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Galactic Derelict (1959)

by Andre Norton

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Adventurous, but somewhat pointless. I do like Travis, aside from his understandable prickliness over "beads and warpaint". But...he falls into the group (was the canyon on the ranch's land? If not, whose land was it, and why did Travis think he could bring the cattle to water there?), gets forcibly recruited, has a nice past-time adventure. Then the three of them and the tech accidentally get shanghaied onto the ship and off into space (just lucky it wasn't time as well!). The tech remains pretty much a cipher throughout; so does Ashe, except as the trophy in the competition between Ross and Travis (I can't tell whether it's entirely in Ross's head or Travis really is trying to get close to Ashe). And Ross spends a lot of time displaying his nasty, greedy, over-anxious side. So there's a lot of space travel, some truly weird creatures and adventures, little to no character development, and they get home and the story ends. Plop. No real conclusion, just - whee, we're home! End. Not even debriefing. Frustrating, a bit. But I will no doubt read it again, the next time I want to read the series. ( )
  jjmcgaffey | Jun 18, 2012 |
Good fun from Ms. Norton. I really enjoy the cultures and aliens she creates. ( )
1 vote stevetempo | Jun 30, 2009 |
This was the first book I ever read. It gave me chills and thrills of something new with every chapter. Adventure into deep space into that held me as a kid, and yet survived to be readable in the digital age as a pure lite adventure for an adult. This story's writing holds firm and crisp enough to withstand time and technological advance. ( )
1 vote Caragen87 | Dec 28, 2008 |
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ARROWHEADS AND H BOMBS

Time-travel for archaeologists was a well-guarded secret; but when the remains of an interstellar spaceship are uncovered along with the usual fossils. the time agents must call on a modern Apache Indian, Travis Fox. to guide them in the ways of his ancestors in their trip to the past.

But the explorers become trapped in space as well as time, on a mad journey on an automatic starship: not even Travis Fox can tell whether any of them will ever see Earth again.
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"STRAP DOWN!

Travis grabbed at the protecting bands on his chair... The ship no longer felt inert and drifting - she was coming alive... Travis lay back, watching the vision plate. Now that the bright glare of the sun was gone he could pick up a smaller dot, for smaller than the star which nurtured it.
"Something tells me, boy," Renfry said in a small and hesitant voice "That's where we're going."
"Earth?" A warm surge of hope spread through Travis.
"An earth, maybe - but not ours."
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Three men undertake a perilous journey to investigate an alien spaceship wrecked during prehistoric times.

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