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Post by Morandir on Feb 5, 2011 19:20:05 GMT -6
I recently bought a Kindle, and I'm currently assembling a library of works from the famous Appendix N. Andre Norton is named, but no specific works are listed. A large list of her stuff is available on Project Gutenberg. Have any of you read her work, and if so, do you have any recommendations? Thanks in advance!
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Post by talysman on Feb 5, 2011 19:43:40 GMT -6
I read one Andre Norton book, which I think was Operation Time Search. It was about a guy who is mistakenly shot with a time-ray and sent back to Atlantis. It was OK.
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Post by stevemitchell on Feb 6, 2011 2:28:28 GMT -6
From a fantasy perspective, Andre Norton is best known for her Witch World novels. The first five books dealt with the Witches of Estcarp and their war against the other-worldly Kolder, and followed the adventures of Simon Tregarth, a man from Earth who was transported to Witch World, and his sons and daughter. The five novels are Witch World, Web of the Witch World, Three Against the Witch World, Sorceress of the Witch World, and Warlock of the Witch World.
Beginning with Year of the Unicorn, Ms. Norton shifted her focus to another continent on Witch World, and the region known as the Dales of High Halleck. I have enoyed the Witch World stories as written solely by Ms. Norton, but don't care as much for the more recent books that have been co-written with other authors.
Andre Norton also wrote Quag Keep, the first novel based on a role-playing game (which cites Gary Gygax as an information source); Merlin's Mirror, set in the historical Age of Arthur; and probably several more fantasy efforts that I can't remember at 2:30 in the morning! And that's not counting all her science fiction.
There was a Witch World supplement for GURPS, but surprisingly, no other game systems have tapped the Witch World setting.
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Post by Morandir on Feb 9, 2011 15:50:45 GMT -6
I read "Voodoo Planet" last night, which was fun. Unfortunately I can't seem to find any of the Witch World books in ebook form.
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Post by ragnorakk on Feb 9, 2011 16:28:43 GMT -6
Andre Norton was a "her"? Wow - learn something new every day. All I've read is Huon of the Horn and I liked it, though apparently it was more an updated rendering of traditional stories than an absolute original work.
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Post by stevemitchell on Feb 9, 2011 19:13:52 GMT -6
Yes, her given name is Alice Mary Norton.
Huon of the Horn is, indeed, a reworking of a late Carolignian romance. If I remember correctly, the character Huon also shows up in her mid-70s novel Here Be Monsters.
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Post by makofan on Feb 9, 2011 20:51:36 GMT -6
I found her stuff quite pedestrian, but back then I was into Moorcock and Zelazny, who were a bit wilder.
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