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The Universe Against Her Study Guide

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by James H. Schmitz
About 5 pages (1,523 words)
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Schmitz establishes and maintains interest in his stories with two devices: intricate, cloak-and-dagger plots and an emphasis on the humanity of the telepathic protagonist. Schmitz's plots are elaborate puzzles where the use of telepathy is essential to investigate the criminal activities of people who have covered their tracks too well for conventional methods of detection to find them in time. But since telepathy is a mechanism used on sentient beings who have to be convicted on the basis of physical evidence, it is a device that needs an expert touch. Therefore, Schmitz has created.....

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The Universe Against Her from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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