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Marion Zimmer Bradley is a science-fiction and fantasy writer, novelist, and editor. She was born in Albany, New York on June 3, 1930. Bradley attended the New York State College for Teachers from 1946 to 1948. She earned a B.A. from Hardin Simmons University in 1964. Bradley did graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley from 1965 to 1967. Bradley sold her first story to Fantastic Amazing Stories as part of an amateur fiction contest. She sold her first professional story to Vortex Science Fiction in 1952. Her novels include The Sword of Aldones and The Planet Savers. Both novels were set on Darkover, the setting for more than 20 subsequent Bradley novels. Bradley also wrote The Mists of Avalon, a reworking of the King Arthur legend with more emphasis on the female characters. She used the same approach with The Firebrand, which was based on The Iliad. In addition to writing more than 85 books, Bradley was the editor of an annual anthology for DAW Books, as well as the editor of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine. Bradley died in 1999. (Bowker Author Biography) Marion Zimmer Bradley was the bestselling author of "The Mists of Avalon", "Lady of Avalon", "The Forest House", & "The Firebrand", as well as the popular Darkover series of science fiction novels. She died in 1999. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Mists of Avalon… (more)
The Mists of Avalon 16,025 copies, 291 reviews
The Forest House 3,656 copies, 33 reviews
Lady of Avalon 3,268 copies, 18 reviews
The Firebrand 2,623 copies, 36 reviews
Priestess of Avalon 2,399 copies, 17 reviews
Darkover Landfall (Author) 1,625 copies, 27 reviews
Black Trillium 1,584 copies, 14 reviews
Hawkmistress! 1,384 copies, 11 reviews
Stormqueen! 1,309 copies, 14 reviews
The Forbidden Tower 1,191 copies, 7 reviews
The Heritage of Hastur 1,183 copies, 8 reviews
The Bloody Sun 1,179 copies, 9 reviews
The Shattered Chain (Author) 1,164 copies, 4 reviews
Thendara House 1,129 copies, 8 reviews
City of Sorcery 1,127 copies, 9 reviews
Exile's Song 1,109 copies, 6 reviews
Sharra's Exile 1,079 copies, 6 reviews
The Spell Sword 1,074 copies, 10 reviews
Two to Conquer 1,061 copies, 8 reviews
Star of Danger 1,013 copies, 9 reviews
The Shadow Matrix 1,013 copies, 4 reviews
The World Wreckers 989 copies, 7 reviews
The Heirs of Hammerfell 929 copies, 8 reviews
Traitor's Sun 905 copies, 6 reviews
Rediscovery 900 copies, 9 reviews
Tiger Burning Bright 828 copies, 7 reviews
Winds of Darkover 810 copies, 5 reviews
Lythande 809 copies, 16 reviews
Blood Trillium 767 copies, 1 review
Ghostlight 767 copies, 16 reviews
The Fall of Neskaya 718 copies, 10 reviews
Sword and Sorceress I (Editor) 684 copies, 7 reviews
Lady of the Trillium 648 copies, 3 reviews
Ravens of Avalon 633 copies, 12 reviews
The Keeper's Price (Editor) 599 copies, 3 reviews
Witchlight 591 copies, 7 reviews
Hunters of the Red Moon (Author) 587 copies, 1 review
The House Between the Worlds 586 copies, 7 reviews
The Inheritor 577 copies, 8 reviews
Zandru's Forge 553 copies, 6 reviews
Sword of Chaos and other stories (Editor; Contributor) 532 copies, 3 reviews
Free Amazons of Darkover 512 copies, 7 reviews
Sword and Sorceress III (Editor) 508 copies, 5 reviews
The Catch Trap 505 copies, 12 reviews
Gravelight 502 copies, 4 reviews
A Flame in Hali 494 copies, 7 reviews
Sword and Sorceress II (Editor) 475 copies, 4 reviews
The Ruins of Isis 459 copies, 2 reviews
The Other Side of the Mirror (Editor) 444 copies, 1 review
Warrior Woman 441 copies, 3 reviews
