Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley was born on June 1930. In 1949, she married Robert Alden Bradley.

She has been a writer since before 1949, when she sold her first story.

She had a brother, and three children; David, Patrick and Moira, and two grandchildren.

She wrote herself that she did not consider herself a feminist. She wrote stories in a genre mostly reserved for male writers, before the feminists opened a way. And unlike Andre Norton, she used her own name, and refused to hide the fact that she was a woman.

Also, as can be seen clearly from her writings, she thought that women should take up the responsibilities together with the privileges. No woman should have rights just because she was a woman. She, like every man, should have to deserve those rights, on basis of merit.

September 21st 1999, she suffered a major heart attack, and September 25th 1999, she passed away, leaving a hole behind her in the ranks of the greatest fantasy/science fiction writers of today.

I think she is one of the most important writers of fantasy and science fiction, both because of her stories, and because of what she has done for other female writers. She had the strength to pave a way for them to walk.

She was one of my favourite authors. She will be missed, also by those who didn't know her personally. I never did. I never met her, never got to know her, but I will miss her.

Ann Sharp said this about her after her death:
"Her instructions were carried out exactly. She wanted no stone, no physical shrine to her memory. Her new home is beyond the stars, in the holy promise of eternal life. This is the comfort of her friends, that though she may be said to die, yet her friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal. Her monument on this earth, her truest portrait, her ultimate legacy, is in her books. Look for her there; you will always find her."

Bibliography

(This bibliography is not complete; if you find books you miss, please let me know)
The Door Through Space (1961)
Seven from the Stars (1962)
The Dark Intruder and Other Stories (1964)
Falcons of Narabedla (1964)
Castle Terror (1965)
Bluebeard's Daughter (1968)
Souvenir of Monique (1967)
The Brass Dragon (1970)
Hunters of the Red Moon (1973) (With Paul Edwin Zimmer)
The Endless Voyage (1975)
The Endless Universe (1979)
The Survivors (1979)
The Catch Trap (1979)
The Ruins of Isis (1980)
Survey Ship (1980)
Colors of Space (1983)
The Mists of Avalon (1983)
Warrior Woman (1985)
Lythande (1986)
The Firebrand (1987)
The Forest House (1994)
The Lady of Avalon (1997)
Fall of Atlantis (1987)
Dark Satanic (1988)
Black Trillium (1990) (with Andre Norton and Julian May)
Witch Hill (1990)
Lady of the Trillium (1995)
Tiger Burning Bright (1995) (With Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey)
Gratitude of Kings (1997)

Series

Darkover

Planet Savers (1962)
Sword of Aldones (1962)
The Bloody Sun (1964)
Star of Danger (1965)
Winds of Darkover (1970)
World Wreckers (1971)
Darkover Landfall (1972)
The Spell Sword (1974)
Heritage of Hastur (1975)
Shattered Chain (1976)
Forbidden Tower (1977)
Stormqueen (1978)
Two to Conquer (1980)
Sharra's Exile (1981)
Hawkmistress (1982)
Thendara House (1983)
City of Sorcery (1984)
Heirs of Hammerfell (1989)
Rediscovery (1993)
Exile's Song (1996)
Shadow Matrix (1997)
Traitor's Sun (1999)

Darkover Anthologies

The Keeper's Price (1980)
Sword of Chaos (1982)
Free Amazons of Darkover (1985)
Other Side of the Mirror (1987)
Red Sun of Darkover (1987)
Four Moons of Darkover (1988)
Domains of Darkover (1990)
Renunciates of Darkover (1991)
Leroni of Darkover (1991)
Towers of Darkover (1993)
MZB's Darkover (1993)
Snows of Darkover (1994)

Glenraven (with Holly Lisle)

Glenraven (1996)
In the Rift (1998)

Ghostlight (1995)
Witchlight (1996)
Gravelight (1997)
Heartlight (1998)
Other anthologies

Greyhaven (1983)
Sword and Sorceress ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 2 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 3 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 4 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 5 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 6 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 7 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 8 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 9 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 10 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 11 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 12 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 13 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 14 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 15 ()
Sword and Sorceress vol 16 ()

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