Title attributed to Andre Norton

The Gifts of Asti ~ Short Story

Bibliography -

¯ * Fantasy Book Vol.1 # 3 [as Andrew North] (1948) Edited by Garret Ford, Published by Fantasy Publishing, TP, $0.25, 66pg ~ cover by Crozetti

¯ Science Fantasy Series – Griffin Booklet One - Empire of Dust / Gifts of Asti [as Andrew North] (1949) * Published by Griffin Publishing, 47pg ~ Empire of Dust by Basil Wells

¯ * (1979) Educational Progress Published by Western Publishing Co. a division of Educational Development Corp, ~ One of 5 Short Story titles published as a Stand Alone Booklet. Extremely Scarce in any condition. {Image of Set}

¯ The Time Curve (1968) * by Sam Moskowitz and Roger Elwood, Published by Tower, PB, 43-986, $0.60, 189pg

¯ The Many Worlds of Andre Norton (1974) * Edited by Roger Elwood, Published by Chilton, HC, 0-801-95927-6, LCCN 74010980, 208pg ~ cover by Charles Geer

¯ The Book of Andre Norton (1975) * Edited by – Rodger Elwood, Published by DAW, PB, 0-451-UY119-8, $1.25, 221pg ~ cover by Jack Gaughan

¯ The Gifts of Asti and Other Stories of Science Fiction (1975) * Edited by Roger Elwood, Published by Follett, HC, 0-695-40534-9, 216pg

¯ Phantasmagoria: Tales of Fantasy and the Supernatural (1977) * Edited by Jane Mobley, Published by Anchor Books, PB, 0-385-12329-9, 439pg

¯ NOTE: The following book has The Gifts of Asti listed on the cover but the story does not appear inside.

¯ The Human Zero and Other Science Fiction Masterpieces (1967) * Edited by Sam Moskowitz and Roger Elwood, Published by Tower, PB, 43-906, $0.60, 224pg {Image}

¯ NOTE: This Title has entered the “Public Domain” and is therefore open to any publisher that wants to print it. Many “Print on Demand” publishers have started to release this title. It is my decision as creator of this site to ignore these published versions. A good place to find them is Amazon.com however now that Amazon is releasing this title for their electronic reader “Kindle” they are not listing all of the published editions either.

Synopsis ~

Varta, the last priestess of Asti, lives alone with Lur, a telepath of the lizardfolk, in Asti's isolated mountain retreat. Decadent Memphir has long since drifted away from the austere paths of Asti, and now the barbarians of Klem are sacking the city, and the smoke of its burning drifts up to the temple. Asti's followers, however, foresaw that this day would come to Memphir, as Varta has learned from her study of the ancient chronicles.

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