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The Bloody Sun (Darkover #17.2)
This is the re-written version of the original story.
To Terran Jeff Kerwin the distant planet he remembered only as a childhood dream was home. But when years of planning finally brought him back to Darkover, ha found that there was no peace for him there--not for someone with both the red hair of a Com'yn lord and the bastard strains of Terrani in his blood; not for someo...more
To Terran Jeff Kerwin the distant planet he remembered only as a childhood dream was home. But when years of planning finally brought him back to Darkover, ha found that there was no peace for him there--not for someone with both the red hair of a Com'yn lord and the bastard strains of Terrani in his blood; not for someo...more
Paperback, 372 pages
Published
by Ace
(first published 1964)
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This is the 3rd novel written in the science fictional Darkover series, first published in 1964. The only version now available (and the one I'm reviewing) was updated in 1979 and incorporated some material that was cut from the first edition for length reasons and some new material that took into account later Darkover books written in the 60s and 70s.
This edition is much more polished than the first two books, The Planet Savers and The Sword of Aldones. I don't know how much of that is the ori...more
This edition is much more polished than the first two books, The Planet Savers and The Sword of Aldones. I don't know how much of that is the ori...more
This later version of the 1964 original starts differing from the very beginning by the edition of a prologue containing a dispute between Damon Ridenow and Cleindori (about whether she should go to Arilinn to be trained as a Keeper in the old ways). This is one of the few points at which Cleindori appears as an actor, and gets a speaking part in her own life.
The rest of the story is told from the point of view of Cleindori's son, who has no conscious memory of his mother. A lot of things are ex...more
The rest of the story is told from the point of view of Cleindori's son, who has no conscious memory of his mother. A lot of things are ex...more
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Up-front, I will say that this is, by far, the best of its kind that Bradley wrote. The "kind" I refer to is the "A red-headed Earthman in the service of the Terran Empire feels strangely drawn to Darkover and finds his destiny, including true love, on that strange planet" book. It's a familiar motif, and one which Bradley very deliberately followed; she said that "the essence of the Darkover novels" is "the clash of cultures between Terran and Darkover." Although I understand why she did this,...more
Colpi di scena degni di una soap opera!
Anche se può essere letto indipendentemente – come tutti gli altri romanzi della saga, del resto – “L’esiliato di Darkover” si apprezza molto di più se prima si ha letto “La Torre Proibita” di cui ne è, in un certo senso, il seguito ambientato un paio di generazioni dopo.
L’intreccio è del tutto coinvolgente, e a mano a mano che leggi continui a fare ipotesi su ipotesi su quanto possa essere successo, su quale sia il mistero da svelare, ecc. E, quasi alla f...more
Anche se può essere letto indipendentemente – come tutti gli altri romanzi della saga, del resto – “L’esiliato di Darkover” si apprezza molto di più se prima si ha letto “La Torre Proibita” di cui ne è, in un certo senso, il seguito ambientato un paio di generazioni dopo.
L’intreccio è del tutto coinvolgente, e a mano a mano che leggi continui a fare ipotesi su ipotesi su quanto possa essere successo, su quale sia il mistero da svelare, ecc. E, quasi alla f...more
Just re-read this, in one of the DAW omnibus editions, with Star of Danger and Winds of Darkover, which I haven't got to yet.
I remember this being one of my favorite Darkover books when I was reading them in college, and I still like it quite a bit. There's something about the "partial-amnesiac-looking-for-his-missing-past" storyline that gets me every time, and the Forbidden Tower arc is one of the ones I like best, as "brave rebels trying to subvert the Establishment" is one of my story-trope...more
I remember this being one of my favorite Darkover books when I was reading them in college, and I still like it quite a bit. There's something about the "partial-amnesiac-looking-for-his-missing-past" storyline that gets me every time, and the Forbidden Tower arc is one of the ones I like best, as "brave rebels trying to subvert the Establishment" is one of my story-trope...more
I may have to change this rating because I am having trouble remembering which book in this series goes with which name. If this is the one that I think it is, then it is the best of the series.
To a great extent, most books of this series are a rewrite of the other books of this series - certainly there is a large group that are very similar. I find it strange that so many of these books culminate in the same realisation, in particular. Of the books that all are very similar, I think that this...more
To a great extent, most books of this series are a rewrite of the other books of this series - certainly there is a large group that are very similar. I find it strange that so many of these books culminate in the same realisation, in particular. Of the books that all are very similar, I think that this...more
I'm a fan of Marion Zimmer Bradley, but my affection for her rests not on the Avalon books, which I didn't care for, but her Darkover series. Darkover is a "lost colony" of Earth that falls into a medieval society. Ruled by a psychic aristocracy, it is later rediscovered by a star-spanning high-tech human federation after centuries, giving the series a feel of both science fiction and fantasy. Most books in the series examine this culture clash and this book is no exception as it focuses on a Te...more
Nov 17, 2010
Erika
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
darkover,
epic-fantasy
The first book of the 'Darkover' series I read. I think it's a good place to start since the main character is an outsider who knows nothing about the ways of this world and we get to experience it and learn about it with him. It was very easy to identify myself with the protagonist and his difficulty to understand a culture so different to his (our) own. Very enticing, it left me craving for more... now I'm hooked on the Darkover series!
Oct 23, 2010
Jose Miguel Gonzalez
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
aventuras,
ciencia-ficcion
Jeff, del imperio terrrano, que decide viajar a Darkover para encontrar sus origenes, se ve envuelto, sin quererlo, en una aventura que cambiará completamente su vida... y posiblemente la de Darkover.
Me está gustando esta saga... y ya me queda poco para completarla...
Me está gustando esta saga... y ya me queda poco para completarla...
A nice tale full of revelations and mystery. I like the Darkover setting because of the correct mixture of psi powers and sci fi elements. This may be an older story but it is still relevant today. Truly a delight. =)
of the "surprise you're a Comyn!" books, this one is one of the best...plus I've been waiting to find out what exactly happened to Cleindori since the doom and gloom note at the end of the Renunciates books...
Years ago I read all of the Darkover sci fi fantasy books. It was wonderful to revisit this world. Marion Zimmer Bradley is a remarkable visionary and creative author!
I really liked this book and it was a good read. There were some points I thought could have been strengthened.
This was the first one of the series I read.
It certainly set the tone fir my reading of Zimmer Bradley.
Great book.
It certainly set the tone fir my reading of Zimmer Bradley.
Great book.
Sep 03, 2010
Rebecca Huston
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction
One of my favourite Darkover novels, and the rewrite is much much better than the novel was the first time around.
Great sequel to The Forbidden Tower. Interesting plot twists, good characters.
The best book I ever read in the dark over series !
Fantastic.... a better continuation of "The Bloody Sun
Grade A. Book D8. Year 2040.
My favorite Darkover novel, by far.
My all time favorite of the series.
It's not my favorite Darkover book, but It's wonderful anyway!
Darkover, with its catalyst stones, towers full of red-heads with psi powers, and its forgotten colonist history. Fascinating and mysterious, I loved the combination of space port and medieval city existing side by side, and to me, this is the best book in the series.
Sep 16, 2008
Janni
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This is the book that--handed to my by a friend--got my hooked on Darkover in high school, led to hours and hours of reading as I looked for every Darkover book I could find, and ultimately led to my first short fiction sale. :-)
Another brilliant Darkover novel!
I didn't read this series in order, so read several volumes before I realized that Darkover's origins were Terran. This story clarified that history very nicely with the protagonist's struggles.
This book is part of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series.
Not one of my favorite Darkover books. But still good.
I should just reread all of these, but a good filler, at least.
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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.
Born on a farm in Albany, New York, during the Great Depression, she began writing in 1949 and sold her first story to Vortex magazine in 1952. In 1965 Bradley graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Te...more
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Born on a farm in Albany, New York, during the Great Depression, she began writing in 1949 and sold her first story to Vortex magazine in 1952. In 1965 Bradley graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Te...more
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