Popular fantasy writer Marion Zimmer Bradley (born 1930) is considered a pioneer in the field of woman-based science fiction, creating strong, independent female protagonists in her many popular novel...
Read more
At the time of her death in 1999, Marion Zimmer Bradley was among the most popular writers of her generation. Author of one of the best-loved series in science fiction and fantasy, her "Darkover" nove...
Read more
Marion Zimmer Bradley is a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy. Born in Albany, New York, she attended New York State College for Teachers from 1946 to 1948 and Hardin-Simmons College, wher...
Read more
Critical Essay by Jean Lorrah
[The Bloody Sun is] a telepathic wish-fulfillment fantasy written by a skilled and talented author who can make it all come alive. This is a rewritten version of an earl...
Read more
Critical Essay by Diane C. Yates
Fans of Bradley's Darkover series will welcome [Two to Conquer], set "toward the end of the Ages of Chaos, during … the Time of the Hundred Kingd...
Read more
Critical Essay by Roland Green
[Sharra's Exile] is a direct sequel to The Heritage of Hastur and not entirely intelligible to readers unfamiliar with the earlier book…. Darkover is beco...
Read more
Critical Essay by Debbie Notken
Darkover is rather a controversial taste—like certain foods, very few people are neutral on the subject. I confess to having been hooked long ago and to reading...
Read more
Critical Essay by Susan M. Shwartz
"You cannot take hawks without climbing cliffs."
The ironic realism of this proverb underlies Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels. For e...
Read more
Critical Essay by Dan Miller
Bradley's tales of fantasy and adventure on the planet Darkover have quietly and deservedly gained a considerable following. This latest installment [The Shattered...
Read more
Critical Essay by Susan L. Nickerson
[In Thendara House] Bradley has pulled together characters and plot elements from four or five previous stories and has turned out another intricate and richly de...
Read more
Critical Essay by Roland Green
The latest entry in the enormously and deservedly popular Darkover saga [Thendara House] is a direct sequel to The Shattered Chain…. This book is more uneven tha...
Read more
Critical Essay by Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide
The name of Marion Zimmer Bradley is a guarantee of excellence. Creative imagination, strong, fleshed-out characters, compelling style, an un...
Read more
Critical Essay by Cherry Wilder
[The Forbidden Tower] continues from The Spell Sword; the alien Catmen have been vanquished, though at heavy cost. Damon Ridenow and Andrew Carr marry the twin sisters...
Read more