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Rediscovery Of The Ordinary
''Rediscovery'' is a science fantasy novel by American writers Marion Zimmer Bradley and Mercedes Lackey, part of the ''Darkover'' series of novels and short stories published in the United States since 1958. It was first published by DAW Books in 1993. ''Rediscovery'' deals with Earth's reestablishment of contact with the lost human colony on the planet Darkover after centuries of societal development on the colony world. It presents the backstory necessary for understanding ''The Sword of Aldones'', '' Sharra's Exile'', and ''The Heritage of Hastur''. The story take place between 2,000 and 5,000 years after human colonization of the planet in ''Darkover Landfall''. Plot summary On Darkover, Lorill Hastur accompanies his twin, Leonie, to Dalereuth Tower for training. The keeper, Fiora, discovers that she has amazing but undisciplined ''laran'' powers. A Terran ship heads towards Cottman's Star, seeking possible descendants of pre-Empire lost colony ships of the distant past. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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The Sword Of Aldones
''The Sword of Aldones'' is a sword and planet novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, part of her '' Darkover'' series. It was first published by Ace Books in 1962, dos-à-dos with her other novel ''The Planet Savers''. Bradley revised and rewrote the novel publishing it as ''Sharra's Exile ''Sharra's Exile'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley. Part of the ''Darkover'', it is a sequel to ''The Heritage of Hastur''. This novel is a complete rewrite of '' The Sword of Aldones'' published by Ace in 196 ...'' in 1981. In his 1977 review of the re-release of ''The Sword of Aldones'', Lester del Rey wrote that "it presents a somewhat different Darkover than we find in later novels. But even the early stories have the wonderful allure of this strange world".The Reference Library, pg. 169, Lester del Rey, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1977, Vol. XCVII No. 3 Plot summary Lew Alton returns to Darkover after a long absence. He muses a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Science Fiction Novels
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Novels By Marion Zimmer Bradley
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkover Books
Darkover is the planet giving its name to the ''Darkover'' series of science fiction-fantasy novel Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fan ...s and short story, short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958. According to the novels, Darkover is the only habitable planet of seven orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman. The Cottman stellar system Bradley describes Cottman's Star as a red giant, around which seven planets orbit. Among these, CottmanIV, known to its inhabitants as Darkover, is the only habitable planet. The three inner planets and two outer planets are not habitable. CottmanV is an ice planet that while not toxic to humans, cannot naturally support a self-sustaining human population. Like Cottman V, Darkover is a planet st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forbidden Tower
''The Forbidden Tower'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, part of her ''Darkover'' series. Originally published by DAW Books (No. 256) in 1977, it is the sequel to ''The Spell Sword'' and is followed by ''The Bloody Sun''. The major characters also appear in '' Thendara House'' and ''City of Sorcery''. This book is set approximately forty years after the events in the book ''Rediscovery''. The Hilary Castamir stories in the collection '' Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover'' precede the events in ''The Forbidden Tower'' by about ten years. Plot summary On the road to Armida, Damon Ridenow encounters Leonie Hastur, Keeper of Arilinn. Leonie tells him that she wishes to persuade Callista Lanart to return to Arilinn Tower and replace her as Keeper. She is aware that Callista wishes to marry the Terran, Andrew Carr, who rescued her from the Caves of Corresanti (as seen in ''The Spell Sword''). After they arrive, Leonie meets with Callista and unable to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Planet Savers
''The Planet Savers'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, part of her '' Darkover'' series. It was first published in book form in English by Ace Books in 1962, dos-à-dos with Bradley's novel ''The Sword of Aldones''. The story first appeared in the November 1958 issue of the magazine ''Amazing Stories''. It subsequently appeared in a German translation in 1960 with additional chapters added that were not by the author. ''The Planet Savers'' takes place at least 152 years after the events described in '' Rediscovery''.In the first chapter of ''The Planet Savers'', Randall Forth says that the Terrans have had a trade compact with Darkover for 152 years, which suggests that they have been on Darkover somewhat longer; 1976 paperback, pg 6. Plot summary Desperate to discover a cure for the cyclical 48-year-fever, known as Trailmen’s fever, Dr. Randall Forth persuades a colleague, Dr. Jay Allison, to undergo hypnosis. He calls forth a secondary perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkover Landfall
''Darkover Landfall'' is a science fiction novel in the '' Darkover'' series by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley. It was originally published in 1972 by DAW Books. It has since been republished several times and is included as part of the ''Darkover: First Contact'' omnibus. According to Bradley's obituary, the events of this book take place at the end of the 21st century. Plot summary ''Darkover Landfall'' concerns the crew and colonists of a spaceship that is forced to crash land on Cottman IV, an inhospitable planet in orbit around a red giant. The crew become accidental colonists when the ship loses contact with Earth and they realize rescue is impossible. The book introduces surnames In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ..., religious and cultural themes tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heritage Of Hastur
''The Heritage of Hastur'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, part of the ''Darkover'' series. It was nominated for the Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of prof ... for Best Novel in 1975. It explores sexual themes, particularly the view that homosexuality is a normal variant of human sexuality. ''The Heritage of Hastur'' is set in what Bradley called Darkover's Second Age Against the Terrans (after the Comyn). In '' The Bloody Sun'', Lew Alton is described as age 11, which suggests that this book takes place 10–15 years later.http://www.darkover.com/new/darkover/guide/books/heritage.en.html Darkover.com summary of novel Plot summary The story, told from the alternating points of view of Regis Hastur and Lewis Alton, star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharra's Exile
''Sharra's Exile'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley. Part of the ''Darkover'', it is a sequel to ''The Heritage of Hastur''. This novel is a complete rewrite of ''The Sword of Aldones'' published by Ace in 1962. The second chapter of book one (pages 39 to 57) of ''Sharra's Exile'' was previously published in a slightly different form as a short story entitled "Blood Will Tell" in ''The Keeper's Price''. ''Sharra's Exile'' falls in the part of the Darkover timeline that the author called " Against the Terrans: The Second Age (after the ''Comyn'')". Plot summary Prologue Lew and Kennard Alton have been absent from Darkover for three years, since the events of the Sharra Rebellion (as seen in ''The Heritage of Hastur''). Despite numerous attempts, Terran medics were not able to restore Lew's hand, but he is slowly recovering his mental and emotional control. Book One Regis Hastur is now 18 years old and has recently completed his training in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkover
Darkover is the planet giving its name to the ''Darkover'' series of science fiction-fantasy novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958. According to the novels, Darkover is the only habitable planet of seven orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman. The Cottman stellar system Bradley describes Cottman's Star as a red giant, around which seven planets orbit. Among these, CottmanIV, known to its inhabitants as Darkover, is the only habitable planet. The three inner planets and two outer planets are not habitable. CottmanV is an ice planet that while not toxic to humans, cannot naturally support a self-sustaining human population. Like Cottman V, Darkover is a planet stuck in a permanent ice age. Only one small equatorial strip of its single smallish continent is warm enough to support limited agriculture, fishing, and livestock. Similar in size to Earth, Darkover has a lower gravity due to its relative lack of metals; it also has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Books
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