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A Comprehensive View of Andre Norton's Witch World
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Four from the Witch World

A Collection of Original Stories Edited by Andre Norton

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Edition Used for Analysis:

(1991) Published by TOR, PB, 0-812-51006-2, 978-0-812-51006-5, LCCN 88-29170, $3.95, 275pg ~ cover by Victoria Poyser 

Synopsis:

Andre Norton, the bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, has commissioned four of today's most outstanding young fantasy authors to join with her in creating a quartet of short novels set in “one of fantasy's most enduring world settings," (Library Journal), her Witch World. C.J. Cherryh, Hugo Award-winning author of numerous fantasies such as her Margaine books and Merovingian Tales is one of the surest writers of rousing fantasy adventure, as her "Stormbirds" will prove to new readers; Elizabeth H. Boyer, author of authentically researched northern tales, creates a fascinating and utterly spellbinding tale of strange powers and the human bonds that sometimes shape them, in her haunting “Stillborn Heritage"; Meredith Ann Pierce. the brilliant young author of such richly inventive works as The Darkangel, and The Woman Who Loved Reindeer has woven a complex tapestry of love and hatred set in a barren seahold which is nearly bankrupt; and Judith Tarr, Crawford Award-winning author of passionately intense fantasy trilogies such as the medieval The Hound and the Falcon and the high fantasy Avaryan Rising has created a memorable new drama in her falconers-and-magic classic, “Falcon Law."
Each of these short novels is very much a part of the living Witch World tradition; each is infused with a special touch of the magic and wonder of Andre Norton's creation. Yet the authors also have imbued these tales with their own special magic, and the result is an exquisite volume of unique fantasy entertainment.

Contents:

  • Ix~ Introduction by Andre Norton
  • 01~ The Stillborn Heritage (na) by Elizabeth H. Boyer
  • 71~ Afterword (aw) by Elizabeth H. Boyer
  • 72~ Stormbirds (na) by C. J. Cherryh
  • 125~ Afterword (aw) by C. J. Cherryh
  • 126~ Rampion (na) by Meredith Ann Pierce
  • 197~ Afterword (aw) by Meredith Ann Pierce
  • 198~ Falcon Law (na) by Judith Tarr
  • 272~ Afterword (aw) by Judith Tarr
  • 273~ Biographical Notes (bg) Misc. Material

The Sorcerer’s recommend that you read these four stories as listed in the Expanded Reading Order of The Witch Word Saga

 

Intersting Companion Articles
 

[Glossary of Witch World] [Races of the Witch World] ~ by the Grand Wizard Michael Martinez

[Bibliography 1980] [Humanity 1982] [Survey 1983] [Andre becomes her Fiction 1994] ~ by the Grand Wizard Roger Schlobin

[Introduction to Witch World 1977] ~ by the Grande Dame Sandra Miesel

[Norton Profile 1966] ~ by the Grande Dame Lin Carter    [Witch World Calander 1980] ~ by the Wizard C.M. Quillan

Back to Contents     [Expanded Reading Order of The Witch Word Saga] ~ by the Master Sorcerer Metaldragon

 

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Contents Copyright ~ Mike Brenner aka: Indagare, Jay Demetrick aka: Metaldragon

Edited and Formatted by The Scribe Lotsawatts ~ March 2025

Duplication of this collection (in whole or in part) for profit of any kind NOT permitted.

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