History Literature / FederationOfTheHub

* TroubleMagnetGambit: Used by Holati Tate in "Harvest Time", with a slight variation: Rather then hand the trouble magnet to the victim, he gives the victim the opportunity to steal it. If the victim was an honest man, he wouldn't be endangered.

:: But other aliens think -- correctly -- that the ratio is even worse[=:=] one invasion / two more-or-less ordinary humans.

* YouWouldntShootMe: In ''The Lion Game'', Thrakell Dees tries this on Telzey.

* ZerothLawRebellion: In ''Child of the Gods''.

* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Lion Game'' two street thugs stalk Telzey...very briefly.[[note]]Then subverted in that she simply hits them with a telepathic illusion to make them think that they've successfully mugged someone after a suitably cinematic struggle, and sends them on their way unharmed. [[LaserGuidedKarma After first taking their wallets.]][[/note]]

* CloseCallHaircut: "Baldy" Perk in "Lion Loose".

* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Lion Game'' two street thugs stalk Telzey...very briefly.

* FamousLastWords (also TemptingFate): "And now, if it is within the power of a Tuvela to defy our purpose, show what you can do."[[note]] Within the next 30 seconds, the heroine and the person she's trying to rescue will be the only living people left in the room. And it was a really crowded room.[[/note]]

* FamousLastWords (also TemptingFate): "And now, if it is within the power of a Tuvela to defy our purpose, show what you can do."[[note:]] Within the next 30 seconds, the heroine and the person she's trying to rescue will be the only living people left in the room. And it was a really crowded room.]]

* FamousLastWords (also TemptingFate): "And now, if it is within the power of a Tuvela to defy our purpose, show what you can do."[[note: Within the next 30 seconds, the heroine and the person she's trying to rescue will be the only living people left in the room. And it was a really crowded room.]]

* FamousLastWords (also TemptingFate): "And now, if it is within the power of a Tuvela to defy our purpose, show what you can do."

* TheAlternet: The [=ComWeb=], a Federation-wide email system.

* SpankTheCutie: In ''Legacy'', the threat of spanking is unsucessfully used (by her allies, no less) to keep Trigger Argee from making escape attempts. Trigger later uses the same trick on a captured VillainWithGoodPublicity, and records the conversation for blackmail fodder. Yowls and all.

* FamousLastWords: "And now, if it is within the power of a Tuvela to defy our purpose, show what you can do."

The ''Federation of the Hub'' is a series of science fiction short-stories and novels by Creator/JamesHSchmitz. Almost all of the stories focus on three different young women. The majority of the stories (and the majority of the words in the series) are about teenaged psychic Telzey Amberdon. There are also several stories and one short novel starring or co-starring the young student Trigger Argee, who gets caught up in interplanetary intrigue, and later in the series, becomes friends with Telzey. In addition, there is one short novel and one short story starring biologist Nile Etland; though Nile never encounters Telzey or Trigger. Beyond that, there are a handful of stories featuring other minor characters, some of whom have smaller roles in the main Telzey/Trigger storyline.

The Hub itself is an interstellar federation in the far future located toward the center of the galaxy, which serves as a common setting for all the stories. The series as a whole is considered memorable as one of the earliest in mainstream SF to feature strong female leads.

# ''Trigger and Friends''
# ''The Hub: Dangerous Territory''

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Played with in ''Novice'' with humans hunting crest cats, who (unbeknownst to the humans) are intelligent beings. However, the crest cats are having enormous fun hunting the humans right back.

The ''Federation of the Hub'' is a series of science fiction short-stories and novels by Creator/JamesHSchmitz. Almost all of the stories focus on three different young women. The majority of the stories (and the majority of the words in the series) are about teenaged psychic Telzey Amberdon. There are also several stories and one short novel starring or co-starring the young student "Trigger" Argee, who gets caught up in interplanetary intrigue, and later in the series, becomes friends with Telzey. In addition, there is one short novel and one short story starring biologist Nile Etland; though Nile never encounters Telzey or Trigger. Beyond that, there are a handful of stories featuring other minor characters, some of whom have smaller roles in the main Telzey/Trigger storyline.

Creator/BaenBooks have brought his work back into print in recent years. The reissue attracted some controversy among long-standing fans because of the editor's decision to tighten up a few of the stories, a process that in some cases more closely resembled major surgery. There were also some kinks in the release order: it was decided to release all the Telzey Amberdon stories first, with the result that every Telzey team-up story appears before the story introducing the character she's teaming up with. This doesn't really matter for the lesser recurring characters, whose stories don't have strong continuity or chronology; but volume 2, containing the Telzey and Trigger team-up stories, is definitely set after, and contains significant spoilers for, the solo Trigger stories in volume 3.

The Federation of the Hub is a science fiction setting featured in many stories by Creator/JamesHSchmitz. The Hub is an interstellar federation in the far future located toward the center of the galaxy.

The most prominent recurring characters are Telzey Amberdon, an independently-minded psychic ActionGirl, and Trigger Argee, a secret agent. There are several stories in which the two team up, set after their respective solo adventures. Other recurring characters include IntrepidReporter Keth Deboll, the various agents of the Kyth Interstellar Detective Agency, and Adventure Biologist Nile Etland.