Comments | rachelmanija: Marion Zimmer Bradley omnibus: Winds of Darkover, Star of Danger, The Bloody Sun

rachelmanija

Marion Zimmer Bradley omnibus: Winds of Darkover, Star of Danger, The Bloody Sun

Dec 07, 2005 13:13

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coffeeandink's faultThese are a set of old (1965-1970) sf novels about Darkover, a vividly evoked lost colony where, due to interbreeding with native psychic aliens, a caste of red-headed telepaths evolved, used their psychic powers to commit massively destructive acts, then renounced all weapons that kill at a distance and most of their psychic ( Read more... )

author: bradley marion zimmer, genre: totally fictional incest

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lnhammer December 8 2005, 00:33:46 UTC

I understand that MZB did very little of the cowriting for the Margot Alton books.

---L.

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apintrix December 10 2005, 19:05:01 UTC

....oh man. True that.

Heh, you should write it, I'm curious. (Although it's kinda black market, eh?)

lnhammer December 8 2005, 00:37:41 UTC

OTOH, the few books that DO have a Terran career woman (the same woman) on Darkover are pretty good. Well, two of them: The Shattered Chain and Thendara House -- for City of Sourcery is, well, pretty bad.

And, yes, there's consequences for Sharra in later books: Heritage of Hastur and Sharra's Exile.

---L.

coffeeandink December 8 2005, 00:47:32 UTC

Star of Danger is such a boys' own adventure novel. Only I mostly thinking boys' adventures are boring and Star of Danger is fun.

lnhammer December 8 2005, 04:45:11 UTC

When it comes out, we need to make sure you get a copy of Secret of the Three Treasures.

---L.

apintrix December 8 2005, 01:02:41 UTC

oh hey, I used to be a total Darkover fanatic...

I always enjoyed "The Spell Sword", because it was nice uncomplicated fairy-tale stuff. With spacemen. But Star of Danger was cool too.

The Bloody Sun, on the other hand, is sprawling angsty joy. Or, anyway, was when I was 17. ;) I've still got it hanging around here somewhere, I think... but my true love was for "The Heritage of Hastur". Which is The Uber-Angst. And slashy!

affreca December 8 2005, 01:17:24 UTC

I was a long time Darkover fan freak (at a way to early age for my own good).

Star of Danger was specifically written as a YA book, and if I remember right, had to do with MZB changing publishers.

Slash and incest themes are common throughout the Darkover series. My favorites are the strong women ones - Hawkmistress and The Shattered Chain.