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The crew of the free trader, Solar Queen, stumbles upon a criminal operation that involves the attempted conquest of the entire galaxy.Tags
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The Solar Queen had made a deal to take over a postal run off one of the great interstellars in order to divert the eyes of the Patrol from what was a jinxed ship, if not a plague ship, However, this being the Queen, the course of trade is not smooth, starting with Dane nearly committing the ultimate sin of missing his ship after he'd gone to pick up a personal delivery. Making it back to the Queen just as she's about to lift, he and the rest of the crew are horrified to find a corpse bearing Dane's face. A nice straightforward story tells of a dangerous plot aimed at the structure of human space as the Queen's adventures once more attract the attentions of the Patrol.
A postal delivery pick-up goes disasterously wrong and when the Solar Queen arrives at its destination the crew discovers that they made their pick-up after all, and now must deal with the awful consequences.
I like the way Norton imagines life on semi-developed agricultural planets, and that her aliens really don't all look like humans.
I like the way Norton imagines life on semi-developed agricultural planets, and that her aliens really don't all look like humans.
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Born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton in 1934. She attended the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve) for a year then took evening courses in journalism and writing that were offered by Cleveland College, the adult division of show more the same university. Norton was a librarian for the Cleveland Library System then a reader at Gnome Press. After that position, she became a full-time writer. She is most noted for writing fantasy, in particular the Witch World series. Her first book The Prince of Commands was published in 1934. Other titles include Ralestone Luck, Magic in Ithkar, Voorloper, Uncharted Stars, The Gifts of Asti and All Cats are Gray. She also wrote under the pen names Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award. She has also received a Phoenix Award for overall writing achievement, a Jules Verne Award, and a Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award for her title The Elvenbane. In 1997 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She died on March 17, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Postmarked the Stars
- Original title
- Postmarked the Stars
- Original publication date
- 1969
- People/Characters
- Ali Kamil; Sinbad, ship's cat of the Solar Queen; Craig Tau (medic); Karl Kosti; Dane Thorson (Cargo-master-apprentice); Captain Jellico (show all 15); Kort Asaki (Chief Ranger); Frank Mura; Van Rycke; Rip Shannon; Johan Stotz; Craig Tau; Jasper Weeks; Steen Wilcox; Tang Ya
- Important places
- the Solar Queen; Xecho (fictional planet); Trewsworld (fictional planet)
- First words
- He was crawling on hands and knees through a world of steam, of greasy mud that sought to engulf him bodily.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Her new sister ship would have to learn to do the same.
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 9
