Fulminata reviewed Beast Master's Planet by Andre Norton (duplicate)
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4 stars
I read Beastmaster back in Junior High and loved it, I believe this is the first time I've read Lord of Thunder.
Both books are excellent science fiction adventures. Andre Norton is a master of old school world building, only providing enough information to make the plot work, and no more. Sometimes this can be a bit frustrating, as I want to know more about the universe the stories are set in, but it can also be a bit refreshing compared to the info-dump style of world-building that I've become more accustomed to with modern speculative fiction.
One complaint is the lack of female characters. These books were written as "juvenile" sci fi, which at the time meant tween and teen boys, a genre nearly devoid of female characters, aside from the occasional brief romantic interest, usually in the form of a prize the hero can earn.
These books are, …
I read Beastmaster back in Junior High and loved it, I believe this is the first time I've read Lord of Thunder.
Both books are excellent science fiction adventures. Andre Norton is a master of old school world building, only providing enough information to make the plot work, and no more. Sometimes this can be a bit frustrating, as I want to know more about the universe the stories are set in, but it can also be a bit refreshing compared to the info-dump style of world-building that I've become more accustomed to with modern speculative fiction.
One complaint is the lack of female characters. These books were written as "juvenile" sci fi, which at the time meant tween and teen boys, a genre nearly devoid of female characters, aside from the occasional brief romantic interest, usually in the form of a prize the hero can earn.
These books are, sadly, no different despite being written by a woman. The first book has a minor love interest, and the second has literally no female characters at all. The only mention of women in the second book is a brief reminder that the protagonist is actually married (although we never see his wife, or even hear about what she is up to), and one scene where we are told that there are native alien women present to show the reader that an entire tribe is on the move, and not just the warriors.