Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Littlehampton Book Services Ltd (1983), Paperback, 176 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member monado
Excellent early science fiction. And like the first cat you see with blue eyes, this was the first that treated women as competent, functioning people instead of sex objects. I'm forever grateful to Schmitz.
Oh, yes, the story... Telzey Amberdon, the xenotelepath, investigates something curious and
This has been re-issued as "Ti's Toys" in the anthology, T 'n T: Telzey Amberdon & Trigger Argee Together: Complete Federation of the Hub, Volume 2.
Oh, yes, the story... Telzey Amberdon, the xenotelepath, investigates something curious and
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find herself trapped on an island with a mad scientist and a duplicate of herself. This has been re-issued as "Ti's Toys" in the anthology, T 'n T: Telzey Amberdon & Trigger Argee Together: Complete Federation of the Hub, Volume 2.
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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
The only story I really remembered from this was The Telzey Toy, and I mostly recognized things as they came along rather than anticipating. The other stories didn't feel new, but I had no idea what would happen in them. Enjoyable, minor adventures for Telzey (Toy was a somewhat larger one). I
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recognized references to other Telzey stories - the psi who didn't know it, for instance. And nice to meet Trigger here, in one story. I am going to read Flint's edited versions soon, and see what's changed (aside from, I'm sure, tapes). Show Less
LibraryThing member Jammies
This was a very quick and enjoyable read. The book is a collection of short stories about Telzey Amberdon, a telepath on a planet called Orado in an unspecified future time. The entire book fits perfectly in the zeitgeist of the 1970s. The eponymous opening story reminded me a great deal of The
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Subjects
Original publication date
1973 (Collection)
1971 Novelette (The Telzey Toy)
1970 Novelette (Resident Witch)
1970 Novelette (Compulsion)
1971 Novelette (Company Planet)
Physical description
176 p.; 6.9 inches
ISBN
0600200574 / 9780600200574