Science Fiction

clamshells

(57 posts) Thu Oct 15, 2015, 05:57 PM Oct 2015

free Andre Norton books

I am winnowing my paperbacks to give to the library book sale and I trotted off to the computer to see how readily available Andre Norton's books were in kindle format.

I never thought I'd give up paper books, but the larger font size settable in kindle books got to me. As I move more and more to kindle, my house, formerly full of books, is starting to look like I'm a Republican or something

Come to find out Amazon has numerous Andre Norton books for free. I just grabbed all fifteen free ones. Others are like 99 cents but I left those for later. There were other older science fiction authors in there with free kindle books also.

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free Andre Norton books (Original Post) clamshells Oct 2015 OP

Hey, great heads-up! Codeine Oct 2015 #1

Not familiar with this author left-of-center2012 Nov 2015 #2

Late reply much? The Polack MSgt Oct 2016 #4

Awesome! Thanks. I haven't had copies of those books in ages. Pakhet May 2016 #3

Daybreak 2250 A.D. scarletlib Mar 2017 #5

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

1. Hey, great heads-up!

Reply to clamshells (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:23 PM

Oct 2015

Just picked up several myself.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

2. Not familiar with this author

Reply to clamshells (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 05:07 AM

Nov 2015

What would you suggest as my first book?
Thanks

The Polack MSgt

(13,425 posts)

4. Late reply much?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 6, 2016, 09:26 AM

Oct 2016

I was browsing through sections of DU I don't normally visit.

Saw your question and had to respond. Andre Norton was one of the authors that I loved as a student back in the 70s who's work stands up to an adult's perspective..

Almost any would work, but I like "Saragossa of space" or the "witch world "series

Pakhet

(520 posts)

3. Awesome! Thanks. I haven't had copies of those books in ages.

Reply to clamshells (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 03:20 AM

May 2016

I moved to kindle 4 years ago for the same reason as you. Even with reading glasses and bifocals I can't read real book fonts anymore. The changeable font on the kindle is wonderful.

scarletlib

(3,487 posts)

5. Daybreak 2250 A.D.

Reply to clamshells (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 08:37 PM

Mar 2017

I read this as a preteen when in it came out in paperback in 1961. I bought it through Scholastic Books. It may have been the first science fiction novel I had ever read. It wasn't the last.

I read that book over again many times and still remember it today. I became a big science fiction fan because of that book. And I never forgot the name Andre Norton.

Thanks for the Kindle information.

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