James H. Schmitz Stories in Chronological Order

The "stories are bold in double quotes", pulps are underlined, books are bold and underlined.



1943 August

"Greenface" The owner of a fishing camp pits himself against a new kind of beast in the forest. Unknown 8/43. Included in The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories ed. Ray Bradbury, Bantam, NY, A1519, 1956. Included in Things Hunting Men ed. D. Drake, 1988. Included in Unknown Worlds: Tales From Beyond ed. S. Schmidt, 1988. (Later in collection book A Pride of Monsters 1970)

1949 July

"Agent of Vega" The Third Coordinator manoevers Zone Agent Iliff into confronting his nemesis, the pirate U1, while breaking in a new Lannai operative, Pagadan - the High Queen of Lar Sancaya. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 7/49, included in SpacePolice ed. Andre Norton, World, Cleveland, 1956. (Later in collection book Agent of Vega 1960)

1949 December

"The Witches of Karres" Captain Pausert saves three sisters from servitude - or did they really need saving ? (Used as first part of the book of the same name.) Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 12/49; British Edition 5/50. Included in The Astounding SF Anthology ed. John W. Campbell, Jr., Simon & Schuster, NY, 1951. Science Fiction Book Club edition as The First Astounding SFAnthology , Grayson & Grayson, London, 1954. Included in The Second Astounding SF Anthology , ed. John W. Campbell, Jr., 1965. Included in Toward Infinity ed. Damon Knight, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1968. Included inThe SF Hall of Fame Vol 2B ed. B. Bova, Doubleday, NY, 1973. Included in Analog's Children of the Future Anthology #3 ed. S. Schmidt, Davis Publications Inc, New York, 1982. Included in Isaac Azimov Presents the Great SF Stories: 11 ed. I. Azimov, 1984. Included in Isaac Azimov's Magical World's of Fantasy : 2 Witches ed. I. Azimov, 1984. Included in Isaac Azimov's Magical World's of Fantasy : Witches and Wizards ed. I. Azimov, 1985. Included inIsaac Azimov Presents the Golden Years of SF: 6th Series ed. I. Azimov, 1988. (Later used as opening portion of novel The Witches of Karres 1966)

The Witches invoke the Sheewash drive 1949

1950 November

"The Truth About Cushgar" The Third Coordinator tells the real dirt behind how the Vegan Confederacy subdued Cushgar or how Zone Agent Zamm found what she was looking for, with a little help from her friends. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 11/50. (Later in collection book Agent of Vega 1960)

1950 December

"The Second Night of Summer' Zone Agent Grandma Wannattel deals with a Halpa invasion on her rural home planet. Galaxy 12/50. Included in Possible Worlds of SF ed. G. Conklin, 1951. Later revised and in collection book Agent of Vega 1960 Tempo 1973 and Ace 1982.  Book version also included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NESFA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991.

1951 March

Space Fear'Space Fear' New Zone agent Pagadan turfs a telep two off his host planet. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 3/51; Brit 7/52, (Later in collection book Agent of Vega 1960, renamed 'The Illusionists')

1951 May

'Captives of the Thieve-Star' Planet Stories 5/51.

'The End of The Line' An Exploration Group in a remote part of the galaxy tries to sever their apron strings with the tyrannical Central Government.Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 7/51. Included in Space Pioneers ed.Andre Norton, World, Cleveland, 1954. Included in To The Stars ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorne Books, NY, 1971. Included in Tomorrow 1 ed. R. Hoskins, 1971.

1952 September

'The Altruist' Galaxy 9/52 ( UK ed. 2/54 ).

1953 June

'Caretaker' Galaxy 7/53 ( UK ed. 9/53 ). Included in The Second Galaxy Reader of SF ed. H. L. Gold Crown Publishers, NY, 1954. (In UK as Galaxy SF Omnibus ed. Robert Silverberg, Grayson & Grayson, London, 1956.)

'We Don't Want Any Trouble' Galaxy 6/53. Included in Assignment in Tomorrow ed. F. Pohl, 1954. Included in 50 Short Science Fiction Tales ed. I. Asimov, 1963.

