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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 · 495,418 ratings · 17,466 reviews · 801 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 212,917 ratings — published 1982 — 4 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 — 19,787 ratings — published 1992 — 5 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 — 17,565 ratings — published 2000	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 — 18,081 ratings — published 1982 — 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
	The Firebrand 4.07 avg rating — 11,444 ratings — published 1987 — 79 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) 4.15 avg rating — 7,490 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 — 6,750 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 — 6,184 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
	A Senhora da Magia (As Brumas de Avalon #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Maria Dulce Teles de Menezes (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 5,845 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
	The Prisoner in the Oak (The Mists of Avalon, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 5,616 ratings — published 1982 — 7 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 — 252,344 ratings

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

Diana L. Paxson

3.95 avg rating — 59,214 ratings

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

Marco Aurelio Cesarino

4.14 avg rating — 25,135 ratings

Renunciates (3 books)
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Marion Zimmer Bradley

3.94 avg rating — 9,051 ratings

Darkover Omnibus (7 books)
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Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.09 avg rating — 6,513 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

December 2017 - Fantasy

Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell, 370p

15 votes, 46.9%

A Million Junes by Emily Henry, 350p

7 votes, 21.9%

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, 876p

4 votes, 12.5%

Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede, 326p

3 votes, 9.4%

The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan, 320p

2 votes, 6.3%

The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell, 512p

1 vote, 3.1%

32 total votes

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