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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 · 483,335 ratings · 16,416 reviews · 731 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 207,538 ratings — published 1982 — 169 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) 3.87 avg rating — 19,217 ratings — published 1992 — 2 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 — 17,217 ratings — published 2000 — 75 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 3.91 avg rating — 17,607 ratings — published 1982 — 91 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 4.06 avg rating — 11,078 ratings — published 1987 — 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
	The High Queen (The Mists of Avalon, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 6,951 ratings — published 1982 — 41 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 — 6,627 ratings — published 1972 — 50 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 — 5,714 ratings — published 1982 — 34 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 — 5,196 ratings — published 1982 — 39 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) 4.11 avg rating — 5,218 ratings — published 1982 — 48 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)
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Marion Zimmer Bradley,

Diana L. Paxson

4.11 avg rating — 245,521 ratings

Il ciclo di Avalon (5 books)
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Marion Zimmer Bradley,

Diana L. Paxson

3.95 avg rating — 57,211 ratings

The Mists of Avalon (4 books)
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Marion Zimmer Bradley,

Marco Aurelio Cesarino

4.14 avg rating — 23,079 ratings

Renunciates (5 books)
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Marion Zimmer Bradley

3.94 avg rating — 8,935 ratings

Darkover Omnibus (7 books)
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Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.08 avg rating — 6,322 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

3rd Qtr (Jul-Sep) 2021 Long Read Poll

Shirley by Charlotte Brontë

55 votes, 31.8%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

32 votes, 18.5%

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

32 votes, 18.5%

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

28 votes, 16.2%

Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey

14 votes, 8.1%

Armadale by Wilkie Collins

8 votes, 4.6%

Space by James A. Michener

4 votes, 2.3%

173 total votes

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