Trigger Argee
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Trigger Argee is a fictional character in a series of science fiction short stories by James H. Schmitz
James H. Schmitz
James Henry Schmitz was an American writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents.- Life :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...

, starting from 1958. As her first name implies, she inherited the ability to be a crack shot with the sidearms of her day from her father. In the novel A Tale of Two Cocks she even operates powered armor in an assault upon alien beings which have infested a spaceship. Instrumental in the discovery of a hidden alien race, the Old Galactics, she serves as a secret agent of the Hub Overgovernment. Eventually Trigger teams up with a younger woman, Telzey Amberdon
Telzey Amberdon
Telzey Amberdon is the fictional character of the eponymous science fiction short story series by James H. Schmitz, taking place in his "The Federation of the Hub" fictional universe in mid-4th millennium. She is introduced as a fifteen-year-old genius, a first-year law student, living on the...

 of the fictional planet Orado. The stories were originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact. The series was quite popular. Some issues had covers featuring this character.

In recent years all of the Telzey and Trigger stories have been republished, with additions, by Baen Books
Baen Books
Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...

, and are currently in print.

Stories

Title First published in Issue
(yyyy-mm)
Collected in
Harvest Time Astounding 1958-09 Trigger & Friends
A Tale of Two Clocks (novel published by Torquil Books) 1962 Trigger & Friends
as "Legacy"
Compulsion Analog 1970-06 T'nT: Telzey & Trigger
Glory Day Analog 1971-06 T'nT: Telzey & Trigger
The Symbiotes Analog 1972-09 T'nT: Telzey & Trigger
Aura of Immortality IF 1974-06 Trigger & Friends
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