Here Abide Monsters
A Boston Metaphysical Society Story

Second book for my WWE Women of Genre Fiction challenge! I've been meaning to try reading Andre Norton since forever: I know she's not exactly neglected as a female SF/F writer, but she's one of those SF/F giants that I never found time for. My choice was somewhat dictated by what was available. I wa......more

The premise of Here Abide Monsters is that there are gateways between our world and a parallel world (with similar geography) where unicorns and lamiae and other monsters of mythology live. Two young Americans pass through such a gateway, and must team up with the other trapped people they meet to........more

"Interesting book! It's one to really pay attention to while reading. "......more

While driving with his car a young man takes a shortcut that is notorious because several people who took it before, disappeared. And the same happens to him. I disliked the wild hodgepodge of ideas. Unicorns and UFOs in one alternate world? This just did not work for me. When Norton added yet anothe......more

Like many avid readers, I have always heard the name Andre Norton, but I've never actually given the author a try... until this book came into my pathway. I was lucky in that the edition had a yellowed age that clearly suggested having been well-loved but considerably aged -- and indeed, reading the......more