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James Henry Schmitz (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 managed a business which manufactured trailers until they ended the business in 1949.

Schmitz is best known as a writer of so-called "space opera", and for strong female characters (such as Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee) that didn't conform to 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. During 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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Total Books: 72
Agent of Vega
Agent of Vega (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780441010769
ISBN-10: 0441010768
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Agent of Vega  Other Stories
Agent of Vega Other Stories (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780671318475
ISBN-10: 0671318470
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 1965 Part 1 of Prophet of Dune
Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 1965 Part 1 of Prophet of Dune [Volume LXXIV, No. 5] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780202865010
ISBN-10: 0202865010
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Analog Science Fiction  July 1962
Analog Science Fiction July 1962 [Volume LXIX, No. 5] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780202862071
ISBN-10: 0202862070
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Analog's Children of the Future
Analog's Children of the Future (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780385277785
ISBN-10: 0385277784
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Astounding Sceince Fiction  November 1956
Astounding Sceince Fiction November 1956 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780202856117
ISBN-10: 0202856119
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The Best of James H Schmitz
The Best of James H Schmitz (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780915368464
ISBN-10: 0915368463
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult
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The Demon Breed
The Demon Breed (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780356028521
ISBN-10: 0356028526
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Eternal Frontier
Eternal Frontier (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780743435598
ISBN-10: 0743435591
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Eternal Frontiers
Eternal Frontiers (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780283981487
ISBN-10: 0283981482
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The Eternal Frontiers
The Eternal Frontiers (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780399110733
ISBN-10: 0399110739
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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The Hub Dangerous Territory
The Hub Dangerous Territory [Complete Federation of the Hub, Bk 4] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780671319847
ISBN-10: 0671319841
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 7

Legacy
Legacy (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780441478507
ISBN-10: 0441478506
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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Lion Game
Lion Game (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780879970383
ISBN-10: 0879970383
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The Lion Game A telzey Amberdon novel
The Lion Game a Telzey Amberdon Novel (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780283983122
ISBN-10: 0283983124
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The Lion Game
The Lion Game [Hub Universe] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780441484331
ISBN-10: 0441484336
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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The Lion Game
The Lion Game [Telzey and Trigger, Bk 2] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780600355441
ISBN-10: 0600355446
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Lords of Quarmall  Beacon to Elsewhere
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1969
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1969 [Volume 36, No. 2] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780716569022
ISBN-10: 0716569027
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POSSIBLE TOMORROWS
Possible Tomorrows (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780340178492
ISBN-10: 0340178493
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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A Pride of Monsters
A Pride of Monsters (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780026071000
ISBN-10: 0026071002
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Tnt Telzey Amberdon Trigger Argee Together [Complete Federation of the Hub, Bk 2] (Paperback)
The Universe Against Her [Telzey and Trigger, Bk 1] (Paperback)
The Witches of Karres [Witches of Karres, Bk 1] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover