- American Short stories, 20th century, Fantasy, Fiction, science fiction, general
Collection of 13 short stories and novellas written between 1952 and 1985 samples the wide range of Nebula Grand Master Norton's (Tales of the witch world ) work. The first six entries, set in the Witch World universe, depict mostly female protagonists coping with aftermath of war made even more devastating by deployment of magic.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Andre Norton
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 500
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates, T. Doherty Associates, Tom Doherty Associates,INC.
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812547504
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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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