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=== ''The Witches of Karres'' provides examples of: ===
=== ''The Witches of Karres'' provides examples of: ===

* [[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.
* [[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]] / [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: The Leewit.
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]] / [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: The Leewit.
* [[Badass Crew]]: {{spoiler|At the end, Hulik and Vezzarn join the crew permanently.}}
* [[Badass Crew]]: {{spoiler|At the end, Hulik and Vezzarn join the crew permanently.}}
* [[Bad Guy Bar]] / [[City of Spies]]: Uldune is both of these on a [[Planetville|planetary scale]].
* [[Bad Guy Bar]] / [[City of Spies]]: Uldune is both of these on a [[Planetville|planetary scale]].
* [[The Captain]]: Captain Pausert, owner of the requisite
* [[The Captain]]: Captain Pausert, owner of the requisite.
** [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Venture'', an elderly but very fast and well-armed starship.
** [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Venture'', an elderly but very fast and well-armed starship.
* [[Captain's Log]]: Parodied. Pausert makes a laconic entry about battling space pirates to explain a bit of unauthorized target practice on an asteroid.
* [[Captain's Log]]: Parodied. Pausert makes a laconic entry about battling space pirates to explain a bit of unauthorized target practice on an asteroid.
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* [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place]]: The Egger Route, a scary hyperspace which results in a brief period of gibbering madness followed almost complete amnesia right after you come out of it. All someone remembers after going through the Egger Route is that it was absolutely terrifying, but no details as to why -- which is one of the creepiest things about it.
* [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place]]: The Egger Route, a scary hyperspace which results in a brief period of gibbering madness followed almost complete amnesia right after you come out of it. All someone remembers after going through the Egger Route is that it was absolutely terrifying, but no details as to why -- which is one of the creepiest things about it.
* [[In the Blood]]: Pausert had to listen to Councilor Onswud saying he'd known Pausert would go bad (as Onswud saw it), "Just like his great-uncle Threbus! It's in the blood, I always say!" And then Threbus' daughter told Pausert her father had predicted Pausert would break with his home planet -- and ''he'' said it was in the blood.
* [[In the Blood]]: Pausert had to listen to Councilor Onswud saying he'd known Pausert would go bad (as Onswud saw it), "Just like his great-uncle Threbus! It's in the blood, I always say!" And then Threbus' daughter told Pausert her father had predicted Pausert would break with his home planet -- and ''he'' said it was in the blood.
* [[Lady of War]]: Hulik do Eldel
* [[Lady of War]]: Hulik do Eldel.
* [[Like Parent, Like Spouse]]: Goth (aged nine or ten) announces that she is going to marry Pausert (twenty-eight) when she grows up. It is noted by several characters that he very much resembles her father. ( {{spoiler|They're distant cousins.}})
* [[Like Parent, Like Spouse]]: Goth (aged nine or ten) announces that she is going to marry Pausert (twenty-eight) when she grows up. It is noted by several characters that he very much resembles her father ({{spoiler|they're distant cousins}}).
* [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Little Miss Con Artist]]
* [[Little Miss Con Artist]]
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* [[Mama Bear]]: Toll. Even Big Windy (see above) is afraid of her.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Toll. Even Big Windy (see above) is afraid of her.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Goth (nine or ten) informs Captain Pausert (twenty-eight) she's going to marry him when she grows up. The Captain later explains to Goth's father that while he's fond of her, he has no intention of taking her seriously. Goth's father indulgently replies that he didn't take ''his'' wife's declaration of intent to marry ''him'' seriously, either.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Goth (nine or ten) informs Captain Pausert (twenty-eight) she's going to marry him when she grows up. The Captain later explains to Goth's father that while he's fond of her, he has no intention of taking her seriously. Goth's father indulgently replies that he didn't take ''his'' wife's declaration of intent to marry ''him'' seriously, either.
* [[Negative Space Wedgie]]: the Chaladoor.
* [[Negative Space Wedgie]]: The Chaladoor.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Pausert to the three sisters, to some extent. (Note that they haven't suffered [[Parental Abandonment]]; they have both a mother and father at home, it's just that they're currently a long way from home.)
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Pausert to the three sisters, to some extent (note that they haven't suffered [[Parental Abandonment]]; they have both a mother and father at home, it's just that they're currently a long way from home).
* [[Planet of Hats]]:
* [[Planet of Hats]]:
** Karres is the planet of witches.
** Karres is the planet of witches.
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* [[Take a Level In Badass]]: When the captain learns to control his powers.
* [[Take a Level In Badass]]: When the captain learns to control his powers.
* [[Traveling Landmass]]: The planet Karres.
* [[Traveling Landmass]]: The planet Karres.
* [[Unfortunate Name]]: Goth
* [[Unfortunate Name]]: Goth.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Goth
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Goth.
* [[World of Badass]]: Karres.
* [[World of Badass]]: Karres.
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Uldune is a [[True Neutral]] version.
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Uldune is a [[True Neutral]] version.


=== The sequels provide examples of: ===
=== The sequels provide examples of: ===
* [[Hive Mind]]: Sedmon of the Six Lives
* [[Hive Mind]]: Sedmon of the Six Lives.
* [[Sequelitis]]
* [[Sequelitis]]


Revision as of 23:34, 21 February 2015

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.

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 Witches of Karres provides examples of:

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