Sender: John C. Wenn:ES AE:Xerox
Date: 18 Dec 88 17:03:47 PST (Sunday)
Subject: Author Lists: Andre Norton
From: JWenn
To: SF-LOVERS%rutgers:EDU
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To the best of my knowledge, Andre Norton has never won a major award for
fiction (although she has had two Hugo nominations).  Paradoxically, she
has won every Life-Achivement award given in SF.  This illustrates that the
body of Andre Norton's work is more important than any particular story.
The first book DAW published was a Witch World novel.  The first book Tor
published was "Forerunner"

Probably as many kids have gotten hooked on SF by reading a Norton story as
reading any other author (Heinlein is probably tied for this honor).
Virtually all of her characters must go through some rite of passage,
making her work appealing to juveniles.  Personally, I really like Norton's
work (if anyone could tell me where to get a copy of "Day of the Ness",
"Outside", "Rogue Reynard" and "Star Ka'at and the Winged Warriors" I'ld
have a complete set of her SF).  In her books, science and technology
always take a back seat to plot and character.  And while she isn't a great
prose stylist, her style is effective in presenting her story.  And to me,
Andre Norton is a great *STORY-TELLER*.

She writes both SF and Fantasy, and her stories are set in a wide variety
of settings, aliens, cultures and technologies.  Her most famous fantasy
work is the Witch World series.  This divides into two separate cycles:
Halleck & Estcarp.  I prefer the Estcarp stories myself.

Although Witch World is better known, most of her SF is science fiction.
And most of her science fiction is space opera (in the best possible
sense):  men bravely exploring the outer reaches of the galaxy, finding
strange artifacts, meeting alien races and struggling against overwhelming
odds.  While her many SF books aren't really part of a single series, they
do share a common background:  The rise and fall of the human galactic
empire, where many alien races co-exist and the ruins of other, older
empires ("Forerunners") are scattered with odd and powerful artifacts.
Psychic powers and partnerships with alien/animals are prominent.  These
stories take place anytime & anywhere in this history, with little details
(the game of stars and comets) adding to the flavor.

Listed below are her ~95 SF books, plus her ~22 non-SF books.  Most of the
non-SF are historical fiction with no obvious fantastic element.  A number
of these have been marketed as SF anyway (If C. J. Cherryh's "The Paladin"
[a fine historical novel, by the way] can be marketed as fantasy, I can
include Andre Norton's historical novels in my listing).

[A] == Anthology. (A bunch of stories written by other people)
[C] == Short Story Collection.
[CP] == Chapbook (a very short book, or pamphlet)..
[J] == The book is for juveniles (however you define them)
[O] == Omnibus.  Includes other books.
aka == Also known by this other title.
includes == This book wholely includes the other

/John

arpa: [email protected]

