{"id":9755,"date":"2013-08-07T10:37:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T14:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weberbooks.com\/kindle\/?p=9755"},"modified":"2013-08-07T10:37:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T14:37:57","slug":"andre-alice-norton-edition-kindle-buffet-editors-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weberbooks.com\/kindle\/2013\/08\/07\/andre-alice-norton-edition-kindle-buffet-editors-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Alice Norton edition: Kindle Buffet editor’s picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science Fiction pioneer Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, 1912 \u2013 2005) was an American writer of Sci Fi and fantasy (with some works of historical fiction and contemporary fiction) under the pen names Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston. Often called “the Grand Mistress of science fiction,” she was the first woman to be Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy, first to be SFWA Grand Master, and first inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

\"andre\"<\/a>Ms. Norton’s first published science fiction was a short novella, “The People of the Crater”, which appeared under the name “Andrew North” as pages 4\u201318 of the inaugural 1947 number of Fantasy Book, a magazine from Fantasy Publishing Company. Her first fantasy novel adapted the 13th-century story of Huon, Duke of Bordeaux: Huon of the Horn, published by Harcourt Brace under her own name in 1951.<\/p>\n

Ms. Norton tops today’s Buffet with Star Soldiers, a volume that includes two of her enjoyable earlier novels, Star Guard<\/em> (1955) and Star Rangers<\/em> (1953),<\/p>\n

As usual, each book listed here has gone FREE within the past 24 hours. Warning: Kindle book promotions can end without notice, so before downloading click the link “See Kindle price at Amazon” to verify that the book is still free. (Prices and availability may differ outside USA.)<\/p>\n

Star Soldiers<\/a><\/h3>\n

Science Fiction > Space Opera
\nAuthor: Andre Norton
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