The Beast Master
by Andre Nortonliterary work· published 1959
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The Beast Master is a science fiction novel by American writer Alice "Andre" Norton, published by Harcourt in 1959. It inaugurated the Beast Master series, or Hosteen Storm series after the main character. In German-language translation it was published as Der Letzte der Navajos (de: Arthur Moewig Verlag, 1963) —literally, The Last of the Navajo. Norton wrote one sequel published in 1962 and three by Andre Norton and Lyn McConchie of New Zealand were published forty years later, one of them after Norton's death in 2005. According to McConchie, they were "written solely by Lyn from a brief collaborated outline". The first two latter-day sequels were named the year's best novel by New Zealand science fiction fans (Sir Julius Vogel Award).
Adaptations (3)
The Beast Master has been adapted 3 times, across film and television series, from 1982 to 1999. The most recent is BeastMaster (1999).
The Beastmaster1982 · film · 118 min · dir. Don Coscarelli · IMDb ↗Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with animals, which leads him on a quest for revenge against his father's killers.
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time1991 · film · 107 min · dir. Sylvio Tabet · IMDb ↗IMDb4.1The Beastmaster Dar is forced to travel to earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb, and turning their native land from a desert into... well... a desert!
BeastMaster1999 · television series · 43 min · IMDb ↗IMDb6.2BeastMaster chronicles the adventures of Dar, the last surviving male of the storied Sula tribe, who is blessed with the ability to communicate telepathically with the animals of his ancient world. Also endowed with the strength, courage and fighting skills of a great warrior, he uses his gifts to defend all living creatures oppressed by the forces of evil.
