# Goodbye, Andre Norton **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-andre-norton/295005 "2005-03-17T17:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-andre-norton/295005/21 "2005-03-18T16:08:36Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > I loved the Solar Queen series, and in fact all of her SF. I HATED HATED HATED the WitchWorld series and the rest of her fantasy… It’s funny, but Norton was actually my first introduction to fantasy, pre-dating even my exposure to Tolkien. Specifically Dragon Magic and Here Abide Monsters, both of which I still have a soft spot for, despite their flaws. That said I ultimately wasn’t a huge fan But her contribution to the field(s) was tremendous, especially as she was one of those writers like Heinlein who was a gateway for so many young people. A great loss. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-andre-norton/295005/22 "2005-03-18T17:07:32Z")
> [@Helena](#): > > I also thought she was a guy, for a while. Actually first I thought her name was Andrea, and then I realized it was Andre and thought, “Oh, must be a guy.” I kept coming back to her because she was right next to Mary Norton. Probably because she chose her pen name to sound like a guy, which was common in sf in those days. I guess they thought geeky adolescents like me wouldn’t read books by a girl. The Stars Are Ours as half of an Ace double is I think the first sf book I ever owned, glommed from my uncle’s house (with permission.) Still have it, of course. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-andre-norton/295005/23 "2005-03-18T18:48:39Z")
My intro to her was _The Crystal Griffin_ and _Star Rangers_. I read everything of hers in my junior high school library. I remember being very annoyed that my high school library did not have many of her books. Goodbye, Gentle Fem. You will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-andre-norton/295005/24 "2005-03-18T19:06:53Z")
For those who are also cat lovers, she edited a series of Anthologies “[Catfantastic](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1567311539/qid=1111173380/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-9874505-6339208?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)”. I loved her stories about Noble Warrior. No one has mentioned her collaborative works The Halfblood chronicles yet? ☹[Elvenbane](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812511751/ref=pd_sim_b_2/002-9874505-6339208?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance), [Elvenblood](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812563190/002-9874505-6339208), and [Elvenborn](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812571231/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/002-9874505-6339208?v=glance&s=books&st=*) are all good (if lighthearted) reads IMO. **mbh** did you ever read her work with A.C. Crispin “[Gryphon’s Eyrie](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812531698/qid=1111173960/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-9874505-6339208)”? That continues the storyline. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-andre-norton/295005/25 "2005-03-18T19:32:11Z")
Oh, yeah, I read one of her detective novels, At Swords’ Points, which I liked a lot. So I looked for other stuff by her, and found myself in a plushy chair in the back of the Sioux City AFB library reading “Sargasso of Space.” And that’s how I got hooked on SF alrighty. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-andre-norton/295005/26 "2005-03-18T21:04:57Z")
> [@](#): > > by Zabali\_Clawbane > did you ever read her work with A.C. Crispin “Gryphon’s Eyrie”? That continues the storyline. I always meant to read \*Gryphon in Glory \* and _Gryphon’s Eyrie_, but by the time they were published, I had gone on to other authors, and I never got around to it. Maybe it’s time to go back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-andre-norton/295005.md?page=1)