@hairylarry
I'd only read the first Witch World book. At this point I have such a backlog of other stuff, I don't think I'll get around to the rest.

The other couple things of hers I liked a lot were less Sword & Sorcery:

* Here Abide Monsters - Kind of a modern, paranormal, interdimensonal tale. A little abrupt though.

* High Sorcery - Short story anthology. I remember really enjoying Toys of Tamisan.

#AndreNorton #SciFi #FantasyFiction

@hairylarry @shannonmcmaster
I second most of what you've listed, except Quag Keep. I found that book tedious and uninspiring (despite being essentially the first ever D&D novel).

Among Norton's (IMHO) more engaging work, I found Witch World fairly close to sword and sorcery (after the framing bit at least).

#SwordAndSorcery #AndreNorton

Happy #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈
Spotlight on the troubled genius that was Jeffrey Catherine Jones (1944-2011). Some treasures of mine along with an excellent biography and more artwork at the link.

#JeffreyCatherineJones #TheStudio #Pride #PrideMonth2023 #LeighBrackett #AndreNorton #AndrewOffutt #Illustration #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SF #SFF @fantasy

https://neotextcorp.com/culture/the-brushwork-of-idyl-hands-a-jeffrey-catherine-jones-gallery/

@CITIZEN_OCHOA @thebrand
IIRC 'Changeling: the Lost' had one group of gentry that were basically like 3 grey aliens. But that's about as close as I remember these games doing.

In non-game fiction, Andre Norton kind of mashed up UFOs and the fae in 'Here Abide Monsters'. The plot was not exactly very driven, but I thought it played with some interesting images and ideas.

#ChangelingTheLost #AndreNorton #Fae #Fey #UFOs

@crcollins Andre Norton's Breed to Come. I think my uncle gave it to me after giving me The Foundation Trilogy. I cannot credit it with eventually causing me to become a #SF #author, but it did help start me down the path. The book featured intelligent cats, and I had a #cat as a pet. It also introduced me to the concept of aliens and anthropomorphized characters as powerful stand-ins for people to tell gut wrenching stories. Andre Norton is a hero for me because she was so successful, despite having to take a male name to sell her books. If you like good space opera and fun characters, find her books and read them.

#andrenorton #books

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #AndreNorton

Today is Andre Norton's Birthday

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Norton

Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. The first woman to be Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy, and to be inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

I have a copy of "Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D" for sale here:

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31108099374
or
https://astralcomputing.com

#SwordandSorcerySunday
DAW Books 1979. Cover by “JAD” (Josep Antonio Domingo). Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, Tanith Lee, Andre Norton and others.

#DAW #SwordandSorcery #Fantasy #REH #SFF #ManlyWadeWellman #TanithLee #AndreNorton @fantasy
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?16965

Picked up some Andre Norton. It occurs to me that the only Norton I can remember reading was Witch World. #AndreNorton

@Melody_M As an #SF&F author, I've got some opinions about books in the genre!

I am not seeing all the replies, but I know someone recommended On Basilisk Station by #DavidWeber. This starts a fabulous space opera series with the main character a young naval officer named #HonorHarrington. The spin-offs are good, too. Your profile indicates some military background, so you'll appreciate it more. With a name like "Honor," you can bet ethics and principles come up a lot, and how this conflicts with winning or whether your side is good or bad. The subtext highlights the tensions between western cultures in our age, and how modern nations may look the same if you look at their cities—but Germany, the US, UAE, and Saudi Arabia are quite different when you look closer, and so is how they express their might.

For pure fantasy, assuming you're new to the genres, why not find #AnneMcCaffery's Dragon series? The spin-offs are good, if you can't get enough. I like #AndreNorton, but her series are retro and may be harder to find than Anne's, with some not in print.

For #urbanfantasy and books you can buy now, I cannot recommend #PatricaBriggs Mercy Thompson series enough. #Fairies, #Werewolves, and #Vampires coming out to modern society (mostly) and in a way that feels visceral and real. Romance, adventure, and coming of age.

As a #ClarionWest grad, I'd like to recommend two of my cohort to you, not just because I now them, but they're stories are amazing—and they are great human beings.

James S.A. Corey (1/2 a pen name for #DanielAbraham). The #Expanse series is hardcore SF at its #Heinlein best. Peak at Daniel's fantasy book, too! Look for the third name he publishes under, and you'll find great, snarky, urban fantasy. References to #PinkMartini, anyone?

#DianaRowland writes urban fantasy, but with the background of a former police officer (I think she made detective). Start with My Life as a White Trash Zombie for a #zombie coroner. Maybe a conflict of interest there? Start with Mark of the Demon for a #demon summoner who's also a detective, with, again, some conflicts of interest. Adventure, mystery, and romance, too.

If someone asks nicely, I may recommend my book.

#books
#booksuggestions
#mastoread

#7books (fiction) from my #Childhood #Library that I re-read over and over:
#SomedayAngeline, by #LouisSachar; #Outside, by #AndréNorton; #AParcelOfPatterns, #JillPatonWalsh; #ATravellerInTime, #AlisonUttley; #MurderOnTheCanadian, #EricWilson; #Eloise, #KayThompson; #EmilyOfNewMoon, #LucyMaudMontgomery.
What are yours?

5-7 of my favorite authors for #bookstodon, why not:

#MarthaWells
#TerryPrachett
#cjcherryh
#LouisePenny
#DickFrancis
#rickriordan
#AndreNorton

@unamccormack Here are a few of mine!

Past faves:
#UrsulaKLeGuin 🤝
#AndreNorton
#RobertEHoward
#FritzLeiber

Current faves:
#NealStephenson
#NeilGaiman
#BryanCamp
#TracyTownsend

Also a special shout-out to #BruceSterling (@bruces ) for writing THE HACKER CRACKDOWN, one of my all-time favorite nonfiction books.

It was really hard to settle on just 5-7 favorite authors for the #Bookstodon lists being shared! Like picking between favorite children...

#AndreNorton
#GuyGavrielKay
#AnneMcCaffrey
#StevenBrust
#TanyaHuff
#AndyWeir
#AlanDeanFoster

(I had to throw Weekes, Zahn, Eddings, Cherryh, Weber, Wexler, Jordan, Gaiman, Aaronovitch, Hobb, McKinley, Rothfuss, McKillip, Lackey, LeGuin, Zelazny, Hambly, Feist, Drake, Campbell, Butcher and so many more great authors under the bus)