Spell of the Witch World by Andre Norton

In the 1970s and 1980s, however, as her work changed in emphasis from sf to fantasy and as her popularity continued to grow, new novels and reprints alike were released primarily into the general market.

A librarian for two decades before turning to full-time writing, she was one of the few sf figures of any stature to enter the field via Children's SF, and, though much of her work is fully as adult in theme and difficulty as most general sf, she was for many years primarily marketed as a writer for children and the Young Adult market. There is only one character I ever directly based on a historical one and that is Koris of The Witch World who is modeled on Bertrand du Guesclin, the abnormally ugly hero of French history.' That is also from Paul Goode, who notes that du Guesclin lived from 1320 to 1380.Initially the working name of US author Alice Mary Norton (1912-2005), but for most of her career her legal name. I once had a villain turn into a second hero. I have an idea in mind, but once I begin writing, the main characters take over on their own, often changing in the process. Harrison asked Norton if any of her characters were based on any person, living or historical, and Norton replied, 'No. An interview with Andre Norton by Willard Harrison was printed in 1974 in Huitloxopetl #9, a fanzine published by Meade and Penny Frierson. * Koris of Gorm was modeled on a historical person. Thanks to Paul Goode over at the Andre Norton forum for this tidbit. That is according to Len Collins in an article entitled 'The World of Andre Norton' in a 1964 Canadian fanzine called TTH. *Witch World was originally called Quatpe of Swords.

The collection is organized by cycles and series (Estcarp Cycle, High Hallack Cycle, The Turning, Secrets of Witch World) followed by collections of Witch World short stories, and other books which contain at least one Witch World short story or novella. I am not collecting variant printings of books that look the same except for price, ISBN for example, I am not trying to get its and 11th printings of Witch World, which use the same cover as the 10th printing which I already have. All have the same cover art, but use significantly different logos/typestyles for the author name and title, or are different sizes (the 1968 printing is smaller). I also consider a book a different edition if it uses a significantly different typestyle for the title/author for example, see the 1968, 1970, 19 US printings of Sorceress of the Witch World. Instead, I am collecting books with a different binding, size, or cover art. *A word on editions: my definition of “edition” includes different printings I am not trying to collect every single printing. I have a complete collection of titles in the series (though not all editions/printings a long way to go there). Most of the Norton books I own belong to this series.

Spell of the Witch World by Andre Norton