1953 December

'The Vampirate' Science Fiction Plus 12/53.

1955 February

'Grandpa' The Regent will inspect Yoger Bay Station on the vegetable raft called Grandpa, but Cord knows that Grandpa has subtly changed. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 2/55 ( UK ed. 7/55 ). Included in Penguin SF ed. Brian Aldiss, Penguin, London, 1961. Included in Spectrum V ed. K. Amis, 1966. ? Dell, NY, 8925, 1967. Included in Time Probe: The Sciences of Science Fiction ed. Arthur C. Clarke, Delacorte Press, NY, 1966. Included in Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus ed. B. W. Aldiss, 1973. Included in A Science Fiction Reader ed. H. Harrison, 1973. Included in The AstoundingAnalog Reader Vol.2 ed. Harrison & Aldiss, Doubleday, NY, 1973. Included in Decade the 50's ed. B. W. Aldiss, 1976. Included in The Infinite Web ed. R. Silverberg, 1977. Included in Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century ed. R. Silverberg. Included in The Arbor House Treasur y of Modern Science Fiction ed. R. Silverberg, 1980. Included in Caught in the Organ Draught ed. I. Asimov, 1983. Included in Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories ed. I. Asimov, 1988. Included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NEFSA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991.

'Ties of the Earth' (Part 1) Alan Commanger meets folks at a party in Beverly Hills that want to control his mind. Galaxy 11/55.

1956 January

'Ties of the Earth' (Part 2) Alan Commanger meets folks at a party in Beverly Hills that want to control his mind.Galaxy 1/56.

1956 November

'Sour Note on Palayata' Pilch, the Psych Service, and a civil servant investigate the mind of a typically inscruitable Palayatan. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 11/56 ( UK ed. 3/57 ). Included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NEFSA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991.

1957 May

'The Big Terrarium' Saturn 5/57.

1958 September

'Harvest Time' Trigger Argee and Holati Tate study the plankton harvesters of Manon. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 9/58 ( UK ed. 12/58 ).

1959 September

'Summer Guests' Worlds of IF Science Fiction 9/59

1961 May

'Gone Fishing' A dangerous con man believes that a scientist guards a valuable secret about matter transmission.Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 5/61 ( UK ed. 9/61 ). Included in Five-Odd ed. Groff Conklin, Pyramid Books August 1964. Included in Possible Tomorrows ed. Groff Conklin, 1964.

1961 October

'Lion Loose...' Heslet Quillan infiltrates an organized crime ring on a large hotel ship in space, but has to tame a Hlat predator before they scuttle the ship or the Hlat scuttles them. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 10/61 ( UK ed. 2/62 ). (Later in book A Pride of Monsters 1970.) Included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NEFSA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991.

1961 December

'The Star Hyacinths' Detective Wellan Dasinger encounters dangerous opposition attempting to salvage a wreck containing a cache of the valuable gems known as star hyacinths - first from the competition, and then from the wreck itself. Amazing Stories 12/61 (Later in collection book A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub 1965, renamed 'The Tangled Web')

1962 January

'An Incident on Route 12' Worlds of IF Science Fiction 1/62. Included in 101 Science Fiction Stories ed. M. H. Greenberg, 86. Included in The Best Science Fiction from IF ed. F. Pohl, 1964.

1962 March

'Swift Completion' George plans to murder his wife, but she is no fool. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 3/62

1962 June

'Novice' Telzey Amberdon feels that her pet Tick-Tock, a rare crest cat, is trying to tell her something. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 6/62. Included in Tomorrow's Children ed. I. Asimov, 66. Included in Mind to Mind ed. Robert Silverberg, Thomas Nelson, NY, 1971. Included in Analog 2 ed. John W. Campbell, Paperback Library, NY, l965, l971. Included in Analog's Children of the Future Anthology #3 ed. S. Schmidt, Davis Publications Inc, New York, 1982. Included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NEFSA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991. (Later written into The Universe Against Her 1964)

1962 July

'The Other Likeness' Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 7/62 ( UK ed. 11/62 ). (Later in collection book A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub 1965)

Harvest Time1962 August

'Watch the Sky' Three natives of Roye, a colonial planet, plant a fake artifact in an alien ruin to hoax Earth officials. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 8/62 ( UK ed. 12/62 ).

