Oneness

by James H. Schmitz

A must read sci-fi short. With the evil that is descending on us this story shows just what it would take to get us together again. Many religions have some variation of Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You but that's never the part that makes the news, that's never what you hear chanted...(Goodreads)

Genres: Science Fiction

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 1963

About the author

James Henry Schmitz (October 15, 1911–April 18, 1981) was an American writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents. Aside from two years at business school in Chicago, Schmitz lived in Germany until 1938, leaving before World War II broke out in Europe in 1939. During World War II, Schmitz served as an aerial photographer in the Pacific for the United States Army Air Corps. After the war, he and his brother-in-law ran a business which manufactured trailers until they broke up the business in 1949.

Schmitz is best known as a writer of space opera, and for strong female characters (including Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee) that didn't fit into the damsel in distress stereotype typical of science fiction during the time he was writing. His first published story was Greenface, published in August 1943 in Unknown. Most of his works are part of the "Hub" series, though his best known novel is the non-Hub The Witches of Karres, concerning juvenile "witches" with genuine psi-powers and their escape from slavery. Karres was nominated for a Hugo Award.

In recent years, his novels and short stories have been republished by Baen Books (which bought the rights to his estate for $6500), edited (sometimes heavily edited) and with notes by Eric Flint. Baen have also published new works based in the Karres universe.

Schmitz died of congestive lung failure in 1981 after a five week stay in the hospital in Los Angeles. He was survived by his wife, Betty Mae Chapman Schmitz.

Reviews

[Lena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this story and recommend it as a must read sci-fi short. With the evil that is descending on us this story shows just what it would take to get us together again. Many religions have some variation of Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You but that's never the part that makes the news, that's never what you hear chanted. Well, it should be.

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[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining space listening 🎶🔰

Another will written fantasy Sci-Fi space opera adventure thriller short story by James H. Schmitz about Mars colonize people wanting to negotiate an agreement with earth 🌎. But it is not an easy thing to accomplish. I would recommend this novella to readers of fantasy space novels. Enjoy the adventure of novels 👍🔰 and books 📚. 2022 😢