Beast Master's Planet

Andre Norton

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When first published, The Beast Master was a new kind of science fiction adventure, featuring a Native American (Navajo) protagonist, Hosteen Storm, a soldier with a unique team--animals with whom he has a telepathic mind-link.

The time is the future, when Earth has been devastated by interstellar war with the alien Xik. Storm is now on the planet Arzor. Once the home of an ancient, long-dead alien civilization, it is now inhabited by human colonists and the indigenous Norbies. Storm and the other Arzorites must fight the Xik, who are intent on to destroying all life but their own. With rousing action and Norton's unique ability to evoke the strangeness and mystery of ancient alien civilizations, The Beast Master, and its sequel, Lord of Thunder remain fresh and enthralling, a half-century after their debut.

Book Details

Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Publish Date: Jan 5th, 2010
Pages: 368
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 1.00in - 1.05lb
EAN: 9780765325860
Categories: • Science Fiction - Action & Adventure• Animals• Science Fiction - Space Opera

About the Author

Norton, Andre: -

For well over a half century, Andre Norton was one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. Since her first SF novels were published in the 1940s, her adventure SF has enthralled readers young and old. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many stand-alone novels, her tales of action and adventure throughout the galaxy have drawn countless readers to science fiction.

Her fantasy, including the best-selling Witch World series, her "Magic" series, and many other unrelated novels, has been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. Not only have her books been enormously popular; she also has inspired several generations of SF and fantasy writers, especially many talented women writers who have followed in her footsteps. In the past two decades she worked with other writers on a number of novels. Most notable among these were collaborations with Mercedes Lackey, the Halfblood Chronicles, as well as collaborations with A.C. Crispin (in the Witch World series) and Sherwood Smith (in the Time Traders and Solar Queen series). Andre Norton passed away in 2005.

Praise for this book

"Dramatic, logical and swift..Good science-fiction."

"Exciting adventure conceived with splendid imagination."

"Another jewel in the dazzling crown of the queen of outer space."

"A brilliant writer.a fascinating story.a dramatic and intense book."

"Storm's further adventures only to serve to point out once again that Andre Norton is right at home with the top-ranking science-fiction authors."

"Andre Norton has created an air of mystery and suspense which captivates and holds the reader until the final pages."
--"San Francisco Chronicle" on "The Beast Master"
"A compelling and compassionate tale."
--"New York Times" on "The Beast Master"
"Again Andre Norton proves that she can write just about the best far-worlds-adventure stories anyone is doing nowadays. They have color; they have action; they have mystery; they have the 'sense of wonder' that some people would contend is out of place in Twentieth Century writing; and they are so well-written that every detail is convincing. The basic theme of The Beast Master is a grand one, and I hope we haven't heard the last of Hosteen Storm and his team."
--P. Schuyler Miller of "Astounding Science Fiction" on "The Beast Master"
"Another jewel in the dazzling crown of the queen of outer space."
--"Cleveland Press" on "The Beast Master"
"A brilliant writer...a fascinating story...a dramatic and intense book."
--"Columbus Dispatch" on "The Beast Master"
"Exciting adventure conceived with splendid imagination."
--"New York Herald Tribune" on "The Beast Master"
"Thrilling science-fiction."
--"Springfield Republican" on "Lord of Thunder"
"Lord Of Thunder is Andre Norton's latest novel. She has been thrilling the readers for more years now than some of us would care to admit. This delightful book journals the adventures of Hosteen Storm, a Beast Master, and his two companions, an eagle and a cat. Storm's further adventures (we encountered him before in The Beast Master) only to serve to point out once again that Andre Norton is right at home with the top-ranking science-fiction authors."
--"American Book Collector" on "Lord of Thunder"
"Dramatic, logical and swift....Good science-fiction."
--"Chicago Tribune" on "Lord of Thunder"

"Thrilling science-fiction."

"A compelling and compassionate tale."

"Dramatic, logical and swift....Good science-fiction."

"A brilliant writer...a fascinating story...a dramatic and intense book."

"Storm''s further adventures only to serve to point out once again that Andre Norton is right at home with the top-ranking science-fiction authors."

"Andre Norton has created an air of mystery and suspense which captivates and holds the reader until the final pages."
--"San Francisco Chronicle" on "The Beast Master"
"A compelling and compassionate tale."
--"New York Times" on "The Beast Master"
"Again Andre Norton proves that she can write just about the best far-worlds-adventure stories anyone is doing nowadays. They have color; they have action; they have mystery; they have the 'sense of wonder' that some people would contend is out of place in Twentieth Century writing; and they are so well-written that every detail is convincing. The basic theme of The Beast Master is a grand one, and I hope we haven't heard the last of Hosteen Storm and his team."
--P. Schuyler Miller of "Astounding Science Fiction" on "The Beast Master"
"Another jewel in the dazzling crown of the queen of outer space."
--"Cleveland Press" on "The Beast Master"
"A brilliant writer...a fascinating story...a dramatic and intense book."
--"Columbus Dispatch" on "The Beast Master"
"Exciting adventure conceived with splendid imagination."
--"New York Herald Tribune" on "The Beast Master"
"Thrilling science-fiction."
--"Springfield Republican" on "Lord of Thunder"
"Lord Of Thunder is Andre Norton's latest novel. She has beenthrilling the readers for more years now than some of us would care to admit. This delightful book journals the adventures of Hosteen Storm, a Beast Master, and his two companions, an eagle and a cat. Storm's further adventures (we encountered him before in The Beast Master) only to serve to point out once again that Andre Norton is right at home with the top-ranking science-fiction authors."
--"American Book Collector" on "Lord of Thunder"
"Dramatic, logical and swift....Good science-fiction."
--"Chicago Tribune" on "Lord of Thunder"

"Again Andre Norton proves that she can write just about the best far-worlds-adventure stories anyone is doing nowadays. They have color; they have action; they have mystery...." -- P. Schuyler Miller "Astounding Science Fiction"