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| Title | : | Moon of Three Rings (Moon Magic #1) |
| Author | : | Andre Norton |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 263 pages |
| Published | : | April 1999 |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction |
Andre Norton
Kindle Edition | Pages: 263 pages Rating: 3.98 | 831 Users | 41 Reviews
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This tale set on an alien planet could almost be a fantasy given the setting of a feudal society in which warlords scheme against each other and an outsider race who were once dominant but have become roamers, preferring to live in symbiosis with animals. It starts with the male protagonist, Krip Vorlund, who goes to a 'beast show' while ashore: from a Free Trader ship, he and his comrades are meant to look out for trade goods that might sell well offworld. They have come at a time when a fair is held, and the rules of the fair mean that the various warlords are not meant to cause trouble, the fair being neutral ground - but a hothead son of one of the warlords is encouraged to do so in an attempt to win over the others, egged on by offworlders from a rival ship.The book then switches between his viewpoint and that of Maelen, the alien woman from the outsider race, who runs the beast show. The intelligent animals that accompany her are friends with whom she shares a mental bond. Maelen is approached by a representative of the troublemaking ship who wants her to lure Krip - she doesn't co-operate but inadvertantly is drawn into a sequence of events which involve kidnapping, murder, body swaps into animals, raids on peaceful settlements and her having to answer to her own superiors for what she has been compelled to do.
After finishing the book, I found out it was the start of a series and this didn't surprise me as the ending is a set up for such - (view spoiler)[ as Maelen has to go offplanet with Krip, in beast form to atone for what she has done (hide spoiler)]. I didn't find the story compelling sadly; I really enjoy the author's Witch World series, but somehow couldn't get into the characters and didn't find the motivation of the various villains believable. So can only rate it as 2 stars.
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| Original Title: | Moon of Three Rings |
| Series: | Moon Magic #1 |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 831 Users | 41 ReviewsCommentary About Books Moon of Three Rings (Moon Magic #1)
This book was alright. Good idea but I felt like most of the battle scenes or anytime the main character saw something new to him, the author could have discussed it a bit more or been a bit more descriptive.This is a story in which the story is secondary. All the seemingly major plot points - the uprising, the sacking of Yim-Sin, the desecration of the Valley - occur outside the protagonists sight. Instead, the book focuses almost entirely upon the strangeness of the alien life inhabiting the planet. Yet even here, explanations are frustratingly dim and cracked, and characters are left underdeveloped in favor of mystical musings that reveal nothing to push the story forward. Intriguing setup and
I first read it when I was about 10 and I have read it numerous times since. The book captured me just as MoonSingers captured the spirits and shifted them to share the lives of various animals who offered themselves as companions. It fit my feeling of deep connection to animals when I was a child and it still does now. And... it is a great story.
I have long been a fan of the late Andre Nortons fantasy and science fiction novels they were a presence in my earlier days, one of the authors to whom I was drawn as a teen, as well as later on. But I could recognize that she was bigger on concept that on writing technique at times. That is something of a common failing among writers of speculative fiction.In Moon of Three Rings, one of her science fiction novels from the Sixties which I assume was intended for a young adult audience I can
Where would SF and Fantasy writing have been without Andre Norton? She made many readers enjoy SF/Fantasy. She wrote about strong female characters way back before the 'Female Eunuch' and gave female readers a taste for SF/Fantasy. For years she was the only serious writer of this type of story and was she ever a story teller.The novels about Krip and Maleen are among my favourites.
Another Year of Nostalgic Re-reads entry... I don't know how many times I borrowed this from our tiny town library as a pre-teen. Forty plus years later, it hasn't aged well - or I aged differently. I give Ms. Norton an extra star for this one because her writings helped develop my love of science fiction at a young age.
I found the first person prose style of Nortons to be without urgency and a little lifeless. The female protagonist was interesting, but the story told from the male protagonists point of view was totally boresville. Dropped it after about 90 pages. It sounds like the story improves after that, but I couldnt connect to the writing style.
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