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Centuries after civilization destroyed itself in a final war, Fors is driven from his clan for the crime of being a mutant. Having nothing to lose, Fors and his feline companion trek north towards incredible danger and a staggering discovery.Tags
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A reprint which brings together two of Norton's classic stories, this was a great idea by publishers. While neither story is Norton's best work, together they read more coherently, and it's always a trip to attempt to decipher which city's ruins the explorers are poking through. Plus, who can resist Siamese cats, fishers and coyotes grown intelligent and super-size? Still enjoyable after all these years.
Not one of her best but not a bad pair of stories. These two are set in a post-apocalyptic earth, where humanity has regressed to an earlier existence and shares the world with other humanoid creatures. These are two quest stories and quite typical of Andre Norton.
The first story is that of Fors who is driven from his tribe because he is a mutant and mutants are feared by his tribe. He searches for knowledge of the past and past knowledge.
In the second story Sander searches for the Before People who are supposed to have survived the great devastation. He encounters Fanyl who is also on a quest for the same people, with different motives. They fight a very strong evil together.
It's pretty standard stuff for Andre Norton.
The first story is that of Fors who is driven from his tribe because he is a mutant and mutants are feared by his tribe. He searches for knowledge of the past and past knowledge.
In the second story Sander searches for the Before People who are supposed to have survived the great devastation. He encounters Fanyl who is also on a quest for the same people, with different motives. They fight a very strong evil together.
It's pretty standard stuff for Andre Norton.
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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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- Darkness & Dawn
- Original publication date
- 2003 (omnibus Darkness and Dawn) (omnibus Darkness and Dawn)
- People/Characters
- Arskane; Fors (Puma Clan); Jarl (Star Captain); Lura (cat); Marphy
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- the Eyrie (fictional)
- First words
- A night mist which was almost fog-thick still wrapped most of the Eyrie in a cottony curtain. (Starman's Son)
The thick plume of the greasy-looking black smoke rising from beyond the ridge was warning enough. (No Night Without Stars) - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)For now was born a new star and from it would follow what no man standing there that night might rightly foresee - not even he who wore it as a trust. (Daybreak - 2250 A.D.)
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"No night lasts forever." (No night without stars) - Disambiguation notice
- DARKNESS AND DAWN is an omnibus containing STARMAN'S SON. (reprinted as DAYBREAK 2250 AD) and NO NIGHT WITHOUT STARS.
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