Series
Dipple
Andre Norton · 2 novels · 1961–1964
Andre Norton's Dipple books are linked by a shared setting rather than a continuing plot: the Dipple, a squalid refugee slum for displaced aliens and humans on a distant colony world, first introduced in Catseye (1961). Night of Masks (1964), grouped here alongside it, follows a different, disfigured young protagonist drawn into his own separate adventure that also touches the Dipple, rather than continuing Catseye's story. Each book stands alone, connected mainly by Norton's recurring interest in outcasts finding purpose off-world.
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The order the books came out.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
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Dipple at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1960s2
Shape
2 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionaliensother star systemsfar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Catseyedarkest · calmest
- Night of Masksbrightest · most intense