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The Crossroads of Time (Crosstime (aka) Blake Walker #1)
by
Andre Norton
When Blake Walker foiled a murder attempt on one of his neighbors he somehow found himself drafted into a frantic chase for a dangerous criminal - through the almost infinite levels of alternate Earths.
It was a chase that would take him through level upon level of unknown dangers in search of a ruthless genius who had found our Earth the perfect place to begin his series o...more
It was a chase that would take him through level upon level of unknown dangers in search of a ruthless genius who had found our Earth the perfect place to begin his series o...more
Paperback, (Vintage Ace SF, 12311), 190 pages
Published
January 1st 1969
(first published 1956)
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My first ever Andre Norton -- I know, I know, but it won't be my last -- is an interesting time/dimensional travel romp with some psychic power tropes thrown in. And a bit of a manhunt storyline.
Blake Walker, student, has always known he was a little bit different from other people, in that his little premonitions of danger are always correct. What he doesn't know is that he's a latent psychic, and that in the universe next door his ability would make him as common as he is unusual here. Hell, h...more
Blake Walker, student, has always known he was a little bit different from other people, in that his little premonitions of danger are always correct. What he doesn't know is that he's a latent psychic, and that in the universe next door his ability would make him as common as he is unusual here. Hell, h...more
I know I once had a copy of this book, because I used a page of it to trace etymology using the OED, but it was evidently lost somewehere on my journeys.
I don't remember much about this series, except that I felt too much attention was given to the protagonists, and too little to the fascinating concepts of alternate universes. Certain characters were developed, but the decision points and their consequences were little examined, except to provide a setting for action. Norton did this sort of th...more
I don't remember much about this series, except that I felt too much attention was given to the protagonists, and too little to the fascinating concepts of alternate universes. Certain characters were developed, but the decision points and their consequences were little examined, except to provide a setting for action. Norton did this sort of th...more
I reread this for a lark, a half-remembered favorite from my "golden age." Sometimes it's best to leave well enough alone and not revisit fond memories. The story was fine, but I am no longer capable of overlooking clumsy writing and simplistic plotting. It jarred. I realize that when this was first published, many genre authors were churning out books by the month and there was virtually no editorial input. Who was going to copy-edit a 40,000 word science fiction novel that was one of a dozen c...more
First read years ago... a fair story, but not one of Norton's best. A book of alternate universes where a different event (like Hitler winning WWII) splits off a new alternate world... like cards staked in a deck... all are earth, but all the earths are different... some are VERY different.
Typical Norton writing - interesting story idea
Sadly I gave up on this part way through. I'm a big Norton fan, but this is a very old paperback and the print is tiny, so my eyesight cinspired against me. It was fine as far as it went, but very much showing its age.
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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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