Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton

by Jane Yolen, Katherine Kurtz, Anne McCaffrey, et al.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312943261
• ISBN13: 9780312943264
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Bluejay Books
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

15 short stories, written for rather than by Andre Norton

This anthology is dedicated to Andre Norton; all the stories herein are the type that Ms. Norton herself would like to read. Here I've ordered them alphabetically. Schwartz also provides an introduction, and Joan D. Vinge an open letter to Andre Norton. Anderson, Poul "The Forest" - Set in the Stone Age (see author's note for details). Thunder Horse's people face an age of change: the Land is changing from steppe to forest as the glaciers retreat; either they must follow the reindeer north, or venture south into the forests. Thunder Horse, no longer in first youth but one of the few who doesn't fear the uncanny forest, ventures south to see what - or who - may be there before the tribe makes a decision. Bradley, Marion Zimmer "Sea Wrack" - See Bradley's short story collection LYTHANDE. Carr, Jayge "The Price of Lightning" - The backstory of a character from HECATE'S CAULDRON: how Brancel (born a prince) first set his feet on the path to wisdom rather than political power. Cherryh, C.J. "Of Law and Magic" - Melot never had any luck - she waits tables and worries about her little brother Gatan, the wizard. But she's tough; when two older wizards prepare to duel over him, she calls on Dr. Toth, the "lawyer" consulted by all the wizards of Leincester. But Dr. Toth isn't a solicitor: he practices the law of nature. First-class story; I hope Cherryh returns to this setting. Clayton, Jo "Team Venture" - Arryn and her companions Horse (whose equine body covers an analytic mind and scientific curiosity), the independent Cat, and free-flying Hawk were bound into their bodies and exiled to wander between realities by the Judges of Savastorn a dozen years ago. But one member of the team isn't so easy to live with: the other half of Arryn's soul, Nys-within. Moonwitch and murderess, bound into one flesh - the answer to a prophecy they know nothing about. Duane, Diane "Lior and the Sea" - A short story set in the world of TALE OF THE FIVE, but not concerning any of the characters in THE DOOR INTO FIRE/SHADOW/SUNSET. Orphaned as a child, Lior was found to have Fire and accepted training as a Rodmistress. She had already lost what she loved most, and rather than taking up a prestigious practice, she returned to the little fishing village where she grew up, and came to know the moods of the sea better than those of any human being. When one night she couldn't persuade it not to throw a stormy tantrum, she decided to offer the sea a dare. Kurtz, Katharine "Catalyst" - First written for this collection as a coming-of-age story containing a few cats; set in Camber MacRorie's household 15 years before CAMBER OF CULDI. "Catalyst" was later included in THE DERYNI ARCHIVES (see). Lee, Tanith "The Pale Girl, the Dark Mage, and the Green Sea" - More a poem than a short story. The young witch fell hopelessly in love with the mage living in a tower by the sea. Her attempts at courting him failed until a powerful friend - the sea itself - took a hand. McCaffrey, Ann