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Marion Zimmer Bradley

    June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999

    Marion Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels, often exploring feminist themes. Her early work shows a strong influence from the adventure fantasy authors of her childhood, featuring distant worlds and daring escapades. Throughout her career, she also experimented with different genres, publishing under various pseudonyms, including works of gay and lesbian pulp fiction. Her most celebrated works, such as the Darkover series and her retellings of Arthurian legend, often blend fantasy and science fiction elements, with later installments in her series being continued by collaborators.

    Marion Zimmer Bradley
    The Saga of the Renunciates (Darkover, Band 3)
    The Mists of Avalon
    Sword and Sorceress XIV
    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover
    Sword of Avalon
    Free Amazons of Darkover
    • VERLOCKENDER SCHNEE

      • 216 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Kennen Sie das Gefühl teuflischer Besessenheit, das in Tag- und Nachtträumen Besitz von seinen Opfern ergreift? Der Todesatem von Dämonen der Dunkelheit streift warmes, sterbliches Fleisch. Kalter Hauch des Verderbens erschüttert den Lebenswillen. Der Gedanke an die Nacht wird zur Qual. Im Halbdunkel streichelt eine verborgene Hand den willigen Körper, ein unwirklicher Kuss, ein Atemzug erregt die Fantasie. Die verschwommene Grenze des Bewusstseins wird hinweggeschwemmt von einem Gefühl des Entsetzens und der Gier. Übernatürliche Kräfte entfachen ein todbringendes Inferno erotischer Sündhaftigkeit. Dies ist das Gefühl, das sich Ihrer beim Lesen dieser meisterhaften Horror-Storys bemächtigen wird... Eine Anthologie der Superlative – ein Festschmaus für jeden Horror-Fan! Mit Erzählungen von Marion Zimmer Bradley, Theodore Sturgeon, J. Sheridan La Fanu, Jerome Bixby, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Hitchens, Robert Bloch und Winston March. »Faszinierend und erregend.« - Ira Levin, Autor von ROSEMARIES BABY

      VERLOCKENDER SCHNEE2019
    • Sword of Avalon

      • 424 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Continuing the saga of the inhabitants of Avalon, a young boy raised in secret after his parents are killed by traitors returns home to prove his worth and lead his followers to victory while wielding the newly forged sword Excalibur

      Sword of Avalon2009
      4.2
    • The Alton Gift

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      The long-awaited continuation to Marion Zimmer Bradley's popular science fiction Darkover saga After generations of struggle to protect the unique native culture of Darkover from the ambitions of the ruthless Terran Federation, the Terrans have finally been forced to abandon Darkover due to interstellar civil war. As Lew Alton—returned home to the world of his birth after decades spent in exile as the Darkovan representative to the Terran Senate—wrestles with the dark shadows from his past, his daughter Marguerida’s psychic Gifts warn her of impending danger. But danger to whom? Her husband Mikhail, as powerful head of the Hastur Doman is her most obvious worry, for many would stand to gain from his demise. Meanwhile, unknown to Marguerida, her son, Domenic, searches for his place in a world of shifting loyalties, torn by love for two very different women, and troubled by his destiny as the heir to Hastur. But while Darkover’s powerful rulers face their personal demons, desperate refugees flood the streets of Thendara, Darkover’s capital city, for in the mountains an ancient menace is once again on the rise—a power against which neither sword nor the psychic sorcery of Darkover can prevail.

      The Alton Gift2008
      3.8
    • The Door Through Space

      • 204 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Fangs of the Wolf World Across half a Galaxy, the Terran Empire maintains its sovereignty with the consent of the governed. It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebellious world have turned against their own people and sided with the men of Terra; not from fear, but from a sense of dedication. There has never been open war. The battle for these worlds is fought in the minds of a few men who stand between worlds; bound to one world by interest, loyalties and allegiance; bound to the other by love. Such a world is Wolf. Such a man was Race Cargill of the Terran Secret Service… At one time Race Cargill had been the best Terran Intelligence agent on the complex and mysterious planet of Wolf. He had repeatedly imperiled his life amongst the half-human and non-human creatures of the sullen world. And he had repeatedly accomplished the fantastic missions until his name was emblazoned with glory. But that had all seemingly ended. For six long years he'd sat behind a boring desk inside the fenced-in Terran Headquarters, cut off there ever since he and a rival had scarred and ripped each other in blood-feud. But when The Door Through Space swung suddenly open, the feud was on again—and with it a plot designed to check and destroy the Terran Empire.

      The Door Through Space2007
      3.3
    • Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Marion Zimmer Bradley's beloved Avalon saga continues in 'a fine tribute to Bradley and the real-world triumphs and tragedy of Boudica.' (Publishers Weekly) Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal readership and anyone who loves wonderfully told stories of history, myth, and fantasy.

      Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon2007
      3.9
    • Con il cuore e con la spada

      • 364 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Marion Zimmer Bradley ha più volte ripetuto che le maggiori soddisfazioni leha avute in occasione della scoperta di nuovi talenti della narrativafantastica. Ancora una volta, accanto a nuove voci, gli appassionati sarannofelici di trovare autori spesso presenti in queste raccolte, come Deborah Wheeler, che, con "Lama d'argento", racconta di una maga che accorre in aiutodi una creatura leggendaria; Mercedes Lackey, che, insieme con Elisabeth Waters, propone la storia di due sorelle - una mercenaria e un'abileintessitrice d'incantesimi -, le quali scopriranno che l'amore a volte nonconosce la giustizia; o come Diana Paxson, che fa rivivere l'esperienza di unasirena, la cui vita sarà cambiata per sempre da una "voce".

      Con il cuore e con la spada2006
      2.8
    • Avalonserie - 5: Voorvaderen van Avalon

      • 383 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      De priesteressen van Atlantis weten al jaren dat hun mythische eilandrijk door de golven verzwolgen zal worden. Mar nu dit op het punt staat te gebeuren, blijken ze slechter voorbereid dan ze dachten. Vlak voor het laatste eiland ten onder gaat, vlucht prinses en hogepriesteres Tiriki, samen met Damisa, een jonge acoliet van koninklijken bloede, over zee richting het in mist gehulde Brittanië. In hun nieuwe thuisland aangekomen, raken beide vrouwen verwikkeld in de machstrijd tussen de oude bewoners van Atlantis. Want welke weg moet er nu bewandeld worden: die van de wereldlijke macht, of die van spirituele rijkdom? Al snel blijkt dat menselijke emoties als afgunst en machtswellust bereiken wat de golven niet konden...

      Avalonserie - 5: Voorvaderen van Avalon2005
    • Ancestors of Avalon

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      Marion Zimmer Bradley's beloved Avalon saga continues with the dramatic story of the ancestors of Avalon, from their life on the doomed island of Atlantis to their escape to the mist-shrouded isle of Britain.

      Ancestors of Avalon2005
      3.9
    • To Save a World (Darkover Omnibus #7)

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      A new Darkover omnibus Including the first Darkover novel ever written! An omnibus volume of two of Marion Zimmer Bradley's classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels.

      To Save a World (Darkover Omnibus #7)2004
      3.9