick Star, Bright - novelette by Mark Clifton All Summer in a Day - short story by Ray Bradbury It's a Good Life - short story by Jerome Bixby The Place of the Gods - short story by Stephen Vincent Benét The Ugly Little Boy - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)

The Martian Way - novelette by Isaac Asimov Earthman, Come Home - novelette by James Blish Rogue Moon - novella by Algis Budrys The Spectre General - novella by Theodore R. Cogswell (variant of The Specter General) [as by Theodore Cogswell] The Machine Stops - novelette by E. M. Forster The Midas Plague - novella by Frederik Pohl The Witches of Karres - novelette by James H. Schmitz E for Effort - novelette by T. L. Sherred In Hiding - novelette by Wilmar H. Shiras The Big Front Yard - novella by Clifford D. Simak The Moon Moth - novelette by Jack Vance

752 p. ; 18cm

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."

The Red Queen's Race - novelette by Isaac Asimov Flaw - short story by John D. MacDonald Private Eye - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett] Manna - novelette by Peter Phillips The Prisoner in the Skull - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett] Alien Earth - novelette by Edmond Hamilton History Lesson - short story by Arthur C. Clarke Eternity Lost - novelette by Clifford D. Simak The Only Thing We Learn - short story by C. M. Kornbluth Private - Keep Out! - short story by Philip MacDonald The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast - short story by Theodore Sturgeon Kaleidoscope - short story by Ray Bradbury Defense Mechanism - short story by Katherine MacLean Cold War - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner] The Witches of Karres - novelette by James H. Schmitz

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 humans who thought they were colonizing an uninhabited world. Then, she had to fend off the secret psi agents of the Psychological Corps who took a dim view of any telepath, let alone one with Telzey's powers, operating outside of their control. Next, she stumbled across a telepathic serial killer, who used an unstoppable predator, under his mental control, to hunt and kill his victims -- and Telzey was to be the catch of the day. It was fortunate for the human race that she survived, since she next found herself in the middle of a secret war between two hidden races of genetically engineered humans. They called it the "Lion Game," and they made the mistake of thinking that in this clash of predators, Telzey was just a harmless kitten. But when the dust settled, Telzey would be the only one purring....

Some seventy years ago the Parahuans had come out of space to launch simultaneous attacks against the Hub—their name for the dozen worlds of the humans. They were repulsed—and for seventy years they had been smarting in defeat, trying to understand how it could have happened. They had achieved perfection at all levels, including immortality. They were the Ever-living. Yet, humans—an inferior race— had almost completely destroyed the Parahuan forces sent to occupy their planets. The experience stunned the Parahuans. It affronted logic—unless the humans had been helped... helped by some superior, some superhuman beings... And so, the Parahuans evolved the Tuvela Theory—that a group of superhuman creatures called the Tuvelas were the secret rulers of the Hub, that it was the Tuvelas who must be beaten if the Parahuans were to destroy the Hub! To test the theory and discover the extent of the Tuvelas' power, the Parahuans dispatch a small force to the aquatic planet, Floatwood—where they run headlong into Nile Etland, a beautiful young research scientist. Nile is not superhuman, but she is an unusually resourceful human, and she has an equally resourceful ally—her seven-foot-long, talking, pet otter, Sweeting. Realizing that if she is to prevent the destruction of the Hub, she must convince the Parahuans that she possesses superhuman abilities, Nile conceives of a plan that calls for all the resources of Sweeting—and of Nile herself!...

An anthology of twelve science fiction stories with biological themes. Keep Out - short story by Fredric Brown Student Body - novelette by F. L. Wallace [as by Floyd L. Wallace] A Sound of Thunder - short story by Ray Bradbury Invariant - short story by John R. Pierce The Exterminator - short story by A. Hyatt Verrill Tomorrow's Children - novelette by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop [as by Poul Anderson] Mary and Joe - short story by Naomi Mitchison Sea Change - short story by Thomas N. Scortia Caught in the Organ Draft - short story by Robert Silverberg Nine Lives - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin Alien Earth - novelette by Edmond Hamilton Grandpa - novelette by James H. Schmitz Notes (Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction) - essay by Isaac Asimov

The circus of Dr. Lao, by C.G. Finney. The pond, by N. Kneale. The hour of letdown, by E.B. White. [The wish]( by R. Dahl. The summer people, by S. Jackson. Earth's holocaust, by Hawthorne. Buzby's petrified woman, by L. Eiseley. The resting place, by O. LaFarge. Threshold, by H. Kuttner. Greenface, by J.H. Schmitz. The limits of Walter Horton, by J.S. Sharnik. The man who vanished, by R.M. Coates.

The Tunnel Under the World - novelette by Frederik Pohl The Darfsteller - novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr. The Cave of Night - short story by James E. Gunn Grandpa - novelette by James H. Schmitz Who? - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of Bulkhead) The Short Ones - novelette by Raymond E. Banks Captive Market - short story by Philip K. Dick Allamagoosa - short story by Eric Frank Russell The Vanishing American - short story by Charles Beaumont The Game of Rat and Dragon - short story by Cordwainer Smith The Star - short story by Arthur C. Clarke Nobody Bothers Gus - short story by Algis Budrys Delenda Est - novelette by Poul Anderson Dreaming Is a Private Thing - short story by Isaac Asimov

The Dead Past - novelette by Isaac Asimov Something Strange - short story by Kingsley Amis Unit - novella by J. T. McIntosh Gone Fishing - novelette by James H. Schmitz Big Ancestor - novelette by F. L. Wallace