![]() ![]() He then proceeded to collect an increasing number of pained stares as he continued with a detailed comparison of the varied, interesting, and occasionally brilliant role Nikkeldepain had played in history with Porlumma’s obviously dull and dumpy status as a sixth-rate Empire outpost. But someone had grinned broadly, as usual, when the captain pronounced the name of his native system and the captain had pointed out then, with considerable wit, how much more ridiculous it was to call a planet Porlumma, for instance, than to call it Nikkeldepain. ![]() He was feeling pretty good as he left a high-priced bar on a cobbled street near the spaceport, with the intention of returning straight to his ship. It was just plain fate, so far as he could see. ![]() ![]() It was around the hub of the evening on the planet of Porlumma when Captain Pausert, commercial traveler from the Republic of Nikkeldepain, met the first of the witches of Karres. Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967. He’s so ahead of the game that he has time to rescue three child slaves, only to find out that they are three witches of Karres with awesome psi powers. Captain Pausert, master of the old pirate-chaser Venture, seems to have a knack for selling job-lot cargoes around the fringes of the Empire. ![]()
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