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Having once been human, the transformed Ifts of Janus each share the memory of a human. But the Iftin memories are stronger and leave the changelings unprepared for the evil danger which threatens them.Tags
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This book is actually slightly less mystical than the earlier book in the series, though it doesn't actually look this way initially as Ayyar, formerly Naill. is woken from his winter hibernation by a sense of dread traced down to the mass destruction of the Forest that sustained the reborn Ift. Rather strangely, the Garthmen and the people of the port appeared to be working together in defiance of the diehard beliefs of the former group. Ayyar and his fellow Ift find that this is a stratagem of THAT, their ancient adversary. After the final destruction of their last stronghold on the mainland, the Ift penetrate IT's heartland where they find that IT was creating robotic duplicates of the people IT had been attracting to IT. It's up to show more Ayyar and the buried memories of Naill and the human memories of his companions to defeat once and for all their ancient enemy.
There is a bit too much of Ayyar and his companions managing to barely survive by the skins of their teeth to mak ethis a fully convincing story but it was still a good read show less
There is a bit too much of Ayyar and his companions managing to barely survive by the skins of their teeth to mak ethis a fully convincing story but it was still a good read show less
A continuation of the story started in Judgement on Janus. The nature-centered Ift are besieged by That Which Lies Beyond and it's ancient technology. As Ayyar penetrates into It's power center he discovers centuries of prisoners, used as the templates for robots.
re-read 7/10/2023
re-read 7/10/2023
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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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- Original publication date
- 1966
- People/Characters
- Ayyar; Illylle; Ashla; Nial Renfro
- Important places
- the Mirror of Thanth, Janus; the White Forest, Janus
- First words
- A winter sun was sullen red over Janus.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And they went from that glade singing the song of Kymon, as was fitting on a day of such victory.
- Disambiguation notice
- Andre Norton began her writing career as Andrew North
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