Title attributed to Andre Norton

Star Man's Son

& (aka) Daybreak 2250 AD & Star Man's Son 2250 AD

Bibliography ~

¯ (1968) * Published by Gollancz, HC, 0-575-00054-6, LCCN 68134821, £ 18s (216p), 248pg ~ UK printing ~ cover by Alan Breese ~ illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff

¯ (1980) * Published by Fawcett, PB, 0-449-23614-5, $1.75, 224pg ~ cover by Ken Barr

¯ (1985) * Published by Ballantine Del Rey, PB, 0-345-32588-5, $2.95, 224pg ~ cover Laurence Schwinger

¯ (1987) * Published by Gollancz, PB, 0-575-04124-2, £2.50, 220pg ~ UK printing ~ cover by unknown

Non English Editions ~

¯  (1990) Published in Debrecen, Hungary; by Phoenix, 963-02-8170-8, 203pg ~ translated by István Nemes ~ cover by Tibor Szendrei ~ Hungarian title A csillagember fia

Synopsis ~

Takes place after the Great Blowup. Many areas are still radioactive. Mutated plants and animals abound. This is the story of Fors of the Puma clan, of the people of the Smoking Mountains. Fors's father was of the famed Star Men- explorers of the blasted wilderness beyond the mountain stronghold of the Star Hall. The brotherhood of Star Men sought to carry on the tradition of their research scientist ancestors- to seek out new knowledge for the betterment of the tribe- and of the world. This was to be Fors's destiny also, except that his father failed to return from his last mission and there was no one to speak for him at the last choosing of apprentices. So, rather than accept the insult of a lesser life, Fors took up his sword, bow, and his father's pouch, and along with his great mutant hunting cat, Lura, went out to find the great lost city of the Old Ones that his father's last journal entry spoke of.

Non-English Covers

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