Chronicles of the Witch World
by Andre Norton
Witch World (Collections and Selections — omnibus 3, 5, 6)
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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
- 1965, 1967, 1968
- People/Characters
- Kyllan Tregarth; Kemoc Tregarth; Kaththea Tregarth
- Important places
- Estcarp, Witch World
- First words
- Three Against the Witch World
I am no song-smith to forge a blade of chant to send men roaring into battle, as the bards of the Sulcar ships do when those sea-serpents nose into enemy ports.
Warlock of the Witch World
It has been an oft-told story of our birthing that our mother, the Lady Jaelithe (she who put aside her witchhood in Estcarp to we the outland warrior, Simon Tregarth), did demand of some ... (show all)Power she served certain gifts for us, whom she bore in great and painful travail.
Sorceress of the Witch World
The freezing breath of the Ice Dragon was strong and harsh over the heights, for it was midwinter, and the dregs of a year which had been far from kind to me and mine. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Three Against the Witch World
But this was the beginning of that tale, the sowing of the seed from which came later harvest - and it was the story of us three.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Warlock of the Witch World
And our tale of three was not yet ended.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Sorceress of the Witch World
And out of the dust of years came a new awakening which was very rich and good.
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