I've had this copy of Such a joyful nostalgia to go back to the favorite author of my teenage years. She helped me escape from a lonely and often unpleasant childhood.She was my first favorite author and will always hold a special place in my heart.My regret is that I never waI first read this book in second grade(1964)Didnt go over well as a book review for class(pic of mutan rats,lol)...the teacher tried to make me read Lady and The Tramp and those kind of books instead from then on.But I was hooked on sci fi from then on.Andre Norton took me to new worlds and I will ever be grateful to her. Andre Norton is better known for more recent fantasy, and her rocket and ray guns books of the fifties and sixties, but this one is apocalyptic SF.
This is my favorite, probably the only re-read. For those interested, that's 1951 with this book and running until 2002. Technically speaking, iIf I were to wish to introduce a teenager to the genre of post-apocalyptic science fiction, I can think of no better novel to hand him or her than this. He had several students who later became martial arts masters in their own right, the most famous among whom was Bruce Lee. It's a tightly written adventure story set 200 years after a nuclear war (something on our minds in the 1980s) and while it's a bit cheesy at times, there are some nice messages and it's never dull. Richard "Old Man" Harrison reportedly removed one of his sons from his will last year. Arness married Virginia Chapman in 1948, and adopted her son Craig (1946 – December 14, 2004). Son Heung-min (Korean: 손흥민; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Premier League club Tottenham … Sure, it's a hero's journey and he's a male, which is totally fine, and I don't want random women thrown into the mix, but when the lead disrespects a powerful female chieftain and then gives his loyalty to a small, pretty girl instead - ugh. If the only Andre Norton book you have ever read was 'Return to Quag Keep,' then check this one out. For most of my life I could not remember its name or the author, but only bits and pieces of its plot, the dystopian, bomb-blasted future, the mutant boy on a quest, his mutant cat sidekick, a ruined city, the tribal state of man, the mutant rat-people, and such. Could identify with the main character, his quest. Fors, son of a Star Man, hopes to be chosen himself. I see from the comments left at Goodreads that many of us obtained the book through school scholastic programs and it left quite the impression on us all. Unfortunately, the elders don't think he's fit to be a Star Man. He explains that the baby will be the son of her dead husband, because he (Starman) is a clone of Scott, but as a child of Starman as well, their son will possess all of the Starman's knowledge and will grow up to be a teacher. This book is also Andre Norton's first science fiction novel, her earliest determined effort to write for this genre. Contemporary young adult literature has often led the way in depicting the real-life issues facing teens from all backgrounds. It's quite a break-in achievement. We could sometimes buy a book or two and one of the books I ordered, (my first science fiction novel), was Star Man's Son. Light surrounds the couple, and the Starman is instantly restored to health. We could sometimes buy a book or two and one of the books I ordered, (my first science fiction novel), was Star Man's Son. He did not know what drove him to explore the empty lands to the north, where the great skeleton ruins of the old civilization rusted away in the wreckage of mankind's hopes.Fors was a mutant. Just as they are surrounded, a large, spherical spaceship appears and descends into the crater. The post-apocalyptic worThis is the book that started it all for me. Published So disappointing. I did enjoy the mutant aspect of the story. Written by a Cleveland librarian.Way back when, starting during grade school years, I likely read at least a dozen books by the extremely prolific "Norton." Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. In 1934 she legally changed her name to Andre Alice. "Starman" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. If you're looking for a golden age scifi post-apocalyptic book that fills your need for post-atomic mutants and radiation porn, it's adequate to the task.Let's get one thing right out of the way - this is not high literature. A time when the world that we now live in was the stuff of science fiction and the world as it existed ,when the writer was creating, influenced him or her.
The 2005 book was published just before her death on St. Patrick's Day.