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Horn Crown (Witch World Series 2: High Hallack Cycle 0)
by
Andre Norton
This is a prequel to Year of the unicorn, http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46...
When the Elder People deserted the Witch World, the cosmic Gate opened and human households migrated in. Though they found the land abandoned, the roads empty and the shrines unattended, they soon became aware that the Old Gods still retained their dread powers.
Elron the Clanless and Gathea t...more
When the Elder People deserted the Witch World, the cosmic Gate opened and human households migrated in. Though they found the land abandoned, the roads empty and the shrines unattended, they soon became aware that the Old Gods still retained their dread powers.
Elron the Clanless and Gathea t...more
Paperback, 255 pages
Published
July 7th 1981
by DAW
(first published 1981)
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I'd rate this 2.5 stars if I could. I loved the way it fleshed out the backstory of the settlement of High Hallack. I did not like the her depiction of the triple goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone).
If this was a TV show it would start with "Rated PG: contains sexual references" - I little mind bending for an Andre Norton novel.
If this was a TV show it would start with "Rated PG: contains sexual references" - I little mind bending for an Andre Norton novel.
Fulsome (and inaccurate) blurbs to the contrary, this is definitely not one of Norton's better books. Many of her books recycle common settings, themes, etc--this is one.
That said, it's the only real novel set during the settlement of the Dales of High Hallack, and provides necessary prequel information for works set in later times, though written earlier.
That said, it's the only real novel set during the settlement of the Dales of High Hallack, and provides necessary prequel information for works set in later times, though written earlier.
For the first time in this re-reading of the Witch World novels, I'm disappointed.
As noted in the last review, there's an awful lot of "geas", men & women unable to do anything but what is fated. In this story, we come to a really annoying denoument when Norton, apparently completely misunderstanding the point of the three-part Goddess, allows (view spoiler)...more
As noted in the last review, there's an awful lot of "geas", men & women unable to do anything but what is fated. In this story, we come to a really annoying denoument when Norton, apparently completely misunderstanding the point of the three-part Goddess, allows (view spoiler)...more
While this book happens prior to the events in "Year of the Unicorn," this is NOT a prequel to that book.
This book shows the very first founders to the Dales of High Hallack.
This book shows the very first founders to the Dales of High Hallack.
Don't remember much about this one. I read it when I was around 10.
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This is it at I - the very first Sci Fi/Fantasy book that. I ever read. I'd like to get my hands on another copy and read it again - I still remember bits of it that have stuck with me for 35 or so years....
Much weaker to me than the previous Witch World books. I might say 2 and 1/2 stars.
Loved the background leading into Year of the Unicorn but have never reread it.
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Born February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, Alice Mary Norton has always had an affinity to the humanities. She started writing in her teens, inspired by a charismatic high school teacher. First contacts with the publishing world led her, as many other contemporary female writers targeting a male-dominated market, to choose a literary pseudonym. In 1934 she legally changed her name to Andre Alice....more
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