Star Guard by Andre Norton Star Soldiers (2001 Baen Books, 2021 Tantor Media) contains the two related stand-alone stories Star Guard (1955) and Star Rangers (1953) which together are known as the CENTRAL CONTROL novels. I’m reviewing them separately since that’s how they were originally published. I’ve read more than 20 Andre Norton novels and […]
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Star Rangers by Andre Norton Star Rangers (1953) (aka The Last Planet) is the second of Andre Norton’s stand-alone novels included in Star Soldiers, an omnibus released in print by Baen Books in 2001 and in audiobook format by Tantor Media in March 2021. Star Soldiers also includes the novel Star Guard (1955). These two […]
Read MoreKat Hooper and Bill Capossere´s rating: 4, 5 | Andre Norton | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
The Stars are Ours by Andre Norton Tantor Media has been publishing the omnibus editions of Andre Norton’s science-fiction adventures in audiobook format. The omnibus (originally published by Baen) called Star Flight contains the novels The Stars are Ours and Star Born (the PAX/ASTRA duology). Both novels are set in the same universe (ours, actually) […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Andre Norton | Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Star Born by Andre Norton Andre Norton’s Star Born was originally published in 1957. In 2013 it was combined with the related prequel The Stars are Ours and released as Baen’s Star Flight omnibus. Now Tantor Media has published Star Flight in audio format with excellent narration by Ryan Burke. You don’t need to read […]
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Sargasso of Space by Andre Norton Sargasso of Space is the opening novel in Andre Norton’s so-called DANE THORSON (SOLAR QUEEN) series, and is a fine introduction to the books that follow. In this first volume we meet Dane Thorson, a young cargo-apprentice who is assigned (by mechanical Psycho selection) to the trader ship Solar […]
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Plague Ship by Andre Norton Plague Ship (1956) is the second installment in Andre Norton’s so-called DANE THORSON (SOLAR QUEEN) series, and is a direct continuation of the previous volume, Sargasso of Space. (A reading of that earlier novel is highly recommended before going into this one.) Plague Ship does everything that a good sci-fi […]
Read MoreSandy Ferber´s rating: 4.5 | Andre Norton | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Voodoo Planet by Andre Norton Voodoo Planet (1959), the third installment of the DANE THORSON / SOLAR QUEEN series, is a rather weak entry in this otherwise terrific bunch of books. Here, Dane, Captain Jellico, and Medic Tau are stranded on Khatka, a planet that had been settled many years ago by Africans after the […]
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The Crossroads of Time by Andre Norton Recently, Tantor Audio has been releasing audiobook editions of many of Andre Norton’s stories which have been combined in omnibus editions originally published by Baen Books. I’ve been reviewing each novel separately because that’s our preference here at Fantasy Literature, but I love that readers can purchase these […]
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Quest Crosstime by Andre Norton Quest Crosstime (1965) is Andre Norton’s second and final story about Blake Walker, a man who has the precognitive ability to sense when he’s in danger. Quest Crosstime is combined with The Crossroads of Time (1956), the first novel about Blake Walker, in the Crosstime omnibus which was published by […]
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Sea Siege by Andre Norton In the mid-20th century, Griffith lives in the West Indies with his father, a famous scientist who studies marine biology. Griffith, who helps his father with his research, thinks the work is pretty boring. He hopes to go back to America soon to attend the Air Force Academy. Griff suddenly […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Andre Norton | Audio, Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Star Gate by Andre Norton Kincar’s grandfather, the warlord of their Gorthian clan, is on his deathbed. Kincar assumes that he and his half-brother will soon be forced to contend for leadership of the clan but, before he dies, his grandfather informs Kincar that Kincar’s father was a Star Lord, one of the mighty (human) […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 5 comments |
The Time Traders by Andre Norton Ross Murdock just can’t follow the rules, so he keeps getting in trouble with the law. He’s arrogant, rebellious, independent, smart, competent, and proud. That makes him the perfect recruit for the government’s secret Time Traders program, so when they offer Ross the option to either join up or […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio, Free!, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
The Defiant Agents by Andre Norton The Defiant Agents is the third book in Andre Norton’s TIME TRADERS series about a secret United States government program that uses time travel to solve geopolitical problems, especially those involving the Cold War with the Russians. In the first book, The Time Traders, we met Ross Murdock, a […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | Andre Norton | Audio, Free!, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
Key Out of Time by Andre Norton Key Out of Time is the fourth book in Andre Norton’s TIME TRADERS series. Ross Murdock is once again the hero (he was not present in the previous book). This time he’s on the planet Hawaika which is being settled by the United States. Ross is accompanied by […]