'Rogue Psi' Amazing Stories 8/62 Strange Fantasy Summer 1970. Included in The Best from Amazing ed. T. White, 1973.

1962 September

'The Winds of Time' A stranded time traveller charters the Silver Queen, figuring he can highjack the ship back to his own time. (Monster alert !- the janandra.) Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 9/62 ( UK ed. 1/63 ). (Later in collection book A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub 1965) (Later in collection book A Pride of Monsters 1970)

'These Are the Arts' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 9/62. Included in 14 Great Tales of ESP ed. I. P. Stone, 1969.

1962 November

'Left Hand, Right Hand' Troy Gordon has plans to escape from the cruel Tareeg, and warn Earth of their invasion plans.Amazing Stories 11/62; Great SF #9 Winter/68

1963 April

'The Beacon to Elsewhere' Amazing Stories 4/63; Most Thrilling SF #12 Spring/69

1963 May

'Oneness' Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 5/63

1963 June

'Ham Sandwich' Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 6/63

1964 May

'Undercurrents' (Part 1) Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 5/64 (Later incorporated into novel The Universe Against Her 1964)

1964 June

'Undercurrents' (Part 2) Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 6/64 (Later incorporated into novel The Universe Against Her 1964)

1964 September

'The Machmen' Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 9/64 (Later in collection book A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub 1965)

'Clean Slate' Amazing Stories 9/64; Great SF #12 Fall/68

1965 January

'A Nice Day for Screaming' A state of the art Navy pseudospace ship has a strange encounter in Space Three.Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 1/65 (Later in book A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub 1965)

1965 February

'The Pork Chop Tree' Absent minded Professor Mantelish shows Trigger Argee an interesting new plant, the Hana, that seems to really, really like people. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 2/65 (Later in collection book A Pride of Monsters 1970)

'Planet of Forgetting' Galaxy 2/65. Included in World's Best Science Fiction Second Series (originally World's Best Science Fiction 1966) ed. Donald A Wollheim & Terry Carr, Ace 1966

1965 March

'Balanced Ecology' Young Auris and Ilf wonder why everything on their land seems a bit edgy when their flashy Uncle Kugus visits with a business proposition. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 3/65, Included in Nebula Award Stories ed. D. Knight, 1966. Included in Analog 5 ed. John W. Campbell, Doubleday, NY, 1967. (As Countercommandment Curtis, NY 07076, 1971.) Included in Above the Human Landscape ed. W. E. McNelly, 1972. Included in Bug-Eyed Monsters ed. A. Cheetham, 1972. (Later in book A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub 1965) Included in Nature's Revenge ed. S. Manley, 1978. Included in Analog:The Best of Science Fiction ed. Editors of Analog,19 85. Included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NEFSA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991.

1965 April

'Goblin Night' While on a camping trip with friends, Telzey Amberdon is lured to visit a hermetic handicapped psi. (Monster alert! - goblin or spook) Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 4/65; Included in On Our Way To The Future ed. Terri Carr, Ace, NY, 62940, 1970. Included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NEFSA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991. (Later novelized in The Lion Game 1973.)

1965 May

'Trouble Tide' Nile Eltland and Dan Parrol investigate strange ecological disturbances in the deep ocean rifts of Nandy-Cline. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 5/65 Included in Elsewhere and Elsewhen ed. G. Conklin, 1968, in UK as Science Fiction Elsewhere ed. G. Conklin, 1970.

1965 July

'Research Alpha' Worlds of IF Science Fiction 7/65 (Co-authoured with A. E. Van Vogt.) Included in More Than Superhuman ed. A. E. van Vogt, Dell Publishing Co Inc, 1971, and in Great Britain by New English Library, London, (paperback) 1975 , (hardcover) 1978 .

1965 August

'Sleep No More' Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 8/65 Included in The Analog Anthology #1 ed. S. Schmidt, 1980. Included in 6 Decades: The Best of Analog ed. S. Schmidt, 1986. (Later included in the novel The Lion Game , 1973)

l965 ?