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Norton, Andre [U.S.A., 1912- ] [born Alice Mary Norton, legally changed]
   The Magic Sequence: [J]
       The Magic Books [1988] [O]
           Steel Magic [1965] [aka "Gray Magic"]
           Fur Magic [1968]
           Octagon Magic [1967]
       Dragon Magic [1972]
       Lavender-Green Magic [1974]
       Red Hart Magic [1976]
   The Witch World Series:
       Estcarp Cycle:
           Witch World [1963]
           Web of the Witch World [1964]
           Three Against the Witch World [1965]
           Warlock of the Witch World [1967]
           Sorceress of the Witch World [1968]
           The Trey of Swords [1977] [C]
           'Ware Hawk [1983]
           The Gate of the Cat [1987]
       High Hallack Cycle:
           The Gryphon Saga: [concluded by Norton & Crispin]
               The Crystal Gryphon [1972]
               The Gryphon in Glory [1981]
           The Year of the Unicorn [1965]
           Spell of the Witch World [1972] [C]
           The Jargoon Pard [1974]
           Zarsthor's Bane [1978]
           Horn Crown [1981]
       Both Estcarp and High Hallack Cycles:
           Lore of the Witch World [1980] [C]
           Tales of the Witch World [1987] [A]
           Tales of the Witch World 2 [1988] [A]
           Four From the Witch World [1989] [A]
   The Ross Murdock/Time War Series:
       The Time Traders [1958]
       Galactic Derelict [1959]
       The Defiant Agents [1962]
       Key Out of Time [1963]
   The Central Control Series:
       Star Rangers [1953] [aka "The Last Planet"]
       Star Guard [1955]
   The Pax/Astra Series:
       The Stars are Ours! [1954]
       Star Born [1957]
   The Janus Series:
       Judgement on Janus [1963]
       Victory on Janus [1966]
   The Solar Queen Series: [first three as Andrew North]
       Sargasso of Space [1955]
       Plague Ship [1956]
       Voodoo Planet [1959]
       Postmarked the Stars [1969]
   The Blake Walker Series:
       The Crossroads of Time [1956]
       Quest Crosstime [1965] [aka "Crosstime Agent"]
   The Jern Murdock Series:
       The Zero Stone [1968]
       Uncharted Stars [1969]
   The Free Traders Series:
       Moon of Three Rings [1966]
       Exiles of the Stars [1971]
       Flight in Yiktor [1986]
   The Hosteem Storm Series:
       The Beast Master [1959]
       Lord of Thunder [1962]
   The Forerunner/Shan Lantee Series:
       Storm Over Warlock [1960]
       Ordeal in Otherwhere [1964]
       Forerunner Foray [1973]
       Forerunner [1981]
       Forerunner: The Second Venture [1985]
   Rogue Reynard [1947]
   Huorn of the Horn [1951]
   Star Man's Son 2250 A.D. [1952] [aka "Daybreak -- 2250 A.D."]
   Sea Siege [1957]
   Star Gate [1958]
   Secret of the Lost Race [1959] [aka "Wolfshead"]
   The Sioux Spacemen [1960]
   Catseye [1961]
   Star Hunter [1961]
   Eye of the Monster [1962]
   Night of Masks [1964]
   Operation Time Search [1967]
   The X Factor [1968]
   Dark Piper [1968]
   Dread Companion [1970]
   Ice Crown [1970]
   High Sorcery [1970] [C]
   Android at Arms [1971]
   Breed to Come [1972]
   Garan the Eternal [1972] [C]
   Here Abide Monsters [1973]
   Iron Cage [1974]
   The Many Worlds of Andre Norton [1974] [aka "The Book of Andre Norton"] [C]
   Knave of Dreams [1975]
   Merlin's Mirror [1975]
   No Night Without Stars [1975]
   Outside [1975]
   Perilous Dreams [1976] [C]
   Wraiths of Time [1976]
   The Opal-Eyed Fan [1977]
   Quag Keep [1978]
   Yurth Burden [1978]
   Voorloper [1980]
   Moon Calling [1982]
   Wheel of Stars [1983]
   Serpent's Tooth [1987] [CP]
   Moon Mirror [1988] [C] [includes "Outside"]
Norton, Andre & Crispin, A[nn] C.
   Gryphon's Eyrie [1984] [Conclusion to Gryphon Witch World Saga by
Norton]
Norton, Andre & Gilbert, Michael
   The Day of the Ness [1975]
Norton, Andre & Madler, Dorothy
   The Star Ka'at Series:
       Star Ka'at [1976]
       Star Ka'at World [1978]
       Star Ka'at and the Plant People [1979]
       Star Ka'at and the Winged Warriors [1981]
Norton, Andre & Miller, Phyllis
   House of Shadows [1984]
   Seven Spells to Sunday [1979]


[Not SF]
   The Drew Rennie Series:
       Ride Proud Rebel [1961]
       Rebel Spurs [1962]
   The Lorens van Norreys Series:
       The Sword is Drawn [1944]
       Sword in Sheath [1949] [aka "Island of the Lost]
       At Swords' Point [1954]
   The Prince Commands [1934]
   Ralestone Luck [1938]
   Follow the Drum [1942]
   Scarface [1948]
   Yankee Privateer [1955]
   Stand to Horse [1956]
   Shadow Hawk [1960]
   The White Jade Fox [1975]
   Velvet Shadows [1977]
   Snow Shadow [1979]
   Iron Butterflies [1980]
   Ten Mile Treasure [1981]
   Stand & Deliver [1984]
Norton, Andre & Cushing, Enid
   Caroline [1982]
Norton, Andre & Hogarth, Grace
   Murders For Sale [1954] [as Allen Weston]
Norton, Andre & Miller, Phyllis
   Ride the Green Dragon [1985]
Norton, Andre & Norton, Bertha
   Bertie and May [1969]

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