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- Title: The Witches of Karres
- Author: James H. Schmitz
- ISBN: 9780743488372
- Page: 186
- Format: Hardcover
» The Witches of Karres Ë James H. Schmitz, The Witches of Karres, James H. Schmitz, The Witches of Karres Volume of the collected works of James H Schmitz Captain Pausert thought his luck had finally turned but he did not yet realize it was a turn for the worse On second thought make that a turn for the disastrous Pausert thought he had made good with his battered starship successfully selling off odd ball cargoes no one else could sell And then he made the mistake ofVolume » The Witches of Karres Ë James H. Schmitz - The Witches of Karres, The Witches of Karres Volume of the collected works of James H Schmitz Captain Pausert thought his luck had finally turned but he did not yet realize it was a turn for the worse On second thought make that a turn for th
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The BookThe Witches of Karres started life in 1949 as a short story, and then in 1965 1966 Schmitz expanded it into a full novel by adding a couple of short novellas In 2005 Eric Flint did a bit of editing work Mainly removing a lot of references to smoking and some other points that badly dated the story and it was released as part of Baen s reissue of Schmitz s most popular works.Witches of Karres is classified as a space opera, but really it s like a space operetta Light, fun, and fast paced [...]
Pedophilia trigger These are not witches disguised as children, but rather children who have developed certain talents And there is much talk with the captain of approaching marriageable age, which is apparently 16, at least for girls.
This was a swooping delight of an old school sci fi adventure It was written back in 1966 and I d never heard of it until last week The writing was inventive so inventive, in fact, that whenever Schmitz found himself at what could be a sticky plot point, he invented a new word entity force to get his heroes out of the jam So just rell the vatch and go along for a dizzying, ridiculous and enjoyable ride Goofy like Pratchett, only with less internal coherence And I don t mean that in a bad way Sur [...]
2.5 stars Decent but not great It could be that since I had just finished Santiago by Mike Resnick which I thought was fantastic and another good Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett Sourcery , this book suffered from the comparison between those other books I may re read this in the future as I seem to be in the minority of not loving this book Still, it was fairly entertaining Nominee Hugo Award Best Novel.
This is one of my favorites A dazzling adventure with witches, spaceships and a dangerous species from another dimension.And in the midst of it there is the Captain who only wanted to make enough money and gain a good reputation to marry his secret fiancee But there is a little witch who has other plans.This book is just a lot of fun, very good written and with an original storyline.
This is one of those semi forgotten underground classics that, like many people, I d heard of but never read or indeed even seen available anywhere So I was reasonably pleased to find a copy on my most recent foray to the used bookstore Calling this science fiction is really to distort the term beyond all meaning, this is a perfect example of what is sometimes referred to as science fantasy Sure, there are spaceships and ray guns and various unexplained technological devices but there are also f [...]
Schmitz started this series of two books finsihed with The Wizard of Karres I first read the Witches when I was a young person and remember that I liked it very much I decided to read it again, maybe 40 years later and I still liked it That says something It certainly isn t any great piece of literature, but it has lasting charm It s about a scifi piece about a spaceship captain that rescues three little girls who have been enslaved on a miserable planet He buys them and then takes them to their [...]
Excellent A wonderful I guess the word would be rollicking read In many ways, it reminds me of those old sci fi serials It seemed like they d gotten through one life threatening crisis when another one hit It s hard to believe this was written in 1966 I felt like there was nothing that really dated this It was fun, humorous, exciting I loved it.
Space opera fun Roughly the first third of this was originally a short story 1949 , and the main character reminded me strongly of Han Solo The plot expands beyond that point, and it eventually became the shared world of other writers resulting in a trilogy Nominated for the 1967 Hugo award, it s just plain fun.This is probably my first exposure to this author, known as a craftsman writer who wrote many strong female characters The three juvenile witches are certainly savvy in the ways of the un [...]
ok, why did i read this twice exactly the opposite from my usual sf fare, exactly the sort stanislaw lem probably hated, characterized as juvenile adventure, not remotely science fiction, a ridiculous, playful, illogical, pulp exemplar of space opera read this first when i was about twelve, or at least the first two chapters in sf hall of fame as a novella remember it even then as rather fantasy dressed in science fiction clothing as an adult read it as a book twice perhaps interested in nostalg [...]
Truly horrible There aren t any structure or order in any of the story elements It was like I was swimming in a torrent of meaningless words and sentences which do not connect with each other to form a shape to suck you into the story The story itself was interesting but the execution fails miserably Most of the time I had a hard time figuring out what was going on since the logic and flow of the story made huge jumps Most of all, there are not any explanations behind the mechanics Even the basi [...]
This one s an old SF classic with a little bit of witchcraft mixed in It s been a while since I ve read it, but there was space travel, and some kind of special warp drive, powered by magic The magic comes from three sisters, who are the witches of the title They meet a pilot, and he is helpless in their clutches He falls for one of them, but they have other plans Lots of fun, I love the mix of SF and witchcraft, and the sly sense of humor the sisters have.
A co worker thrust this one on me One day at work, he came up to me and handed me a ratty old paperback from the 1980s actually it was from the 60s, but this copy was 1983 , and said, you have to read this I just read it and I really think you ll love it So, with much trepidation I did Book rec s don t always work out And co worker and my tastes don t always coincide What s that phrase You say tomato, I say tomatoe Anyhow, I read it and liked it a lot better than I thought I would.It s apparentl [...]
