The Universe Against Her, by James H. Schmitz
Telzey Amberdon is a genius teenage girl with a mysterious giant sometimes-invisible pet alien cat. In part one of this fix-up novel, she discovers that she’s a telepath and negotiates between humans and cat-aliens. In part two, she develops her psychic powers and tries to prevent a murder. Part one is great fun, though it doesn’t have quite the madcap charm of The Witches of Karres
. Part two is more uneven, with some very fun bits but too much legal maneuvering and not enough Telzey.
Apparently some later editions of this book were poorly rewritten and given a heavy-handed edit, so I’m linking to the edition I read. It’s out of print but Amazon has lots of cheap used copies.
Thanks,
tool_of_satan!
Universe against Her (Telzey Amberdon)
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. Part two is more uneven, with some very fun bits but too much legal maneuvering and not enough Telzey.
Apparently some later editions of this book were poorly rewritten and given a heavy-handed edit, so I’m linking to the edition I read. It’s out of print but Amazon has lots of cheap used copies.
Thanks,
tool_of_satan!
Universe against Her (Telzey Amberdon)
Crossposted to http://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/923060.html. Comment here or there.