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Marion Zimmer Bradley

Born

in Albany, New York, The United States

June 03, 1930

Died

September 25, 1999

Website

http://www.mzbworks.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Gay and Lesbian

Influences

Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett ...more

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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.

Bradley's first published novel-length work was Falcons of Narabedla, first published in the May 1957 issue of Other Worlds. When she was a child, Bradley stated that she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy authors such as Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, and Leigh Brackett, especially when they wrote about "the glint of strange suns on worlds that never were and never would be." Her first novel and much of her subsequent work show their influence strongly.

Early in her career, writing as Morgan Ives, Miriam Gardner, John Dexter, and Lee Chapman, Marion Zimmer Bradley produced several works ou ...more

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Marion Zimmer Bradley’s books

Average rating: 4.01 · 494,885 ratings · 17,422 reviews · 800 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 212,730 ratings — published 1982 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forest House (Avalon, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 19,761 ratings — published 1992 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Priestess of Avalon (Avalon, #4) by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson 4.05 avg rating — 17,549 ratings — published 2000 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady of Avalon (Avalon, #3) by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson 3.92 avg rating — 18,064 ratings — published 1982 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Firebrand 4.07 avg rating — 11,431 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The High Queen (The Mists of Avalon, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 7,471 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkover Landfall 3.86 avg rating — 6,744 ratings — published 1972 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King Stag (The Mists of Avalon, #3) by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Davina Porter (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.16 avg rating — 6,162 ratings — published 1982 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Senhora da Magia (As Brumas de Avalon #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Maria Dulce Teles de Menezes (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 5,825 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prisoner in the Oak (The Mists of Avalon, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 5,601 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Les Dames du lac (3 books)
by

Marion Zimmer Bradley,

Diana L. Paxson

4.11 avg rating — 252,100 ratings

Il ciclo di Avalon (5 books)
by

Marion Zimmer Bradley,

Diana L. Paxson

3.95 avg rating — 59,133 ratings

The Mists of Avalon (4 books)
by

Marion Zimmer Bradley,

Marco Aurelio Cesarino

4.14 avg rating — 25,059 ratings

Renunciates (3 books)
by

Marion Zimmer Bradley

3.94 avg rating — 9,038 ratings

Darkover Omnibus (7 books)
by

Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.09 avg rating — 6,493 ratings

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Quotes by Marion Zimmer Bradley (?)

“Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Forest House

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“The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Fall of Atlantis

tags: despair, hope

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“I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon

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Polls

January 2014!!! Genre: Fantasy!!!
Voting will end by December 21st or when all ten votes are in.

Update: The winner (Eye of the World) will be spread out to two months. So there will not be a February Poll. -Taja

The Eye of the World
(Wheel of Time #1) (Epic-Fantasy)
by Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time, #1) by Robert Jordan

3 votes, 42.9%

A Game of Thrones
(A Song of Ice & Fire #1) (Epic-Fantasy)
by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

2 votes, 28.6%

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
(Modern Urban-Fantasy)
by Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

1 vote, 14.3%

The Name of the Wind
(The Kingkiller Chronicles #1) (Epic-Fantasy)
by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss

1 vote, 14.3%

Gardens of the Moon
(Malazan book of the Fallen #1) (High-Fantasy)
by Steven Erikson

Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) by Steven Erikson

0 votes, 0.0%

The Forest House
(Prequel in the Avalon series) (Historical-Fantasy)
by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Forest House (Avalon, #2) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

0 votes, 0.0%

The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
(Adventure-Fantasy)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Dragonbone Chair
(Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn #1) (Adventure-Fantasy)
by Tad Williams

The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams

0 votes, 0.0%

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
(The Inheritance Trilogy #1) (YA Fantasy)
by N.K. Jemisin

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #1) by N.K. Jemisin

0 votes, 0.0%

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