The Works of Marion Zimmer Bradley

last updated 24 December 2007

Avalon/Historical Darkover Anthologies Other E-books Foreign

Avalon/Historical

Avalon Series:    
  THE MISTS OF AVALON Knopf, 1983 (hc), Ballantine, 1984(tp), Fictionwise eBook, 2002
  THE FOREST HOUSE
(aka FORESTS OF AVALON)		 Viking, 1994 (hc); 1995 (tp), Fictionwise eBook, 2007
  THE LADY OF AVALON (with Diana L. Paxson) Viking, 1997 (hc); 1998 (tp), Fictionwise eBook, 2007
  PRIESTESS OF AVALON (with Diana L. Paxson) UK: HarperCollins/Voyager, 2000;
US: Viking, 2001 (hc)
  ANCESTORS OF AVALON (by Diana L. Paxson) Viking, 2004 (hc)
  RAVENS OF AVALON (by Diana L. Paxson) Viking, 2007 (hc)
  SWORD OF AVALON (by Diana L. Paxson) 2009 (hc)
Historical:    
  THE FIREBRAND (Trojan War) Simon & Schuster, 1987 (hc), Pocket, 1988
  THE CATCH TRAP (20th century) Ballantine, 1979 (hc), 1980, 1984 (pb)

Historical chronology: ANCESTORS OF AVALON, FIREBRAND, RAVENS OF AVALON, FOREST HOUSE, LADY OF AVALON (parts 1-2), PRIESTESS OF AVALON, LADY OF AVALON (part 3), SWORD OF AVALON, MISTS OF AVALON, CATCH TRAP

Darkover

MZB always insisted that the Darkover novels are not a series and can be read in any order, since none of the books assumes that you are familiar with any other of the books. If you simply MUST have an order in which to read them, it is better to read them chronologically by publication date, rather than in chronology of Darkovan history; that way you will follow MZB's thought processes as her concept of Darkover grew and expanded.

In Order of Publication

PLANET SAVERS, 1962 (reprinted 1995) 7
SWORD OF ALDONES, 1962
THE BLOODY SUN, 1964 (rewritten 1979) 5
STAR OF DANGER, 1965 (reprinted 1994) 5
WINDS OF DARKOVER, 1970 (reprinted 1995) 5
WORLD WRECKERS, 1971 (reprinted 1994) 7
DARKOVER LANDFALL, 1972 6
THE SPELL SWORD, 1974 4
HERITAGE OF HASTUR, 1975 1
SHATTERED CHAIN, 1976 3
FORBIDDEN TOWER, 1977 4
STORMQUEEN, 1978 2
BLOODY SUN (rewrite), 1979 (reprinted 1994) 5
TWO TO CONQUER, 1980 6
SHARRA'S EXILE, 1981 1
HAWKMISTRESS, 1982 2
THENDARA HOUSE, 1983 3
CITY OF SORCERY, 1984 3
HEIRS OF HAMMERFELL, 1989
REDISCOVERY, 1993 (with Mercedes Lackey)
EXILE'S SONG, 1996 (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
SHADOW MATRIX, 1998 (by Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
TRAITOR'S SUN, 1999 (by Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
CLINGFIRE TRILOGY (in progress at MZB's death)
    FALL OF NESKAYA, 2001
    ZANDRU'S FORGE, 2003
    FLAME IN HALI, 2004
THE ALTON GIFT, June 2007
* RELUCTANT KING (in progress at MZB's death)
* THUNDERLORD (in progress at MZB's death)


Darkover Omnibus Editions:

HERITAGE AND EXILE, 2002
    Heritage of Hastur, Sharra's Exile
AGES OF CHAOS, 2002
    Stormqueen, Hawkmistress
SAGA OF THE RENUNCIATES, 2002
    Shattered Chain, Thendara House, City of Sorcery
FORBIDDEN CIRCLE, 2002
    Spell Sword, Forbidden Tower
A WORLD DIVIDED, Dec 2003
    Star of Danger, Winds of Darkover, Bloody Sun
DARKOVER: FIRST CONTACT, Sep 2004
    Darkover Landfall, Two to Conquer
TO SAVE A WORLD, Dec 2004
    Planet Savers, World Wreckers


Darkovan chronology

DARKOVER LANDFALL
STORMQUEEN
THUNDERLORD *
FALL OF NESKAYA
ZANDRU'S FORGE
HAWKMISTRESS
FLAME IN HALI
TWO TO CONQUER
HEIRS OF HAMMERFELL
REDISCOVERY
SHATTERED CHAIN (1)
SPELL SWORD
FORBIDDEN TOWER
SHATTERED CHAIN (2, 3)
THENDARA HOUSE
CITY OF SORCERY
STAR OF DANGER
WINDS OF DARKOVER
THE BLOODY SUN
HERITAGE OF HASTUR
PLANET SAVERS
SHARRA'S EXILE (replaces SWORD OF ALDONES)
RELUCTANT KING *
WORLD WRECKERS
EXILE'S SONG
SHADOW MATRIX
TRAITOR'S SUN
THE ALTON GIFT

