tailieunhanh - Star Born

Dane Thorson, Cargo-master-apprentice of the Solar Queen, Galactic Free Trader spacer, Terra registry, stood in the middle of the ship's cramped bather while Rip Shannon, assistant Astrogator and his senior in the Service of Trade by some four years, applied gobs of highly scented paste to the skin between Dane's rather prominent shoulder blades. The small cabin was thickly redolent with spicy odors and Rip sniffed appreciatively. "You're sure going to be about the best smelling Terran who ever set boot on Sargol's soil," his soft slur of speech ended in a rich chuckle. Dane snorted and tried to estimate progress over one shoulder. "The things we have to do. | Star Born Norton Andre Alice Published 1957 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Source http 1 About Norton Andre Alice Norton February 17 1912 - March 17 2005 science fiction and fantasy author with some works of historical fiction and contemporary fiction was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland Ohio in the United States. She published her first novel in 1934. She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master Award from the World Science Fiction Society in 1977 and she won the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the SFWA in 1983. She wrote under the noms de plume Andre Norton Andrew North and Allen Weston. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Norton The Time Traders 1958 Galactic Derelict 1959 Key out of Time 1963 Plague Ship 1956 Star Hunter 1961 The Defiant Agents 1962 All Cats Are Gray 1953 Storm Over Warlock 1960 Rebel Spurs 1962 Voodoo Planet 1959 Copyright Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and or check the copyright status in your country. Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Chapter 1 Shooting Star The travelers had sighted the cove from the sea a narrow bite into the land the first break in the cliff wall which protected the interior of this continent from the pounding of the ocean. And although it was still but midafternoon Dalgard pointed the outrigger into the promised shelter the dip of his steering paddle swinging in harmony with that wielded by Sssuri in the bow of their narrow wave-riding craft. The two voyagers were neither of the same race nor of the same species yet they worked together without words as if they had established some bond which gave them a rapport transcending the need for speech. Dalgard Nordis was a son of the Colony his kind had not originated on this planet. He was not as tall nor as heavily built as those Terran outlaw ancestors who had fled political .