Circus Episode: The first sequel is largely set in a circus (which travels IN SPACE!).Pausert makes a laconic entry about battling space pirates to explain a bit of unauthorized target practice.
The Captain: Captain Pausert is the viewpoint character of the novel, as well as the owner and commander of the requisite Venture 3777. Goth's father indulgently replies that he didn't take his wife's declaration of intent to marry him seriously, either. The Captain later explains to Goth's father that while he's fond of her, he has no intention of taking her seriously. Age-Gap Romance: Goth (nine or ten) informs Captain Pausert (twenty-eight) she's going to marry him when she grows up. Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder: Captain Pausert became a trader to impress a girl he was keen on when he gets back from his first trading expedition she's married to his rival. The Witches of Karres provides examples of: Half a century later, it spawned three sequels published by Baen Books: The Wizard of Karres by Eric Flint, Dave Freer, and Mercedes Lackey The Sorceress of Karres by Flint and Freer and The Shaman of Karres by Flint and Freer. The sisters Maleen, Goth, and the Leewit are psychics from the mysterious planet Karres, and every other planet in the galaxy (including, as he soon discovers, the planet he had hitherto called home) either shuns them or wants to capture them for their powers. 
When Captain Pausert buys three children out of slavery, he finds himself in a universe of trouble. He expanded it to novel-length in 1966, incorporating more adventure & comedy elements. The Witches of Karres began as a Science Fiction novelette published in the December 1949 issue of Astounding Science Fiction by James H.
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