Mini-series or direct sequels to one another are:

SPELL SWORD/FORBIDDEN TOWER/BLOODY SUN (rewrite)
SHATTERED CHAIN/THENDARA HOUSE/CITY OF SORCERY
HERITAGE OF HASTUR/SHARRA'S EXILE /RELUCTANT KING
EXILE'S SONG/SHADOW MATRIX/TRAITOR'S SUN

* (not yet in print -- book may have title and/or publication date changed before publication)

Darkover Anthologies

THE KEEPER'S PRICE, 1980, contents
SWORD OF CHAOS, 1982, contents
FREE AMAZONS OF DARKOVER, 1985, contents
OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR, 1987, contents
RED SUN OF DARKOVER, 1987, contents
FOUR MOONS OF DARKOVER, 1988, contents
DOMAINS OF DARKOVER, 1990, contents
RENUNCIATES OF DARKOVER, 1991, contents
LERONI OF DARKOVER, 1991, contents
TOWERS OF DARKOVER, 1993, contents
MZB's DARKOVER, 1993, contents
SNOWS OF DARKOVER, 1994, contents

Non-Darkover Science Fiction - Fantasy - Occult - Gothics

THE DOOR THROUGH SPACE, Ace, 1961 - e-book, Fictionwise, 2006
THE DOOR THROUGH SPACE (reissue), Wildside Press, Jan 2007 - e-book, Fictionwise, 2006
SEVEN FROM THE STARS, Ace, 1962
THE DARK INTRUDER AND OTHER STORIES, Ace, 1964 contents
FALCONS OF NARABEDLA, Ace, 1964
CASTLE TERROR, Lancer 1965
BLUEBEARD'S DAUGHTER, Lancer 1968
SOUVENIR OF MONIQUE, Ace 1967
THE BRASS DRAGON, Ace 1970
COLORS OF SPACE, Pocket 1973
HUNTERS OF THE RED MOON, DAW 1973 (with Paul Edwin Zimmer)
THE ENDLESS VOYAGE, Ace 1975
DRUMS OF DARKNESS, Ballantine, 1976
THE ENDLESS UNIVERSE, Ace 1979
THE SURVIVORS, DAW 1979 (sequel to HUNTERS, with Paul Edwin Zimmer)
THE RUINS OF ISIS, Pocket 1980
SURVEY SHIP, Ace 1980
HOUSE BETWEEN THE WORLDS, Del Rey, 1981
THE INHERITOR, Tor, 1984
NIGHT'S DAUGHTER, Ballantine, 1985
WARRIOR WOMAN, DAW 1985
FALL OF ATLANTIS, Pocket, 1987 (aka WEB OF LIGHT/WEB OF DARKNESS - written in the early 1950s)
DARK SATANIC, Tor 1988
BLACK TRILLIUM (with Andre Norton and Julian May), 1990, 1991
WITCH HILL, Tor, 1990
LADY OF THE TRILLIUM (with Elisabeth Waters), Bantam, 1995; June 1996 (pb)
TIGER BURNING BRIGHT (with Norton, Lackey, and Waters), 1995
GLENRAVEN (with Holly Lisle), Baen, 1996
GLENRAVEN 2: IN THE RIFT (with Holly Lisle), Baen, 1998
GRATITUDE OF KINGS (novella, with Elisabeth Waters), Roc, 1997
GHOSTLIGHT (with Rosemary Edghill), Tor, 1995
WITCHLIGHT (with Rosemary Edghill), Tor, 1996
GRAVELIGHT (with Rosemary Edghill), Tor, 1997
HEARTLIGHT (with Rosemary Edghill), Tor, 1998

Magazine

Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine
issues 1-50
Summer 1988 to Late Fall 2000

Anthologies

THE BEST OF MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY, 1988
GREYHAVEN, 1983, contents
LYTHANDE, 1986
SWORD AND SORCERESS 1, 1984, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 2, 1985, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 3, 1986, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 4, 1987, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 5, 1988, contents
SPELLS OF WONDER (S&S 5.5), 1989, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 6, 1990, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 7, 1990, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 8, 1991, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 9, 1992, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 10, 1993, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 11, 1994, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 12, 1995, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 13, 1996, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 14, 1997, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 15, 1998, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 16, 1999, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 17, 2000, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 18, 2001, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 19, 2002, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 20, 2003, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 21, 2004, contents
SWORD AND SORCERESS 22, 2007, contents
BEST OF MZB'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, vol. 1, Warner, 1994, contents
BEST OF MZB'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, vol. 2, Warner, 1995, contents
MZB'S FANTASY WORLDS, MZB (limited edition), 1998, contents

* not yet in print -- Titles and publication dates of books not yet in print are subject to change.

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