Star Hunter is a typical Andre Norton buddy story about two characters who dont like each other very well. In fact, one of them has had the other brainwashed, to be passed off as the heir to a fortune .. and to be used as someones puppet. They end up trekking on foot across an unexplored planet, pursued by bizarre creatures, trying to figure out a mysterious alien device that has entrapped and killed all the humans who have come before. The relationship that develops between these two char...

Ashe Gordon and Ross Murdock, angry following the loss of their fellow agent and friend, Travis Fox on the planet Topaz, are on the planet Hawaikan, a warm planet that is mostly ocean, intent on setting up a time gate. The world is so different from what they expected after viewing the information from the alien ship that brought them to the planet, that they have decided to do a risky experiment and travel into the past of the planet. They are joined on this venture by two mutant dolphins...

The plot elements of this 1950s space adventure Star Born have been used, some would say abused, so many times it could be employed as a template for a course in Writing Your Own SF Novel. The genius of Andre Norton is her knack for taking a standard SF planetiary adventure and infusing it with solid characters and so many unusual plot escapades you cant resist turning the page to see how it all turns out.We start with exiles from a warring Earth founding a colony on Astra a habitu...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Storm Over Warlock.This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Andre Norton, which is now, at last, again available to you.Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Storm Over Warlock:On the other side of that was a small cut to a sloping hillside, giving on another valley, not as wide as ...

"The Collected Works of Andre Norton" is a comprehensive anthology showcasing the prolific and imaginative writing of the renowned science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton. Spanning a career that encompassed over five decades, Norton's works transport readers to fantastical realms, distant planets, and mysterious worlds teeming with adventure and wonder. From her iconic Witch World series to her engaging young adult novels and thrilling space operas, Norton captivates readers with h...

There is nothing quite like the type of space yarn that the great and greatly prolific Andre Norton wrote in the 1950s and 1960s. Well-crafted, colorful, exciting, with a wonderful sense of strangeness and awe to the settings and descriptions, these books never fail to delight, no matter how many times you read them.Even the elements which tend to date these novels add a sort of nostalgic charm that I find irresistable.If you have yet to get into Andre Norton, now is a good...

Plague Ship contains the second Solar Queen adventure. Nortons four-book series about the trader-crew of the Solar Queen ended in 1969 with Postmarked the Stars This remarkable Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and Nebula Grand Master just recently passed away after a long and extremely fruitful career (her first novel was published in 1934, her latest fantasy in 2005).Nortons Solar Queen stories are told from the viewpoint of Dane Thorson, an apprentice-Cargo Master who is introduce...

To gain perspective on when this novella was released, Kennedy is President and Khrushchev is in power. The first moon walk has not occurred yet and the Mets winning the world Series is several year away when this classic novella was released. It holds up well even with decades of incredible gains by the scientific and technological communities, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Some Cold War vestiges may seem outdated, yet nicely fit into the story line.Travis Fox and crew lan...

A SFWA Grandmaster Reimagines a Fantasy Masterpiece.Humans wear collars and Elves wear crowns. Dragons watch from the shadows while the world burns. Shana is the forbidden child of an immortal Elvenlord and a human slave. She was raised in secret by dragons who taught her mind-magic that makes even the old lizards flinch.The prophecy says she will be the spark that topples an empire. First she must escape the desert and the hunters who want her head. Shana ...

Can the crew of the Solar Queen survive being branded a plague ship?On the perfumed world of Sargol, apprentice cargo-master Dane Thorson and the Free Trader crew of the Solar Queen hope to secure a fortune in rare Koros stones. But rival corporate traders, alien customs, and a mysterious biological threat turn a promising bargain into a desperate fight for survival. When crew members fall into a strange coma and the ship is warned off as infected, Dane, Rip Shanno...

A groundbreaking collection from one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. This anthology brings together remarkable works that explore artificial intelligence, alternate realities, identity, technology, and the nature of human existence. Through imaginative storytelling and thought-provoking ideas, Philip K. Dick challenges readers to question reality and consider the future of humanity. Innovative, philosophical, and endlessly fascinating, these stories have inspir...

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? The Time Traders is the first book in Andre Norton's Time Traders series . First published in 1958 by World Publishing Co., The Time Traders is told from the perspective of Ross Murdock, a young criminal faced with a choice: be turned over to the new Rehabilitation Service or volunteer for a secret government project....