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The Beast Master by Andre Norton I first found Andre Norton on the shelves of my elementary school library in fourth grade. I have no idea which of her novels was the first one I read. I just know whichever one it was, it was far from the last. One after the other, bound only […]
Read MoreBill Capossere´s rating: 3.5 | Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton Shan Lantee considers himself very lucky to be part of the Terran survey team on the planet Warlock. It’s too bad that nobody pays any attention to him. He’s the youngest and most inexperienced member of the team, so he has to do all the bad jobs that nobody […]
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The Sioux Spaceman by Andre Norton Tantor Media has published an audio version of Baen’s The Game of Stars and Comets (2009), an omnibus that contains these four novels by Andre Norton: The Sioux Spaceman (1960), Eye of the Monster (1962), The X Factor (1965), and Voorloper (1980). Each of these short novels stands alone […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
Eye of the Monster by Andre Norton Tantor Media has published an audio version of Baen’s The Game of Stars and Comets (2009), an omnibus that contains these four novels by Andre Norton: The Sioux Spaceman (1960), Eye of the Monster (1962), The X Factor (1965), and Voorloper (1980). Each of these short novels stands […]
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The X Factor by Andre Norton The X Factor (1965) is the third short novel contained in The Game of Stars and Comets (2009), Baen’s omnibus of Norton stories that also contains The Sioux Spaceman (1960), Eye of the Monster (1962), and Voorloper (1980). Tantor Media has recently published an audio version of the omnibus, […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Voorloper by Andre Norton Voorloper (1980) is the last novel collected in The Game of Stars and Comets (2009), Baen’s omnibus of Andre Norton stories. I’ve been reviewing the books individually (because they were originally released as separate novels), but it’s cost-effective and convenient to purchase them in the omnibus edition. Specifically, I’m reviewing Tantor […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Catseye by Andre Norton Andre Norton’s novels are always a good option when you’re in the mood for an exciting, fast-paced, imaginative, and family-friendly adventure story. This one stars Troy Horan, a young man who lives hand-to-mouth in a ghetto called The Dipple on the luxury planet of Korwar. He’s a refugee from his home […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
Witch World (on audio) by Andre Norton Simon Tregarth knows he’s about to die — he’s being hunted down by a professional assassin and he has a “feeling” that it’s going to happen tonight. But then the infamous Doctor Petronius interrupts Simon as he’s savoring his last meal and offers him an escape. Dr. Petronius’s […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Andre Norton | Audio | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Web of the Witch World by Andre Norton Web of the Witch World continues the story of Simon Tregarth, the modern man who escaped assassination by coming through a gate into the Witch World, and Jaelithe, a witch of Estcarp, as they fight the strange enemy who are invading their land. At the end of […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Andre Norton | Audio | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Year of the Unicorn by Andre Norton Year of the Unicorn, third in Andre Norton’s Witch World saga, is a departure from the first two novels. It’s the story of Gillan, a girl with no family and an unknown heritage who has grown up in an abbey in High Hallack, far from the places we […]
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Night of Masks by Andre Norton Nik Colherne lives in the Dipple, a planet-side slum that serves as the opening setting for a few of Andre Norton’s novels. Nik survived a fiery crash that left him orphaned and with a disfigured face that others find abhorrent. Rejected and friendless, Nik is targeted by the Thieves’ […]
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Judgment on Janus by Andre Norton Naill Renfro lives in The Dipple, a ghetto on the pleasure planet of Korwar (same setting as in Catseye). He and his mother arrived there years ago as refugees when their home was destroyed by a space war. Now his mother is dying and she’s in a lot of pain […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Victory on Janus by Andre Norton Victory on Janus (1966) is the sequel to Andre Norton’s Judgment on Janus (1963). The two novels make up the JANUS duology (Baen, 2002) which has recently been published by Tantor Media as an audiobook (2021). Gabriel Vaughan, the narrator, gives an excellent performance. In Judgment on Janus, we […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | Andre Norton | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Moon of Three Rings by Andre Norton Krip Vorlund, an assistant cargo master on a trade ship, is visiting a beast show with some of his crewmates on a frontier planet called Yiktor. There he meets a woman named Maelen who takes care of the little furry creatures that perform in the show. It’s obvious […]
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Exiles of the Stars by Andre Norton Exiles of the Stars (1971) is the second novel in Andre Norton’s MOONSINGER or MOON MAGIC series and a direct sequel to the first book, Moon of Three Rings (1966). These two novels have been combined into an omnibus edition called Moonsinger which was published in print in […]
