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''The Witches of Karres'' is a science fiction adventure-comedy novel by [[James H. Schmitz]].▼
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▲''[[The Witches of Karres]]'' is a science fiction adventure-comedy novel by [[James H. Schmitz]].
When Captain Pausert buys three children out of slavery, he finds himself in a universe of trouble. The sisters Maleen, Goth, and the Leewit are psychics from the mysterious planet Karres, and every other planet in the galaxy (including, as he soon discovers, the planet he had hitherto called home) either shuns them or wants to capture them for their powers.
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And then there's the vatch.
Half a century later, it spawned two sequels published by [[Baen Books]]: ''[[The Wizard of Karres]]'' by [[Eric Flint]], [[Dave Freer]], and [[Mercedes Lackey]]; and ''[[The Sorceress of Karres]]'' by Eric Flint and [[Dave Freer]].
The story was first published as a novelette in the December 1949 edition of ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'' (which is [https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v44n04_1949-12_cape1736 available in the Internet Archive]). James H. Schmitz expanded it into a full novel which was published in 1966 and nominated for the [[Hugo Award]] for Best Novel in 1967.
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* [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]: Captain Pausert became a trader to impress a girl he was keen on; when he got back from his first trading expedition, she was engaged to somebody else.
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]
* [[Badass Crew]]: {{spoiler|At the end, Hulik and Vezzarn join the crew permanently.}}
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]
* [[The Captain]]: Captain Pausert, owner of the requisite.
** [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Venture'', an elderly but very fast and well-armed starship.
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* [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Little Miss Con Artist]]
* [[MacGuffin]]
* [[Made a Slave]]: The three sisters at the beginning of the story.
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: The Leewit's whistles.
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* [[Space Pirates]]: Who prey on...
* [[Space Trucker]]: Captain Pausert
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: ''The'' Leewit.
* [[The Spymaster]]: Sedmon of Uldune.
* [[Swirly Energy Thingy]]: Can be found in the Chaladoor.
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