Moon Called [Mass Market Paperback]

Andre Norton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1991

In order to preserve the Holy Force, Thora, the Chosen one, and warrior Makil, the Man of Pure Light, descend into an underground world to battle the evil force of the Dark Lord.

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About the Author

For well over a half century, Andre Norton has been one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. Since her first SF novels were published in the 1940s, her adventure SF has enthralled readers young and old. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many stand-alone novels, her tales of action and adventure throughout the galaxy have drawn countless readers to science fiction.

Her fantasy, including the best-selling Witch World series, her "Magic" series, and many other unrelated novels, has been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. Not only have her books been enormously popular; she also has inspired several generations of SF and fantasy writers, especially many talented women writers who have followed in her footsteps. In the past two decades she has worked with other writers on a number of novels. Most notable among these are collaborations with Mercedes Lackey, the Halfblood Chronicles, as well as collaborations with A.C. Crispin (in the Witch World series) and Sherwood Smith (in the Time Traders and Solar Queen series). An Ohio native, Ms. Norton lived for a number of years in Winter Park, Florida, and now makes her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where she continues to write, and presides over High Hallack, a writers' resource and retreat.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (September 15, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812515331
• ISBN-13: 978-0812515336
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,249,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Does this book have a sequel that I don't know about?, July 20, 1998

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This review is from: Moon Called (Mass Market Paperback)

I have to say that I was somewhat disgusted when I finished reading this book. It had good ideas yet the story just didn't appeal to me at all. The main character seemed to have an attitude and many things were unexplained. The story has potential if it was extended into a series. I felt as though things were just beginning and I was just beginning to find things out when the story suddenly ended. Hopefully there is a sequel that I'm unaware of to balance this odd work out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the book that started it all (for me), February 1, 2006

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M. K. Mcglaughlin (new jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Called (Mass Market Paperback)

i picked this book up at random when i was about seven years old, at a library book sale, for 25 cents. up till that point i had not been much of a reader; i'd read some laura ingalls wilder (little house on the prairie and so forth) and roald dahl, but i was nothing like an avid reader. then i picked up this book, and although many of the criticisms are valid (this book reads like one that perhaps ms. norton wasn't quite finished with but she needed something to give to her editor), it will always have a very fond place in my heart, because it opened up the world of science fiction and fantasy to me.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Chaste Heroine worships Moon Goddess, fights evil, March 23, 2001

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E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" (Gladwin, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Called (Mass Market Paperback)

I think "Moon Called" is for Norton fans only. It seems to have started out as fantasy, then switched to science fiction midway through the manuscript. The hero and heroine, who both practice white magic, ride to the rescue of one of their comrades in a hi-tech tank. Although Norton successfully combined magic and technology in some of the early Witch World novels, it doesn't work as well in "Moon Called". Thora, the heroine is also a bit too prickly and too inclined to argue about religion to be likeable. Dialogue (never a Norton strong point) is exceptionally stilted and long-winded. Thora is given lines like, "Him also do all who serve the Lady call enemy," and "I am one with those who draw the Moon---though I was not yet brought to Her as one of the Three."

The action scenes and the confrontation of white versus dark magic are vintage Norton, both suspenseful and eerie, so there is meat in "Moon Called" for the die-hard fan (I've read it at least three times). However, I would recommend "The Crystal Gryphon" or "Year of the Unicorn" as a 'starter fantasy' for those who are not yet familiar with this fine author.