( October 15 1911 – April 18 , 1981 ) was an American Writer born in Hamburg , Germany of American parents. Aside from two years at business school in Chicago, Schmitz lived in Germany until 1938, leaving before World War II broke out in Europe in 1939. During World War II, Schmitz served as an Aerial Photographer in the Pacific for the United States Army Air Corps . After the war, he and his brother-in-law ran a business which manufactured Trailers until they broke up the business in 1949.
Schmitz is best known as a writer of Space Opera , and for 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. His first published story was ''Greenface'', published in August 1943 in '' Unknown ''. Most of his works are part of the "Hub" series, though his best known novel is '' The Witches Of Karres '', concerning juvenile "witches" with genuine Psi -powers and their escape from Slavery . ''Karres'' was nominated for a Hugo Award . In recent years, his novels and short stories have been republished by Baen Books , edited and with notes by Eric Flint .
Schmitz died of congestive lung failure in 1981 after a five week stay in the hospital in Los Angeles. He was survived by his wife, Betty Mae Chapman Schmitz.
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Listed chronologically, with month and year of publication, as well as the magazine, listed in parentheses.
- (August 1943, ''Unknown'')
- (July 1949, '' Astounding '')
- (December 1949, ''Astounding'')
- (November 1950, ''Astounding'')
- (December 1950, '' Galaxy Science Fiction '')
- (March 1951, ''Astounding'')
- (May 1951, '' Planet Stories '')
- (July 1951, ''Astounding'')
- (September 1952, ''Galaxy Science Fiction'')
- (June 1953, ''Galaxy Science Fiction'')
- (July 1953, ''Galaxy Science Fiction'')
- (December 1953, '' Science Fiction Plus '')
- (February 1955, ''Astounding'')
- (November 1955, ''Galaxy'')
- (November 1956, ''Astounding'')
- (May 1957, '' Saturn '')
- (September 1958, ''Astounding'')
- (September 1959, '' Worlds Of If '')
- (retitle of ''Space Fear'', 1960, ''Agent of Vega'')
- (May 1961, '' Analog Science Fiction And Science Fact '')
- (October 1961, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (December 1961, '' Amazing Stories '')
- (January 1962, ''Worlds of If'')
- (March 1962, '' Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine '')
- (June 1962, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (July 1962, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (August 1962, ''Amazing Stories'')
- (August 1962, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (September 1962, '' The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction '')
- (September 1962, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (November 1962, ''Amazing Stories'')
- (April 1963, ''Amazing Stories'')
- (May 1963, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (June 1963, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (May 1964, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (September 1964, ''Amazing Stories'')
- (September 1964, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (January 1965, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (February 1965, ''Galaxy Science Fiction'')
- (February 1965, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (March 1965, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (April 1965, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (May 1965, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (July 1965, ''World of If'')
- (August 1965, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (1965, ''New Writings in SF 3'')
- (retitle of ''The Star Hyacinths'', 1965, ''A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub'')
- (January 1966, '' Bizarre Mystery Magazine '')
- (February 1966, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (September 1968, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (November 1968, ''Worlds of If'')
- (December 1968, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (December 1968, ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'')
- (February 1969, ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'')
- (December 1969, '' Fantastic '')
- (May 1970, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (June 1970, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (January 1971, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (May 1971, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (June 1971, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (July 1971, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (August 1971, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (March 1972, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (September 1972, ''Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'')
- (August 1973, ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'')
- (April 1974, ''Worlds of If'')
- (June 1974, ''Worlds of If'')
- (retitle of ''The Vampirate'', 2000, ''Telzey Amberdon'')
- (retitle of ''The Telzey Toy'', 2000, ''T'nT: Telzey & Trigger'')
- (retitle of ''Planet of Forgetting'', January 2001, ''Trigger & Friends'')
Listed by title, with chronological publishing list.
- ''
- ---Includes: ''Agent of Vega; The Illusionists; The Truth About Cushgar; The Second Night of Summer
- --- Hardcover , 1960, Gnome Press , listed on cover as "James A. Schmitz"
- --- Paperback , June 1962, Permabook
- ---Paperback, June 1964, Mayflower
- ---Paperback, 1973, Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap
- ---Paperback, 1982, Ace Books
- ''
- ---Includes: '' Agent Of Vega ; The Illusionists; The Second Night of Summer; The Truth About Cushgar; The Custodians; Gone Fishing; The Beacon to Elsewhere; The End of the Line; Watch the Sky; Greenface; Rogue Psi''.
