Marion Zimmer Bradley






Marion Zimmer Bradley

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born
June 03, 1930

died
September 25, 1999

gender
female

place of birth
The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction


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Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series, often with a feminist outlook.




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The Mists of Avalon The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
avg rating 4.09 — 16,723 ratings — published 1982
48 editions
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The Forest House: aka The Fore... The Forest House: aka The Forests of Avalon: Avalon Book 4
by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson
avg rating 3.58 — 2,288 ratings — published 1993
26 editions
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Lady of Avalon: Avalon Book 5 Lady of Avalon: Avalon Book 5
by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson
avg rating 3.65 — 2,091 ratings — published 1997
20 editions
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The Firebrand The Firebrand
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
avg rating 3.95 — 1,300 ratings — published 1987
27 editions
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Priestess of Avalon: Avalon Bo... Priestess of Avalon: Avalon Book 6
by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson
avg rating 3.68 — 1,193 ratings — published 2000
23 editions
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Darkover Landfall Darkover Landfall (Darkover, Book 1)
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
avg rating 3.72 — 582 ratings — published 1972
20 editions
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Hawkmistress! Hawkmistress! (Darkover, Book 6)
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
avg rating 3.81 — 564 ratings — published 1982
18 editions
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Stormqueen! Stormqueen!
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
avg rating 3.72 — 538 ratings — published 1978
19 editions
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The Heritage of Hastur The Heritage of Hastur
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
avg rating 3.89 — 462 ratings — published 1975
22 editions
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The Fall of Atlantis The Fall of Atlantis
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
avg rating 3.68 — 467 ratings — published 1983
12 editions
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"There is no such thing as a true tale. Truth has many faces and the truth is like to the old road to Avalon; it depends on your own will, and your own thoughts, whither the road will take you.
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Marion Zimmer Bradley (The Mists of Avalon)
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""All gods are one god." The Merlin of Briton"
Marion Zimmer Bradley (The Mists of Avalon)
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"'They have not forgotten the Mysteries,' she said, ‘they have found them too difficult. They want a God who will care for them, who will not demand that they struggle for enlightenment, but who will accept them just as they are, with all their sins, and take away their sins with repentance. It is not so, it will never be so, but perhaps it is the only way the unenlightened can bear to think of their Gods.'
Lancelet smiled bitterly. ‘Perhaps a religion which demands that every man must work though lifetime after lifetime for his own salvation is too much for mankind. They want not to wait for God's justice but to see it now. And that is the lure which this new breed of priests has promised them.'
Morgaine knew that he spoke truth, and bowed her head in anguish. ‘And since their view of a God is what shapes their reality, so it shall be–the Goddess was real while mankind still paid homage to her, and created her form for themselves. Now they will make for themselves the kind of God they think they want–the kind of God they deserve, perhaps.'
Well, so it must be, for as man saw reality, so it became. "
Marion Zimmer Bradley (The Mists of Avalon. Book 4: The Prisoner in the Oak)
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