"Star Guard" follows the adventures of a unit of mercenaries sent to serve a usurper on a backwater world. Their boss loses and they have to fight their way to freedom across a hostile world. I read and re-read the story several times, and I still have the old thirty five cent Ace paperback lovingly tucked away on a shelf in my library.5/5(4). · Figure 2 – Star Rangers (Ken Barr ) Back on April 8th, Amazing’s own MD Jackson wrote a column on “ Judging a Book by its Cover ” (check the link), in which he attempted to judge the worth of an Andre Norton book just by its published covers. The book was called Star Guard, and Jackson showed seven published covers, which tells us that this book has had a rich and varied Reviews: Oh, the novel is finished, but at the end the author sets up the ground work for a further novel. Ms. Norton called her early novels, such as Star Guard, Star Man's Son, No Night Without Stars, and others her /5(15).
Star Guard is a science fiction novel by American writer Andre Norton, published in by Harcourt, Brace Company. It is an example of military science fiction, based on European ancient history. The defining events of future historyas only Andre Norton could tell them! Publisher's Note: Star Soldiers has been previously published in parts as Star Guard and Star Rangers. This is the first unitary edition. All Too Timely: Andre Norton's. Star Guard. It's an interesting experience to go back fifty years in the timeline of Norton publications, from her last solo publication to one of her first.
Ace #D Cover art by Ed Emshwiller. Select type of book search you would like to make. The Andre Norton novel "Star Gate" first published in , in an intricately crafted science-fiction story employing the theme of alternative history. Ms Norton elaborates upon the concept that propels this story in her introduction to the novel. Star Soldiers by Andre Norton Humanity’s aggressive nature causes them to be galactic mercenaries when they burst out of Sol’s gravity well. Molded into a strict regime by Galactic Central Control, man’s creative aspects are ignored as they bleed off their most courageous warriors.
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