Andre Norton

Tales from High Hallack Volume One (eBook, ePUB)

The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton
Redaktion: Rabe, Jean

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A rich anthology of short stories from the Grand Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy. For decades, Andre Norton forged a truly individual legacy. Garnering a devoted legion of fans for her series, including the Witch World sagas, her boundless imagination and literary skill earned her numerous accolades including the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Award and World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, culminating with the establishment of her High Hallack Genre Writers' Research and Reference Library-an institution devoted to the betterment of the fantasy and science fiction genres. This collection is the first of three volumes that showcase her unforgettable talent. Stories include "The Last Spell," "Sword of Unbelief," "Earthborn: A Witch World Story," "That Which Overfloweth," "By a Hair," "The Gifts of Asti," "Falcon Blood," "The Dowry of the Rag Picker's Daughter," "All Cats Are Gray," "The Way Wind," "Black Irish," "The Boy and the Ogre," "Through the Needle's Eye," "The Toymaker's Snuffbox," "Ully the Piper," "Dream Smith," "One Spell Wizard," and "London Bridge."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781497656932
• Artikelnr.: 44627932

Autorenporträt

Andre Norton was one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many standalone novels, her tales of adventure have drawn countless readers to science fiction. Her fantasy novels, including the bestselling Witch World series, her Magic series, and many other unrelated novels, have been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. An Ohio native, Norton lived for many years in Winter Park, Florida, and died in March 2005 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Jean Rabe had the immense pleasure of co-authoring novels with Andre Norton: Taste of Magic, Dragon Mage, and Return to Quag Keep. She also edited an anthology with Norton, Renaissance Faire, and edited several of her short stories for various DAW Books anthologies. Rabe and Norton were friends, longtime pen pals, and shared books and stories about their cats and dogs. Rabe is the author of thirty fantasy and adventure novels, and many, many short stories.