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Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton Flight in Yiktor (1986) is the third novel in Andre Norton’s MOONSINGER series. It’s bundled with the fourth novel, Dare to Go A-Hunting, in an omnibus edition titled Moonsinger’s Quest which was published by Baen in 2013 and, in audio format, by Tantor Media in 2021. It’s not necessary […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Dare to Go A-Hunting by Andre Norton The final novel in Andre Norton’s MOONSINGER series is Dare to Go A-Hunting (1989), which is packaged with the previous novel, Flight in Yiktor, in the Baen omnibus edition called Moonsinger’s Quest (2013). I’ve been listening to the excellent audiobook editions narrated by Chris Abernathy and published in […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Andre Norton | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Dark Piper by Andre Norton A decade-long war is finally over and the people who live on the planet of Beltane are relieved. During the war, Beltane, where many scientists lived, was recruited for the war effort and served, unwillingly, as an experimental lab. After the war, most of the scientists left the planet, creating […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Andre Norton | Audio, Children, Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Dread Companion by Andre Norton In the far future, a young woman named Kilda thinks it’s unfortunate that she was born as a woman because she’s expected to do what every woman on her planet does – get married and have children. Kilda wants to travel and learn, so she appeals to her teacher, a […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Android at Arms by Andre Norton This year Tantor Media has been producing audio editions of the Baen omnibus collections of Andre Norton’s science fiction stories. Gods and Androids (2004 in print, 2021 in audio) contains the two novels Android at Arms (1971) and Wraiths of Time (1975). I am reviewing the novels separately because […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Wraiths of time by Andre Norton Tallahassee (Tally) Mitford, a graduate student who studies archaeology and African history, has been asked to examine some Egyptian artifacts that appear to be very old, important, powerful, and radioactive. When one of the relics pulls her into a parallel universe, Tally finds herself in Meroë, an ancient Nubian […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Andre Norton | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Black Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, Andre Norton At first glance, Black Trillium looks like an interesting project: three leading female authors of speculative fiction — Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May and Andre Norton — writing a book together. After having read it, I don’t think the result is a resounding success. It still […]
Read MoreRob Weber´s rating: 2 | Andre Norton, Julian May, Marion Zimmer Bradley | SFF Reviews | | 5 comments |
Elvenbane by Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey In the world of Elvenbane, elves have subjugated humanity because… well, they’re elves, frankly: magical and long-lived and perfectly capable of taking what they want. Apparently having served as the unselfish goodie-goodies one too many times, elves have instead been refreshingly cast as the fantasy version of the […]
Read MoreTim Scheidler´s rating: 2 | Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey | SFF Reviews | | 6 comments |
The Shadows of Albion by Andre Norton & Rosemary Edghill I’ve heard others gripe that this book is basically fluff. Well, yes, it’s light, but that’s part of what I liked about it. I’ve read a lot of serious (and sometimes depressing) books lately, and this one was a much-needed cool breeze of just plain […]
Read MoreKelly Lasiter´s rating: 4 | Andre Norton, Rosemary Edghill | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Leopard in Exile by Andre Norton & Rosemary Edghill Is it a bad sign that I just finished Leopard in Exile the night before last, and now I’m hard-pressed to remember much of the plot? This book’s predecessor, Shadow of Albion, was fun in a light sort of way, with the promise of sequels that […]
Read MoreKelly Lasiter´s rating: 2 | Andre Norton, Rosemary Edghill | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about. “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Liu) (2015, free at Uncanny Magazine) Hao Jingfang’s novella “Folding Beijing” stayed with me long after I finished reading it. […]
Read MoreMarion Deeds, Tadiana Jones, João Eira and Kat Hooper | Andre Norton, Hao Jingfang, Ken Liu | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about. “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” by Rachel Swirsky (2013, free at Apex Magazine) Rachel Swirsky‘s “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” is […]
Read MoreIt’s time again for one of our favorite games! Please help us rename the horrible cover of this book by Grande Dame Andre Norton. The author of the new title we like best wins a book from the FanLit Stacks. Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat. We love this […]
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These are series which were begun by Andre Norton and finished by Jean Rabe. The Magic Sequence — (1965-2008) Begun by Andre Norton and finished by Jean Rabe. Publisher: Ages 9-12. Publisher: A final stand for Avalon… Sara, Greg, and Eric Lowry are exploring the woods near their uncle’s Hudson Valley estate when they are magically transported to the […]
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The Jekyll Legacy — (1990) Robert Bloch and Andre Norton. Publisher: After arriving in England to claim her inheritance, Hester Jekyll, niece of Dr. Henry Jekyll, discovers she gets nothing, and suddenly her friends are untrustworthy and aloof. Hester becomes entangled in her uncle’s mysterious past, and a series of brutal deaths cause her to […]
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