Search for the Star Stones

Great Old School Science Fiction I first discovered Andre Norton when I was 12 or 13. My local library had many of her books in what was then called the "juvinile" section. This was one of her books that stuck with me over the years, so it was great to revisit it now. A combination of mystery and adv......more

I was but a youngling, probably no more than a dozen Terran years old, when I first read Andre Norton's The Zero Stone—and from its very first scene in that dismal back alley with its slimy stone walls, on some ridiculously faraway planet that had never even heard of Earth, I was hooked on Murdoc Je......more

Two books in one. Science Fiction. Murdoc's father is murdered and leaves behind an odd ring, big enough to go over the finger of a space suit and with a stone unlike anything Murdoc has seen before. Maybe a little long by the time you get through both books, but good.......more

Classic Norton filled with adventure and wonder.......more

Interesting science fiction from one of the masters of the genre. These two novels, now published together, work well. Though it's notable that there are only 2 female characters in the whole book, at least that I can recall. Of course, that's how it was back in the day, when I first read them. I su......more