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James H. Schmitz

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born

October 15, 1911 in Hamburg, Germany

died

April 18, 1981

gender

male

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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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 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....more

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Books by James H. Schmitz

Average rating: 3.94 · 2,300 ratings · 169 reviews · 78 distinct works

	The Witches of Karres 4.09 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 1966 — 16 editions	My rating:
	TNT: Telzey & Trigger (Federation of the Hub, 2) 3.86 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Telzey Amberdon by James H. Schmitz, Eric Flint (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Hub: Dangerous Territory by James H. Schmitz, Eric Flint (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Agent of Vega & Other Stories by James H. Schmitz, Eric Flint (Editor), Guy Gordon (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1960 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Universe against Her 3.88 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Trigger & Friends by James H. Schmitz, Eric Flint (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	The Demon Breed 3.91 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Telzey Toy And Other Stories (Telzey Amberdon, Book 2) 4.07 avg rating — 55 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Lion Game 3.96 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by James H. Schmitz

The Hub (6 books)
by James H. Schmitz, Eric Flint (Editor)

3.87 avg rating — 875 ratings

Telzey and Trigger (3 books)
by James H. Schmitz

3.88 avg rating — 554 ratings

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