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Summary: My virgin Andre Norton voyage !
Review: This was the first Andre I ever read, and I still have it, a little ragged and discolored. I am now a grandmother, and look forward to hooking my grandson on reading the sci-fi masters, as I did with our sons. This book took me to another world, and left me wanting more of it.
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Summary: Also Read this Ages Ago
Review: Wow, so many read this story so long ago and loved it, too. I'm 42 and read this book when I was a 7th grader. I still have my original copy! I've read it perhaps eight or nine times since then, although it became more and more dated and the pages more and more brittle with each read. Regardless, Ms. Norton brilliantly captured Fors' quest and his sense of alienation. It was the sheer adventure and the characterization that's most important in this story, not the socio-political backdrop that somewhat shadows the storyline. When I found out that Andre Norton was female (when I was a teen) I was amazed that she was able to get inside of Fors' head (who's male) so well. The mark of writing genius, if you ask me. This book is truly is one of the classics of all of S/F. And this is the story that totally hooked me in the genre.
Rating:
Summary: Also Read this Ages Ago
Review: Wow, so many read this story so long ago and loved it, too. I'm 42 and read this book when I was a 7th grader. I still have my original copy! I've read it perhaps eight or nine times since then, although it became more and more dated and the pages more and more brittle with each read. Regardless, Ms. Norton brilliantly captured Fors' quest and his sense of alienation. It was the sheer adventure and the characterization that's most important in this story, not the socio-political backdrop that somewhat shadows the storyline. When I found out that Andre Norton was female (when I was a teen) I was amazed that she was able to get inside of Fors' head (who's male) so well. The mark of writing genius, if you ask me. This book is truly is one of the classics of all of S/F. And this is the story that totally hooked me in the genre.
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