Series
Solar Queen
Andre Norton, Sherwood Smith & P. M. Griffin · 6 novels · 1 novella · 1955–1997
Andre Norton's Solar Queen novels follow the crew of a free-trader starship under Captain Jellico as they scrape by hauling cargo and making first contact on the fringes of settled space. The first three books appeared in the 1950s; Norton returned to the series decades later and, from the 1990s on, completed it in collaboration with P. M. Griffin and Sherwood Smith. Across its seven novels the series keeps its ensemble trading-crew premise rather than following one continuous plot.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Solar Queen 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
- 1950s3
- 1960s1
- 1970s0
- 1980s0
- 1990s3
Shape
6 novels · 1 novella
3 authors
reads like:science fictionspace explorationspaceshipfar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 71% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book7 of 7 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Derelict for Tradedarkest · calmest
- Sargasso of Spacebrightest
- Plague Shipmost intense