- ---Paperback, November 2001, Baen Books
- ''
- ---Includes: ''Grandpa; Lion Loose...; Just Curious; The Second Night of Summer; Novice; Balanced Ecology; The Custodians; Sour Note on Palayata; Goblin Night''.
- ---Hardcover, 1991, NESFA Press
- ''
- ---Includes: ''The Big Terrarium; Summer Guests; Captives of the Thieve-Star; Caretaker; One Step Ahead; Left Hand, Right Hand; The Ties of Earth; Spacemaster; The Altruist; Oneness; We Don't Want Any Trouble; Just Curious; Would You?; These Are the Arts; Clean Slate; Crime Buff; Ham Sandwich; Where the Time Went; An Incident on Route 12; Swift Completion; Faddist; The Eternal Frontiers''.
- ---Paperback, September 2002, Baen Books
- ''
- ---Includes: ''The Searcher; Grandpa; Balanced Ecology; A Nice Day for Screaming; The Winds of Time; The Machmen; The Other Likeness; Attitudes; Trouble Tide; The Demon Breed''.
- ---Paperback, 2001, Baen Books
- ''
- ---Includes: ''Goblin Night; Sleep No More; The Lion Game''.
- ---Paperback, 1973, DAW Books
- ---Hardcover, 1976, Sidgwick & Jackson
- ---Paperback, 1979, Hamlyn
- ---Paperback, 1982, Ace Books
- ''
- ---Includes: ''Balanced Ecology; A Nice Day for Screaming; The Tangled Web; The Machmen; The Other Likeness; The Winds of Time''.
- ---Hardcover, 1965, Chilton
- ''
- ---Includes: ''Lion Loose; The Searcher; The Winds of Time; The Pork Chop Tree; Greenface''.
- ---Hardcover, 1970, MacMillan
- ---Paperback, 1973, Collier
- ''
- ---Includes: ''Novice; Undercurrents; Poltergeist; Goblin Night; Sleep No More; The Lion Game; Blood of Nalakia; The Star Hyacinths''.
- ---Paperback, April 2000, Baen Books
- ''
- ---Includes: ''The Telzey Toy; Resident Witch; Compulsion; Company Planet''.
- ---Paperback, 1973, DAW Books
- ---Hardcover, 1976, Sidgwick & Jackson
- ---Hardcover, 1978, Sidgwick & Jackson, in a 3-in-1 collection titled ''Special 24''
- ---Paperback, 1982, Ace Books
- ---Paperback, 1983, Hamlyn
- ''
- ---Includes: ''Company Planet; Resident Witch; Compulsion'' (includes ''The Pork Chop Tree'' as prolog); ''Glory Day; Child of the Gods; Ti's Toys; Symbiotes''.
- ---Paperback, July 2000, Baen Books
- ''
- ---Includes: ''Lion Loose; Harvest Time; Forget It; Aura of Immortality; Legacy; A Sour Note on Palayata''.
- ---Paperback, January 2001, Baen Books
Listed by title, with chronological publishing list.
- '' (retitle of ''The Tuvela'')
- ---Hardcover, 1968, Ace Books /SFBC
- ---Paperback, 1968, Ace Books
- ---Hardcover, 1969, MacDonald
- ---Hardcover, 1971, UK SFBC/ Newton Abbot
- ---Paperback, 1974, Orbit Books
- ---Paperback, 1979, Ace Books/SFBC
- ---Paperback, 1981, Ace Books
- ''
- ---Hardcover, 1973, G. P. Putnam's Sons
- ---Paperback, 1973, Berkley Books
- ---Hardcover, 1964, Sidgwick & Jackson
- ---Hardcover, 1976, Sidgwick & Jackson (in a 3-in-1 compilation titled ''Special 18'')
- '' (retitle of ''A Tale of Two Clocks'', paperback, 1979, Ace Books)
- ''
- ---Hardcover, 1962, Torquil Books / SFBC
- ---Paperback, 1965, Belmont
- '' (novelized version of ''Novice'' and ''Undercurrents''.)
- ---Paperback, 1964, Ace Books
- ---Paperback, 1979, Ace Books
- ---Hardcover, 1981, Gregg Press
- ''
- ---Hardcover, 1966, Chilton
- ---Paperback, 1966 (twice), Ace Books
- ---Paperback, 1977, Ace Books
- ---Paperback, 1981, Ace Books
- ---Paperback, 1988, Gollancz
- ---Hardcover, 1992, Baen Books /SFBC
- '', by Mercedes Lackey , Eric Flint and Dave Freer
::This is a sequel of ''The Witches of Karres'' which follows the continuing adventures of Captain Pausert, Goth, and the Leewit.
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