Dear me, 1967 can t have been a good year if this got onto the Hugo shortlist Humorously incompetent space captain inadvertently rescues three young girls, and then discovers they are from the titular planet, where everyone has magical powers His life falls apart as a result, it turns out he has relatives from Karres, and he goes off on adventures, which brings him into conflict with some evil worms This is complete nonsense, and not even very amusing It s bad mainstream thinly disguised as sf A [...]
This is classic 60 s space opera, which hold up well today It takes place in a universe in the far future when humans have spread throughout the galaxy and have speciated to some extend, most obviously those humans known as the Witches of Karres The Witches seem to have magic, or to be able to sense and manipulate a strange force in the universe enabling them to manipulate matter in various ways Sounds a bit like Star Wars, no Indeed, one wonders if George Lucas was familiar with the novel The b [...]
Young Capt Pausert is like the proverbial the duck out of water in dealing with three young women he rescues In trying to return them to their parents after freeing them from slavery he discovers they really are members of a group he had considered urban legends Maleen, Goth, and the Leewit direct him to their home world where he finds they are witches from the not so mythical planet Karres.Now he finds having actually met the witches he is subject to laws concerning contact with this group and [...]
Storyline 3 5Characters 3 5Writing Style 3 5World 3 5Some authors have the uncanny ability put abruptness, slapdash, underdevelopment, and ludicrousness to good use James H Schmitz gave us a fun tale without pretension The Witches of Karres warded off hard science fiction strictures and instead effortlessly embraced the weird This playful jumble started to cohere at about two thirds of the way through the book, to the detriment of the tale As the plot coalesced into a traditional format, I was [...]
Seventh and last volume of the complete works by James H Schmitz published by Baen Books, edited by Eric Flint It contains the novel of the same title, which starting from a simple idea the protagonist s meeting with three witch sisters, children of the witch planet of Karres goes through always involved adventures and convoluted solutions until a wild crazy ending beyond all probabilities, where the protagonist solves all the problems of the galaxy, invaded by aliens from another universe, by [...]
Captain Pausert is just minding his own business and making a tidy profit while doing it when three witch girls decide to turn his life upside down and inside out What do you do when suddenly the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance and death seems inevitable You bring extra sandwiches This is a typical J Schmitz adventure, not stuffy sci fi, very charming It didn t disappoint 78 100 If anyone is going to give Schmitz a try, read Demonbreed The Tuvela first, it s even better
This book reminds me of Flash Gordon with three young witches The first chapter which was based on the short story was actually pretty good After that, the book gets chaotic and harder to understand, especially near the end Some of this has to do with the hand waiving from the witch s magic and the laws of physics Schmitz seems to suspend at times He also has the tendency to create a scene only to explain what went on at a later time.
This reprint of the 1966 classic is a thoroughly enjoyable and hard to put down book When Captain Pausert of Nikkeldepain rescues three children from slavery, he has no idea what he is getting himself into, nor does he realize they are witches from the proscribed and mysterious planet of Karres All of the major characters in this novel are very engaging and the adventure Schmitz crafts for them is as fresh today as the best of any current books in this genre Read this book
I bought this on the generally very good reviews, but was quite dissapointed, really.There are no glaring flaws with this novel, solid structure and competent writing.However it simply didnt do anything for me, i felt no connection whatsoever to any of the characters or really cared what was going on.Also the science aspect of the science fiction is pretty much non existent, only serving as a cardboard cutout backdrop to the story, the same with the fantasy magic aspects
Read this for fun, it s a romp no pretensions to being great literature, just out to sell tell a fine story recommended for lovers of classic sf.
Amusing and entertaining throughout Thoroughly enjoyable
Captain Pausert seems to have become a plaything of the fates when he buys three adorable, troublemaking little girls who turned out to be witches After a sojourn on the witches home planet, he begins developing some unexpected talents of his own that attract the attention of a giant Vatch, and now he knows why he feels like a plaything He is pushed into a confrontation with the most deadly menace humanity has faced because the giant Vatch doesn t feel equal to the challenge itself.I was in the [...]
Loved this book when I first read it as a teenager, and I still love it There is a lot about it that is common to a lot of Sci fi written in the 60 s, and I suspect the author was perhaps inspired by Asimov s Foundation series for it s empire theme, but the concept of a planet peopled entirely by folk who have control over a mysterious force called klatha , brings the Star Wars saga to mind This book was written earlier however In any case the characters are compelling and the plot moves along n [...]
Now that is what I call CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Books like this are why I can never entirely write off the possibility that annoying young relatives may eventually become worthwhile, though hopefully through a less drastic process than a long ride through space with the fate of the universe on their shoulders Are there people who feel the same way about me Well, my boss, perhaps.
This was an enjoyable little book I did find it surprisingly easy to put down though, often reading only a few pages and then moving on to some other activity I was reading it at the same time as another book with similarities in the plot, and then lead to some discombobulation every time I picked it up Fun, not compelling, and not essential A pleasant way to waste some time.
I read a story with the same title and found it very interesting The novel is weaker in my opinion and despite some gripping fragments it doesn t have the appeal of the short story It s still a good example of space opera.
Run of the mill kind of fantasy fiction Can be made into a great movie But the book is not that great The characters do a lot but they do not seem to have any, well character.Or perhaps I read it in a hurry so could not truly appreciate it.