![]() Some believe it was the first fiction to deal with a post-nuclear holocaust world, but there is no reliable evidence to prove that.įors was of The Puma clan, of the People of the Eyrie in the Smoking Mountains. That’s reserved for Tunnel In the Sky by Heinlein. It was among the earliest science fiction I read. Though I own copies of both, I much prefer the former. It was published in 1952 and has also appeared under the title Star Man’s Son. A great many people believe them her best work. Her best known works are probably the Witch World titles, some thirty plus. Recurring themes were bonding between humans and animals, tribal societies, and the outdoors, whether on Earth or some exotic planet deep in space. ![]() ![]() She primarily wrote science fiction and fantasy, with an occasional historical thrown in, some three hundred plus novels. As much as I hate to admit it now, in my callow youth, I probably wouldn’t have read any of her books if I’d known a woman wrote them. The reason was that her books were intended for young boys and it was believed they would sell better if “written” by a man. She was born Alice Mary Norton in 1912 and legally changed it to Andre Alice Norton in 1934, writing under the male name of Andre Norton. ![]()
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