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A young girl who has been sold as a slave to a trader wishing to do business with the Wyverns who rule the planet Warlock soon finds herself not only in contact with these strange beings but also involved in a mysterious internecine struggle she does not understand.Tags
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A very abused book I've had for more than 20 years and 10 moves. Sort of an "answer" to The Female Man by Joanna Russ, it is concerned at a thematic level with separatist feminism (set in a far future and alien races but the general theme is pretty easy to see). It speaks of what each gender might miss by excluding the other from full participation in the society.
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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
- Ordeal in otherwhere
- Original publication date
- 1964
- People/Characters
- Charis Nordholm; Tolskegg; Mazz; Jagan, Free Trader; Gellir, Cargomaster; Sheeha (show all 14); Tsstu; Wyverns; Gysmay; Shann Lantee; Taggi; Ragnar Thorvald; Gytha; Gidaya
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- Demeter (planet); Warlock (planet); the Citadel of the Wyverns
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- Charis crouched behind the stump, her thin hands pressed tight to the pain.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)This had she brought with her from the Otherwhere of the Wyverns and this she would need ever hereafter to be complete.
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