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| Title | : | Darkover Landfall (Darkover - Publication Order #7) |
| Author | : | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | January 15th 1987 by RH Canada UK Dist (first published December 1st 1972) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Paperback | Pages: 160 pages Rating: 3.88 | 6108 Users | 186 Reviews
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Darkover, planet of wonder, world of mystery, has been a favorite of science fiction readers for many years. For it is a truly alien sphere--a world of strange intelligences, of brooding skies beneath a ruddy sun, and of powers unknown to Earth. In this novel, Marion Zimmer Bradley tells of the original coming of the Earthmen, of the days when Darkover knew not humanity. This is the full-bodied novel of what happened when a colonial starship crashlanded on that uncharted planet to encounter for the first time in human existence the impact of the Ghost Wind, the psychic currents that were native only to that world, and the price that every Earthling must pay before Darkover could claim him for itself.Particularize Books To Darkover Landfall (Darkover - Publication Order #7)
| Original Title: | Darkover Landfall |
| ISBN: | 0099154102 (ISBN13: 9780099154105) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Darkover - Publication Order #7, Darkover - Chronological Order |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 6108 Users | 186 ReviewsWrite Up Based On Books Darkover Landfall (Darkover - Publication Order #7)
(Not a review of any particular edition.)Coming to this after Thendara House was a bit of a letdown for me. I wanted to like the characters a lot more than I did, and I wanted to embrace their philosophies more than I could. I was able to sympathize with exactly two: Judy Lovat and Camilla Del Rey. Well, three, but the third is a spoiler.(view spoiler)[If only this had been written after 1972.Falling in the early days of Bradley's SCA involvement, it seems natural to me that she should create aI'm well aware of the scandal that's emerged since Marion Zimmer Bradley's death; but I loved this series when I was a kid, and so when I stumbled on an old paperback, I thought I'd revisit it....maybe the rest of the series was better? This book exists solely to explain how the society the series focuses on came about. Since I only dimly remember a lot of the details, I probably missed some subtle cues. But there's basically no plot. It starts post-crash. Then some stuff happens. But there's no
I like MZB although at times, her characterization is lacking. I've read the entire Darkover series and I like them all. I like her fascination with linguistic minutiae and genealogy. The only thing I regretted about this book is that I had hoped it might reveal the origins of some of the later Darkover mythology about Hastur, the Lord of Light and his counterparts. :sigh:
A colonisation space-ship bound for a terraformed planet crash lands on an unknown M class planet. The surviving crew have to let go of their Earth customs to adapt to a strange new world, peopled by god-like aliens and a strange wind of madness that turns everyone into rabid lust or murder...Overall I quite enjoyed this one, although I never did warm to the character of Camilla - Part of me hated the fact that she had absolutely no choice but to breed but at the same time I disliked her
An ok book but it just doesn't really go anywhere - it's clearly written as a nothing more than a prequel filling in Darkover's history. A spaceship crashes - but no reason is given as to why. No-one seems to know, much less care. It's a colony ship, but the colonists don't seem to have basic equipment like personal communicators or any kind of transportation, and the captain doesn't mention any standard emergency procedures for crashing on an alien planet, surely a basic part of officer
This is the origin story of the first humans to come to Darkover. Two thousand years before it was rediscovered.A colony ship on it's way to Coronis has trouble. They make it to the nearest system with a habitable planet and crash land. Captain Leicester wants to put all his effort into fixing the ship, original estimates are three to six weeks to complete the repairs. Mr. Moray head of the colonists wants to put survival first. Geologist Rafe MacAron suggests a trek to the nearby mountain to
The is excellent novel forms the science fiction basis for the fantasy in the Darkover series. Bradley is often credited with successfully blending the elements of science fiction and fantasy, and she does so brilliantly in this book.Darkover Landfall is largely a hard science fiction novel; it tells the story of how a colony ship, forced badly off course by a gravitational anomaly, crash lands on the only planet it can find with a habitable atmosphere. The planet has an abnormally large sun,
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