- Life on other planets, Juvenile fiction, Human-animal relationships, Human-animal communication
Deported from his own planet in a galactic war, Troy Horay was permitted to hire out as a daily laborer on Korwar, where he had been relocated. Temporary work in a strange interplanetary pet shop led Troy to the realization that with certain animals, he could hold wordless communication.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and unpretentious.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Andre Norton
- First published
- 1961
- Pages
- 193
- Publisher
- Ace Books, Puffin Books, Del Rey / Ballantine Books
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9781504025454
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Andre Norton was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of rug company owner and his wife. She began writing while she was in high school, and she was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper. She also wrote her first novel, Ralestone Luck, which was published in 1938. Her first published novel was The Prince Commands (1934). She graduated from high school in 1930 and began studying teaching at Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University. In 1932 she dropped out early due to economic conditions and began working for the Cleveland Library System. In 1934, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton, the pen name she had adopted to increase her m
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