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The People of the Crater
Andre Norton
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An air force pilot adrift in peacetime is recruited to join an Antarctic expedition. When a strange mist downs his plane he discovers an ancient alien civilization which has prophesized his arrival. Now he and his faithful pet Ana must descend to the depths of the crater and face the Black Ones in order to rescue the fair Thrala, daughter of the Ancient Ones.
An air force pilot adrift in peacetime is recruited to join an Antarctic expedition. When a strange mist downs his plane he discovers an ancient alien civilization which has prophesized his arrival. Now he and his faithful pet Ana must descend to the depths of the crater and face the Black Ones in order to rescue the fair Thrala, daughter of the Ancient Ones.
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Urg brought the flyer into one of the bubble-shaped rooms which contained a low, cushioned bench facing a metal screen—and here they seated themselves.
What followed was a language lesson. On the screen appeared objects which Urg would name, to have his sibilant uttering repeated by Garin. As the American later learned, the ray treatment he had undergone had quickened his mental powers, and in an incredibly short time he had a working vocabulary.
Judging by the pictures the lizard folk were the rulers of the crater world, although there were other forms of life there. The elephant-like Tand was a beast of burden, the squirrel-like Eron lived underground and carried on a crude agriculture in small clearings, coming shyly twice a year to exchange grain for a liquid rubber produced by the Folk.
Then there was the Gibi, a monstrous bee, als. . . Read More
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This is not a great example of pulp science fiction-stroke-fantasy and it shows an author finding her way in the genre. However, for any Andre Norton aficionado there is a wealth of hints at the writer to come.
The story is set at the end of a future war on Earth with the former military pilot Garin
Military pilot Garin Featherstone is hired by a famous explorer to fly one of his planes to Antarctica to discover the source of a mysterious blue haze that might be generated by a cache of valuable minerals. As he approaches the crater from which the mist is rising, Garin senses an alien presence t
You're Andre Norton in late 1946, living in the Midwest with a boring 9 to 5 job writing at night to hopefully some day become a writer. The War has been over for a year. You have puttered around with writing adventure stories for boys, a western. a few historical fiction novels, but nothing has bee
This was Norton's first published SF, originally appearing under the Andrew North name. It's entertaining and imaginative but weak in the organization and storytelling elements. Many confrontational scenes are cut off so quickly that you turn the page and then look back to see if you missed somethin