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Post by Otto Harkaman on Aug 8, 2012 9:09:22 GMT -6
Any other Andre Norton fans? I have been having fun listening to several audio books of her Witch World series. I think the land of Escore is a perfect place to mix Holmes (or OD&D) & Metamorphosis Alpha. There seems a mix of spells and Mental powers that these two together would fit perfectly. Not to mention mutants of technology and sorcery. I always thought The Warlock of the Witch World had the most awesome back cover. I always dreamed about having that magic sword in adventures ;D
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Post by garham on Aug 8, 2012 9:42:11 GMT -6
I absolutely love these. I think that the knights & witches & flying-saucers feel of the first few books would make an awesome od&d/ma type mashup game... world gates, science zombies, psionic powers, bird-man gods, pseudo-vikings (the sulcar).
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Post by Finarvyn on Aug 8, 2012 12:11:57 GMT -6
I have the first eight books, from back when Ace re-released them in the early 1980's.
I read the first one and liked it, but don't recall why I never read the rest. My wife read the whole set and really liked them.
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Aug 8, 2012 12:25:24 GMT -6
I have the first eight books, from back when Ace re-released them in the early 1980's. I read the first one and liked it, but don't recall why I never read the rest. My wife read the whole set and really liked them. You might be in for a real treat then. I don't think they really need be read in any order. You might ask your wife for a suggestion. My favorite was Warlock of the Witch World. Lots of sorcery, swords and monsters. The first book The Witch World is much more in the Science Fiction genre as the series progresses they become more sword and fantasy. Andre Norton wrote some great pure Science Fiction, really how she first became known I believe. Or have you read Quag Keep?
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Post by jasonzavoda on Aug 8, 2012 14:32:13 GMT -6
I read several of the Witch World books and remember enjoying them.
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Aug 20, 2012 20:33:01 GMT -6
Hmm since I am somewhat on a science fiction roll I couldn't help but noticed when I browsed through the used bookstore in the basement of our downtown library today one of Andre Norton's novels about the "Solar Queen." "Derelict for Trade" is one of her later novels from the 90s written in partnership with Sherwood Smith. I just started reading for first couple pages and it seems a fun read. I do notice how different the writing style is from Andre Norton's earlier Solar Queen stories from the late 50s early 60s. In her earlier novels I think she has a very clean almost spartan writing style that conveys lots of information without being over verbose. This newer book is a bit more wordy. I really enjoy Norton's incredible creativity, she helps you imagine unlimited variety and wonder. If I was going to run a Sci-Fi campaign her novels would have a great influence on it. A couple of her books on the Solar Queen seem to be free in the public domain. You can find the at Project Gutenberg. These books are also in audio book format that you can find at librivox. I don't know how good the readers are however.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Nov 30, 2013 20:37:03 GMT -6
I have always been interested in these but I never have gotten around to reading them. Any particular recommendations?
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Post by vladtolenkov on Dec 5, 2013 12:02:34 GMT -6
I habitually haunt used bookstores, and so a while back I started looking for Norton's Witchworld books. I have now picked up six of the ace editions from the late 1970s or early 80s. I haven't stated reading them yet but I've got: Witchworld,Web of the Witchworld, Three Against the Witch World, Warlock of the Witchworld, Sorceress of the Witch World, and Zarthor's Bane. The only one I'd still like to get is Year of the Unicorn (which has been harder to locate).
I'm curious to dive into these.
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Post by kesher on Dec 19, 2013 15:15:06 GMT -6
Warlock of the Witchworld is an awesome, creepy book. I clearly remember finding it in my elementary school library (must've been the Ace ed.) and feeling like I'd discovered my own secret world...
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Sept 29, 2015 6:48:33 GMT -6
On a Witch World reading binge, started reading "Warding of the Witch World" which I think is the last in the Witch World books. There are several of the later ones I haven't read. Nice reading for a raining day with a cup of coffee Yes Warlock of the Witch World was one of the first of Andre Norton's books I read and is probably my all time favorite. There was a GURPS supplement book on the Witch World.
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Post by thorswulf on Sept 29, 2015 8:56:06 GMT -6
If you can find a copy of the GURPS Witchworld book do so! It is a treasure mine of gaming goodness!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 6:13:44 GMT -6
I never read anything Witch-World-y, but I greatly enjoyed the "Ithkar" series, which AN edited, together Robert "Horseclans" Adams. Is there any sort of connection between those two series, by the way?
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Oct 1, 2015 8:40:50 GMT -6
I don't believe so. Andre Norton became so popular with other writers that she was doing an unbelievable amount of collaboration. I hadn't known these were done with Robert Adams, I will have to check them out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 4:49:22 GMT -6
Thanks, man. Yeah, Ithkar was - solid. Not nearly on par with Thieves' World, IMO, but still entertaining enough. More in sync with the later, more fairy-tale-ish fantasy of the 2000s than many of the 80s' tales. More modern, if you will.
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