'Spacemaster' Included in New Writings in SF 3 ed. J. Carnell, 1965.

l966 January

'Faddist' While the wife's away, a man breaks his health-food regime. Bizarre Mystery Magazine 1/66

1966 February

'The Searcher' A Goyal from The Pit wants it's key navigating locator back. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 2/66 (Later in collection book A Pride of Monsters 1970)

1968 September

'The Tuvela' (Part 1) Nile Etland and her mutant otter companions have to bluff the Everliving into thinking she's a superior being, to try to save Dr. Ticos Cay, and the water world of Nandy-Cline. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 9/68 (Later novelized as The Demon Breed )

1968 October

'The Tuvela' (Part 2) Nile Etland and her mutant otter companions have to bluff the Everliving into thinking she's a superior being, to try to save Dr. Ticos Cay, and the water world of Nandy-Cline. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 10/68 (Later novelized as The Demon Breed )

1968 November

'Where The Time Went' A writer can't understand where his time goes, when he should be working. World of IF Science Fiction 11/68 Included in Androids, Time Machines, and Blue Giraffes ed. Roger Elwood and Vic Ghidalia, Follet, Chicago, 1973.

1968 December

'The Custodians' A spacer of dubious experience visits his sister on a private asteroid, and brings along some unexpected houseguests. (Monster alert! - toziens.) Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 12/68 Included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NEFSA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991.

'Just Curious' A man who can provide information about a person by holding an object of theirs, gets an oddly familiar new client. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 12/68 Included in SF Author's Choice 2 ed. H. Harrison, 1970. Included in Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions ed. E. Lore, 1983. Included in The Best of James H. Schmitz ed. Mark L. Olson, NEFSA Press, Cambridge MA, 1991.

1969 February

'Attitudes' The self-quarantined planet of Malatlo has been destroyed; but the Federation of the Hub can help re-establish it by providing bodies to house the preserved 'elds' saved by the last surviving fugitive. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 2/69

1969 December

'Would You?' Former friends flirt with temptation to alter the past. Fantastic Stories 12/69

1970 May

'Resident Witch' Telzey tries to save a good man's life, when a vengeful younger brother seems pathologically bent on his destruction. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 5/70 Included in This Side of Infinity ed. T. Carr, 1972. (Later in collection book The Telzey Toy 1973)

1970 June

'Compulsion' Trigger Argee enlists Telzey Amberdon, Psych Director Pilch, and the Old Galactics to help attempt communication with the Hana. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 6/70 (Later in collection book The Telzey Toy 1973)

1971 January

'The Telzey Toy' Telzey Amberdon is cloned by a fiendish puppetmaster. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 1/71 (Later in collection book The Telzey Toy 1973)

1971 May

'Company Planet' Telzey Amberdon uncovers a secret project on a planet run by a cosmetic surgery company. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 5/71 (Later in collection book The Telzey Toy 1973)

1971 June

'Glory Day' Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee become captives on a planet of eccentrics outside Feberation law during a psionic power struggle.Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 6/71

1971 July

'Poltergeist' Telzey Amberdon tries to help a man who thinks he's haunted by an evil spirit.Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 7/71

1971 August

'The Lion Game' (Part 1) Telzey Amberdon searches for rogue psi's in a devilish three-dimensional maze. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 8/71 (Later novelized as The Lion Game 1973)

1971 September

'The Lion Game' (Part 2) Telzey Amberdon searches for rogue 'psi's in a devilish three-dimensional maze. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 9/71 (Later novelized as The Lion Game 1973)

1972 March

'Child of the Gods' An unscrupulous mine owner uses Telzey Amberdon to investigate strange events at his mine. Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 3/72

1972 September

'The Symbiotes' Trigger Argee battles aliens with psi powers while helping tiny humans escape enslavement. (Telzey Amberdon also appears.)Astounding/Analog Science Fiction 9/72

1973 August

'Crime Buff' Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 8/73

1974 April

'One Step Ahead' Worlds of IF Science Fiction 4/74

1974 June

'Aura of Immortality'Worlds of IF Science Fiction 6/74

 

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