Review: WOW!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2012
In the 1970s I was an avid sci-fi reader and my close friend also read sci-fi and we often exchanged books.  She was an Andre Norton fan and I was not.  I was more into Heinlien, Clark and our leader, Isaac Asimov.  Not until these more than 30 years later have I discovered this wonderful writer.  What I've been missing is exactly what had been missing in the sci-fi area of my life.  The Starborn is a story (only one of many stories in the book) of a world called Astra which many centuries earlier was found and shared life with humans after a long sleep aboard a ship from Earth to escape an evil leader there.  Lo these many centuries later, and not so long in travel time, comes again humans.  There are many intelligent life forms on this planet and, of course, good must conquer evil as it does so magnificently with a man from Homeport and a Johnny-come-lately from Earth who share the secret of each other until the time is right for humans to learn of each other in the future.I think the reason I was not a fan of Norton in the past is the planet name of Warlock in one of the stories.  I associated that name then and now with sword and sorcery, fantasy and the like which I find very unappealing.  How lucky I am to at last have found Andre Norton!