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tobefree
When I was a kid you couldn't get me to read a book on a bet... Then one day I didn't turn in a book report and Laura Rhynard (deceased) took me by the ear to a book fair and spun the rack and said pick one... She even bought it. Anyway as they went by one had a weird cover art and was titled "The Time Traders"....I decided to force myself to read (since she went to that effort plus she said that the board awaited on Friday) Anyway after that day it would be years before I didn't have a Andre Norton book at hand.... If not for Laura Rhynard and Andre Norton I would have missed out on several other great writers. And I truly love them both for that gift.
I now have nearly every Norton title some signed and have been building an almost impossible collection in hardback (most hardbacks were very rare as they were made for libraries only and only handfuls of some titles still exist.
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  • Colt Super
    Big Fan - many years ago. I seem to remember that she also used another pen-name. The only books I actually recall, were several she wrote about post apocalyptic America.

    I was maybe 7 or 8, and on a huge Science Fiction jag.

    I haven't seen one in years.

    Is she still alive ??

    Doug
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  • tobefree
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    Big Fan - many years ago. I seem to remember that she also used another pen-name. The only books I actually recall, were several she wrote about post apocalyptic America.

    I was maybe 7 or 8, and on a huge Science Fiction jag.

    I haven't seen one in years.

    Is she still alive ??

    Doug


    Passed last year!!!
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  • Colonel Plink
    Used ta be. Can't remember a single book title by her now. It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized Andre was a gal.
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  • pickenup
    In the yard sale I had a couple weeks ago, I was selling off some books. There were a number of Andre Norton books in there. Been years since I read them.
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  • mcaso
    Early pen name was Andrew North. Publisher thought the public would not buy a female author. Years later read that she never used a pen name. But I had the books. When they were republished her real name replaced the North name and carried the explaination. Traded them to a friend when I was a kid. Wish I still has those books. Her science fiction was great and so were her later fantisy books. In those later years she had a school where she taught would be writers how to write. Norton co-authored with some of those students.
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  • tobefree
    For more on Andre Norton visit..
    http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/andre-norton/
    Oh yea I have aquired a few doubles in my quest to have a complete libaray...
    If there is any enterest I will have a giveaway in the near future.....Great writer especially for younger teens....
    A million loyal fans Can't be wrong.....
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  • Colt Super
    I'd like to be in on the drawing. I'm not a fan of fantasy, but the SF would be avidly read. I don't care about the condition of them, just the letters.

    Thank you,

    Doug
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  • mcaso
    Tobefree, Please count me in.
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  • ripley16
    quote:Originally posted by tobefree
    Anyway as they went by one had a weird cover art and was titled "The Time Traders" ....

    That is the first Sci-Fi book I ever read, probably in seventh grade or so. It was a good book, but I don't think I read anymore Sci-Fi until Dune, which I read in college on a friends recommendation. Sounds like you have a nice collection.
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  • Colt Super
    Dune puts me to sleep. And I've tried to read them many times. I was excited when the movie came out - asleep in 15 minutes.

    I guess I just don't get it - funny names and all.

    Doug
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