Ordeal in Otherwhere (Forerunner, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Andre Norton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1973

Cover code 63822, stated second Ace printing (it is actually the third). Second book in the "Forerunner" series. Other novels in this sequence include: Storm Over Warlock (1960), Forerunner Foray (1973), Forerunner (1981) and Forerunner: The Second Venture (1985).

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 203 pages
• Publisher: Ace Books; later paperback edition (1973)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000NVMNBK
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,529,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Andre Norton Returns to the Planet of Warlock, March 4, 2003

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Sires "I enjoy mysteries, historical and proc... (Chesapeake, OH, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ordeal in Otherwhere (Hardcover)

By now it's a well known story that Andre Norton's publisher had been resistant to this story because they did not think her fans would want to read a book with a female as a viewpoint character. The enthusiastic reaction proved them wrong and helped to open the world of science fiction to a legion of women, among them many current science fiction authors.

Charis begins her story on a planet where a group of narrow relgious conservatives have taken over. She was fleeing from the settlement when a space ship planets. However, the way off the planet the ship offers is as contract labor, a hair away from outright slavery. Desperate, Charis agrees. She is taken to the planet of Warlock as part of a trading post, a small experiment to see if Terrans and Wyverns, as the natives of Warlock are called, can peacefully trade.

However, there is more going on than a trading mission. Charis finds herself caught up in a struggle between hijackers and the native rulers. She also meets up with Shan Lantree, the Planet Survey Cadet assigned to the small Embassy Post as well as Shan's nonhuman wolverine companion, and a small lovable native animal called a curl cat.

This is vintage Norton and well worth reading.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars classic Andre Norton Sci-fi, September 23, 2001

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Shannon Taylor (Hamburg, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ordeal in Otherwhere (Hardcover)

I loved this book, and after 30 years, I still pull it off the shelf and read it. Ms Norton was one of the first woman writers of Sci-fi/fantasy. Best known for her "witch world" fantasy series, Norton has also given us many fine sci-fi novels.Ordeal In Otherwhere would be considered one of the best of her action sci-fi. Norton has re-occuring themes that involve a youth, estranged and powerless, confronted with seemingly overwhelming odds. Throw in a weave of mind-magic, aliens, great odds and a dash of animal companions, and you have a classic Norton novel. One of the first books I read that had a female hero!