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The Beast Master
Left homeless by the war that reduced Terra to a radioactive cinder, Hosteen Storm ? Navaho commando and master of beasts ? is drawn to the planet Arzor, to kill a man he has never met.On that dangerous frontier world, aliens and human colonists share the land in an uneasy truce. But something is upsetting the balance, and Storm is caught in the middle. He had thought the ...more
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September 28th 2009
by Brilliance Audio
(first published 1959)
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the beginning of the story explaining the role of beast master in a post war universe, a good book to read, especially when going to the grand canyon area, because of the main characters heritage... Has great detail and two great stories.
how he was connecting to the world of his future a good story about finding home is not what you thought, or feared, and that love does not always have to come from those who are like you.
xiks are beaten and back, the war is over so they thou...more
how he was connecting to the world of his future a good story about finding home is not what you thought, or feared, and that love does not always have to come from those who are like you.
xiks are beaten and back, the war is over so they thou...more
Andre Norton is a name that has been around in Science Fiction for many years. For some reason I have never picked up a copy of one of Norton's books, but when I saw this title at a recent library sale, I picked it up. I was pleasantly surprised.
First I was shocked that this novel was so completely different from the movie title by the same name that was obviously a rip off of this concept, if not a license that strayed far from the actual story. This was NOT a fantasy world, but ...more
First I was shocked that this novel was so completely different from the movie title by the same name that was obviously a rip off of this concept, if not a license that strayed far from the actual story. This was NOT a fantasy world, but ...more
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I'm not sure this is the edition I have. My edition has a picture of a T rex, which is evidently meant for a yoris. Norton usually had more control over the cover art.
If all you've encountered are the movies or the tv show, you should know that they apparently paid Norton for the title, and then ignored everything else. This is a subtle, nuanced story of a young man who's lost all but his team, and rejects all offers of a new life, choosing instead to pursue his grandfather's reve...more
If all you've encountered are the movies or the tv show, you should know that they apparently paid Norton for the title, and then ignored everything else. This is a subtle, nuanced story of a young man who's lost all but his team, and rejects all offers of a new life, choosing instead to pursue his grandfather's reve...more
Before I start this review I know something I'm going to say will offend some. Please read what I said and not what you "think" I said. Okay?
Andre Norton was a good writer and a lot of her work is what I think of as "youth" reads or (in it's day) "teen reads". I ran across her when I was in Jr high school. I realize "Jr high school is a term that isn't used anymore but it referred to 7th and 8th grades.
This book tells a pretty good stor...more
Andre Norton was a good writer and a lot of her work is what I think of as "youth" reads or (in it's day) "teen reads". I ran across her when I was in Jr high school. I realize "Jr high school is a term that isn't used anymore but it referred to 7th and 8th grades.
This book tells a pretty good stor...more
What an EXCELLENT BOOK! The person who took this novel and turned it into a movie should be drawn and quartered. This is science fiction space travel story of the intersect of cultures, in the aftermath of an Earth shattering war (literally) compared to the movie which was about the palest, thinnest, white-bread barbarian you've ever seen set in a sword and sorcery age. The movie was not about a Navajo descendant veteran leaving behind a devastated Earth to travel on a personal mission to anoth...more
I loved this book from the time I first read it in high school. The pathos of the plot, with a character attempting to adjust to the loss of his entire planet, made me stop and appreciate even more how much I love the one I stand on. As always, Andre Norton handles the tale of the outsider finding acceptance very very well. This is her most common theme, and somehow she makes it work every single time.
I for one cannot believe what a hash Hollywood made of the movie supposedly based o...more
I for one cannot believe what a hash Hollywood made of the movie supposedly based o...more
This is one of those books I search for in every used books store I wander into. EVERY used books store. I picked up the copy I have 20+ years ago in a teen "ohah" moment after having seen the cult classic movie version. Wasn't I surprised that the movie was only loosely based on the book...like almost only the title. And what a book! Wonderful. A human story on SO many levels. NOTHING like the movie or the TV series that was on a few years ago. I highly recommend the original t...more
This has been one of my all time favorite books. The combination of space and Indian culture is fascinating. The mental bonds between men and animals also holds a certain appeal. Andre Norton was my first "read everything you can find by her" authors. I was sad when she died. Now I find books by her that I didn't know about. ( I love Amazon.) I'm now reading the 3 last Beast Master books ahe wrote with a helper. A giant BOO HISS to the movie and TV versions. No relation to the books A...more
I thought it time for me to have this story read. My what poetic license was used that went into the movie... only the idea of a guy being best buds with his 4 animal friends. So, the real story is sci-fi, not fantasy. I had enjoyed it all the same, and I plan to read more of the series.
BTW, I do have an old copy of the book.
BTW, I do have an old copy of the book.
Someone recommended this author to me. I had never tried any of her books and my friend suggested this series. I enjoyed it. Fairly easy to get into the book. Hosteen Storm can telepathically communicate with his team of animals. I enjoyed the book and I like the main character and his animals.
classic Norton science fiction with Hosteen Storm, an American Indian veteran of Terran special forces, where he used his special talents of telepathy to communicate with animals to infiltrate enemy installations, emigrates to Arzor after a galactic war with the Xik ends with the destruction of Terra (Earth).
On Arzor, Storm is on the hunt again. First against Quade, a rancher that Storm's grandfather was against. Storm however discovers a kinship with the alien Norbies who live on A...more
On Arzor, Storm is on the hunt again. First against Quade, a rancher that Storm's grandfather was against. Storm however discovers a kinship with the alien Norbies who live on A...more
one of my favorite of her books - i also love the series that follows it
This is one of my favorite books by Andre Norton. it is the far future, there was an interglatic war, we won but the enemy distroyed earth. one on the survivores is a Beast master, a commando that lead a team of animals by training and telpathic mind touch,
Hosteen Storm, a Navaho his team, Surra a dune cat mutated to the size of a puma, Baku the african Black eagle and Ho and Hing, meercats, diggers and saboteurs. The war is over but Storm hunts a man he belives resonsible for his father...more
Hosteen Storm, a Navaho his team, Surra a dune cat mutated to the size of a puma, Baku the african Black eagle and Ho and Hing, meercats, diggers and saboteurs. The war is over but Storm hunts a man he belives resonsible for his father...more
Good solid typical Norton story. 'nuf said.
Excellant!
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This book was fairly well-constructed right up to the cheesy ending. Some things were very predictable, however. I read this one to see whether I'd be interested in reading any more of the Andre Norton stuff I have on my shelf, and I don't think I will. The more book jackets I read, the less interested I have.
The first Andre Norton I've read and it was a real page-turner. I found it to be inventive, well-written and thought-provoking sci-fi, playing out events in an off-world, post-earth setting. Recommended.
All the bits just fit together so satisfyingly. This is Cowboys and Indians all mixed up with Rudyard Kipling. It is positive even in a fading post apocalyptic future.
Liked the movie version better.
Great Book!
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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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