The Colors of Space 439 copies, 15 reviews
The Survivors 417 copies, 1 review
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover 416 copies, 24 reviews
Red Sun of Darkover (Editor; Contributor) 414 copies, 2 reviews
Glenraven (Author) 411 copies, 3 reviews
Sword and Sorceress IV (Editor) 398 copies, 2 reviews
The Saga of the Renunciates 398 copies, 4 reviews
The Ages of Chaos 390 copies, 6 reviews
Four Moons of Darkover 387 copies, 2 reviews
The Alton Gift 376 copies, 6 reviews
The Sword of Aldones 371 copies, 4 reviews
Night's Daughter 360 copies, 7 reviews
Leroni of Darkover 360 copies, 5 reviews
The Door Through Space 360 copies, 13 reviews
Heartlight 359 copies, 6 reviews
Sword and Sorceress V 357 copies, 2 reviews
Witch Hill 357 copies, 7 reviews
Sword and Sorceress X (Editor) 355 copies, 2 reviews
Domains of Darkover (Editor; Contributor) 341 copies, 4 reviews
The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley 340 copies, 2 reviews
The Planet Savers 338 copies, 8 reviews
The Forbidden Circle 333 copies, 1 review
Sword and Sorceress IX (Editor) 321 copies, 2 reviews
Snows of Darkover 316 copies, 1 review
Renunciates of Darkover 316 copies, 1 review
Sword and Sorceress VII (Editor) 314 copies, 2 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XVI 312 copies, 2 reviews
Heritage and Exile 312 copies, 7 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XI (Editor) 307 copies, 4 reviews
Sword and Sorceress VIII (Editor) 303 copies, 3 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XV (Editor) 302 copies, 2 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XVII (Editor) 302 copies, 2 reviews
Sword and Sorceress VI 301 copies, 2 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XII (Editor) 300 copies, 2 reviews
Darkover: First Contact 282 copies, 4 reviews
Endless universe 280 copies, 4 reviews
Towers of Darkover (Editor; Contributor) 277 copies
Sword and Sorceress XIV (Editor) 275 copies, 2 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XIII (Editor) 272 copies, 2 reviews
A World Divided 267 copies, 2 reviews
Survey Ship 265 copies, 2 reviews
Web of Darkness 260 copies, 2 reviews
In the Rift 254 copies, 2 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XVIII (Editor) 253 copies, 3 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XIX (Editor) 247 copies, 3 reviews
Hastur Lord 235 copies, 5 reviews
Web of Light 231 copies, 1 review
Falcons of Narabedla 226 copies, 2 reviews
Greyhaven (Editor) 224 copies, 2 reviews
The Gratitude of Kings 221 copies, 5 reviews
Les Dames du lac, tome 1 220 copies, 2 reviews
The brass dragon 218 copies, 2 reviews
Sword and Sorceress XX (Editor) 198 copies, 3 reviews
Dark Satanic 178 copies, 5 reviews
Children of Hastur 174 copies, 2 reviews
Seven from the Stars 163 copies, 3 reviews
Oath of the Renunciates 158 copies, 1 review
The Children of Kings 133 copies, 2 reviews
Spells of Wonder (Editor) 118 copies, 2 reviews
Endless Voyage 107 copies
The Winds of Darkover / The Anything Tree (Author) 89 copies, 2 reviews
Thunderlord 78 copies, 2 reviews
The Complete Lythande 55 copies, 26 reviews
Year of the Big Thaw 34 copies, 3 reviews
Luchsmond. 29 copies
Die Avalon-Kassette: 4 Bde. 24 copies, 1 review
Castle Terror (Author) 21 copies
L'Alliance 15 copies
I signori di Darkover (Editor) 12 copies
The Wind People 10 copies
The Laran Gambit (Darkover) 10 copies, 2 reviews
Elbow Room 6 copies
2002 3 copies
2000 3 copies
2001 3 copies
Hero's Moon 3 copies
Bird of Prey 3 copies
A Sword of Chaos [novelette] 3 copies, 1 review
Die Amazonen von Darkover (Author) 2 copies
