TY - ABST T1 - Defenders of the Flame Y1 - 2013 A1 - Sylvia [Louise] Engdahl (b. 1933) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Sequel to 2007 and 2009 Engdahl set two hundred years later in which a positive future is found. 

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Merril

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Promise of the Flame Y1 - 2009 A1 - Sylvia [Louise] Engdahl (b. 1933) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Sequel to 2007 Engdahl. In this volume, the small group of people with "psi powers" settle a new planet and develop a new and better culture based on those powers. See also 2013 Engdahl.

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Merril, TxA&M

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Stewards of the Flame Y1 - 2007 A1 - Sylvia [Louise] Engdahl (b. 1933) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

The novel begins in an authoritarian medical dystopia in which health is extremely strictly controlled, to the extent that even the slightest deviation from the ideal leads to forced hospitalization. A small group of people with "psi powers" begin a lengthy conspiracy that culminates in 2009 Engdahl. See also 2013 Engdahl

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Merril, NN

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Doors of the Universe Y1 - 1981 A1 - Sylvia [Louise] Engdahl (b. 1933) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Third volume of a trilogy following 1972 and 1973 Engdahl. In this volume, the protagonist of the first two still doubts his ability to solve the problems his culture faces, but he ultimately succeeds. 

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Rpt. with minor revisions in Children of the Star (Atlanta, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2000), 423-717 together with 1972 and 1973 Engdahl, with an “Afterword” to the Collection (719-21), in which she notes that this volume was intended for adults, and “Sylvia Engdahl Biography” ([723-24]).

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains Y1 - 1973 A1 - Sylvia [Louise] Engdahl (b. 1933) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Continuation of 1972 Engdahl. In this novel most of story is concerned with a villager who had earned the right to become a Scholar and his despair over what he learns. But at the end he reinterprets the Prophecy on which the civilization is built in a way that will bring about change in the future. See also 1981 Engdahl.

PB - Atheneum CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. with minor revisions in Children of the Star (Atlanta, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2000), 217-421 together with 1972 and 1981 Engdahl, with an “Afterword” to the Collection (719-21), in which she notes that this volume was intended for teenagers, whereas the first was intended for children, and “Sylvia Engdahl Biography” ([723-24]). Public US

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Illus. Richard Cuffari

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - This Star Shall Abide Y1 - 1972 A1 - Sylvia [Louise] Engdahl (b. 1933) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Young adult highly structured, religious, authoritarian dystopia which turns out to be better than it initially seems. The society is led by Scholars, who keep knowledge to themselves, in the middle are the Technicians, who keep the machines running that make the planet inhabitable, and at the bottom are the villagers, who work the land. See also 1973 and 1981 Engdahl.

PB - Atheneum CY - New York N1 -

U.K. ed. as Heritage of the Star. London: Victor Gollancz, 1973. Rev. in Children of the Star (Atlanta, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2000), 15-215 together with 1973 and 1981 Engdahl, with an “Afterword” to the Collection (719-21) and “Sylvia Engdahl Biography” ([723-24]). 

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U.K. ed. as Heritage of the Star.

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Illus. Richard Cuffari

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Far Side of Evil Y1 - 1971 A1 - Sylvia [Louise] Engdahl (b. 1933) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Young adult novel in which a planet has reached the stage in which they are likely to annihilate itself with nuclear weapons. The same protagonist as and called a sequel to 1970 in Engdahl, although in her “Afterword” to the 2003 edition, the author says this work is aimed at an older audience.

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Rpt. Illus. Richard Cuffari. New York: Collier, 1989; and Illus. Jody Hewgill. New York: Walker, 2003, with an “Afterword” by the author (321-24). U.K. ed. London: Gollancz, 1975. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Enchantress of the Stars Y1 - 1970 A1 - Sylvia [Louise] Engdahl (b. 1933) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Young adult novel about a colonization scheme that has no concern about the welfare of the inhabitants. The same protagonist as in 1971 Engdahl. 

PB - Athenaeum CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. illus. Leo and Diane Dillon. New York, Walker, 2001, with a “Foreword to the 2001 Edition” by Lois Lowry (vi-xi) and an “Afterword to the 2001 Edition” by the author (287-88). 

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