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''Agent of Vega'' is a science fiction novel by James H. Schmitz, 1960. Like the ''Foundation'' series, it is a collection of stories that originally appeared separately in magazines. It was republished in 2001 as ''Agent of Vega & Other Stories''. The tale began in 1949 as a longish short story published in the SF magazine ''Astounding''. In 1960 it appeared as a book, along with three loosely related stories set in the same time and context: ''The Illusionists; The Truth About Cushgar; The Second Night of Summer''. In the far future, humans are building a 'Confederacy of Vega' to replace the original fallen Empire of Earth. The new empire includes some mutated humans and also some non-humans. Enemies are also a mix of humans and aliens and it is very much space opera, featuring Vega's 'zone agents'. Combat involves both physical weapons and telepathic attacks. It clearly owes a lot to E. E. Smith's ''Lensman'' series. Unlike the six Lensman books, the four stories are only loosely connected. Each features a completely different set of enemies. The non-human telepath Pagadan is the main connecting link, appearing a secondary character in the first story, the main character in ''The Illusionists'' and makes a brief appearance in ''The Truth About Cushgar''. The book is currently available as ''Agent of Vega & Other Stories''. This consists of the original four stories plus ''The Custodians; Gone Fishing; The Beacon to Elsewhere; The End of the Line; Watch the Sky; Greenface; Rogue Psi''. None of these are set in the same universe as the Vega tales. ==Reception== ''Galaxy'''s Floyd C. Gale reviewed the original edition favorably, saying "What places Schmitz's work above run-of-the-mill S.O. (opera ) is the quality as well as breadth of his imagination, but most all his touch for characterization."〔"Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", ''Galaxy Science Fiction'', June 1961, p.95〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agent of Vega」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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