Mgly Avalonu 2 copies
Moonfire 2 copies, 1 review
The Waterfall [short story] 2 copies, 1 review
Keyhole 1 copy
RAINHA DA TEMPESTADE 1 copy, 1 review
Bloody sun 1 copy
Phoenix 1 copy
1990 1 copy
Legende of Lady bruna 1 copy, 1 review
Magic Flute 1 copy, 1 review
1996 1 copy
1995 1 copy
1984 1 copy
1998 1 copy
1997 1 copy
Las nieblas de Avalon 1 copy, 1 review
Thieves' World (Contributor; Contributor) 1,502 copies, 14 reviews
Ancestors of Avalon (Autor, some editions) 1,284 copies, 13 reviews
The Birthgrave (Introduction, some editions) 694 copies, 18 reviews
Women of Wonder (Contributor) 327 copies, 6 reviews
100 Great Fantasy Short, Short Stories (Contributor) 246 copies, 5 reviews
Grails: Quests of the Dawn (Contributor) 232 copies, 5 reviews
Space Opera (Contributor) 226 copies, 3 reviews
The 1981 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 211 copies, 3 reviews
The Way of the Wizard (Contributor) 200 copies, 6 reviews
A Century of Science Fiction (Contributor) 189 copies, 2 reviews
Children of the Atom (Afterword, some editions) 189 copies, 9 reviews
Year's Best Fantasy 2 (Contributor) 166 copies, 3 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Sorcerers' Tales (Contributor) 155 copies, 2 reviews
Moonsinger's Friends: In Honor of Andre Norton (Contributor) 141 copies, 1 review
Treasures of Fantasy (Contributor) 140 copies, 1 review
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (Contributor) 130 copies, 1 review
Spell Singers (Contributor) 128 copies, 2 reviews
Excalibur (Contributor) 123 copies
The Mists of Avalon [2001 film] (Original book) 98 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Merlin (Contributor) 96 copies
Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters (Contributor) 96 copies, 2 reviews
The DAW science fiction reader (Contributor) 88 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories (Contributor) 84 copies
Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet (Contributor) 73 copies, 2 reviews
The Merlin Chronicles (Contributor) 64 copies
Thieves' World: First Blood (Contributor) 62 copies
The Paganism Reader (Contributor) 62 copies, 1 review
The Chronicles of the Round Table (Afterword) 59 copies
Stellar #5: Science-Fiction Stories (Contributor) 55 copies, 1 review
The Second Science Fiction Megapack (Author) 53 copies, 4 reviews
Tales by Moonlight II (Contributor) 43 copies
Women of Vision : Essays by Women Writing Science Fiction (Contributor, some editions) 33 copies, 1 review
Top Fantasy (Contributor) 32 copies
Music of Darkover (Contributor) 23 copies, 2 reviews
Tolkiens Geschöpfe (Contributor) 20 copies, 1 review
The Best from Amazing Stories (Contributor) 19 copies
Univers 1982 (Contributor) 14 copies
Science Fiction Jahrbuch 1983. (Contributor, some editions) 14 copies
Science Fiction Almanach 1981. (Author, some editions) 10 copies
Venture Science Fiction May 1957 (Contributor) 7 copies
Across the Spectrum (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review
Sinister Wisdom 14 (Contributor) 5 copies
Beyond the Fields We Know (Contributor; Contributor) 4 copies
Future Science Fiction October 1954 (Contributor; Contributor) 4 copies
The Passionate Café (Contributor) 3 copies, 1 review
Fantastic Universe March 1955 (Contributor) 1 copy

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Marion Zimmer Bradley wurde 1930 in Albany, New York, geboren. Internationale Bekanntheit erlangte sie vor allem mit ihren Science Fiction-Romanen über die Bewohner des Planeten Darkover.
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