The Works of Marion Zimmer Bradley

last updated 9 February 2012

Avalon/Historical Darkover® Anthologies Other E-books Foreign

Avalon/Historical

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

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, 1958 (in Amazing), 1962 (reprinted 1995) 7; e-books: Fictionwise, 2010; Kindle, 2010
SWORD OF ALDONES, 1962; e-books: Fictionwise, 2009; Kindle, 2009
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); Kindle, 2012
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; e-books: Fictionwise, 2009; Kindle, 2009
    ZANDRU'S FORGE, 2003; e-book: Fictionwise, 2009; Kindle, 2009
    FLAME IN HALI, 2004; e-book: Fictionwise, 2009; Kindle, 2009
THE ALTON GIFT, 2007; Kindle
HASTUR LORD (working title was RELUCTANT KING), 2010; Kindle
* CHILDREN OF KINGS (in progress)
* THUNDERLORD (in progress at MZB's death)


Darkover® Omnibus Editions:

HERITAGE AND EXILE, 2002; e-book: Fictionwise; Kindle
    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; e-book: Fictionwise; Kindle
    Spell Sword, Forbidden Tower
A WORLD DIVIDED, Dec 2003; Kindle
    Star of Danger, Winds of Darkover, Bloody Sun
DARKOVER: FIRST CONTACT, Sep 2004; e-book: Kindle
    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)
WORLD WRECKERS
HASTUR LORD (working title was RELUCTANT KING)
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 /HASTUR LORD
EXILE'S SONG/SHADOW MATRIX/TRAITOR'S SUN/THE ALTON GIFT

* (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
MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S DARKOVER, 1993, contents; e-books: Fictionwise; Kindle
SNOWS OF DARKOVER, 1994, contents

Other Science Fiction - Fantasy - Occult - Gothics

THE DOOR THROUGH SPACE, Ace, 1961; reissued by Wildside Press, 2007; e-books: Fictionwise, 2006; Kindle, 2008
SEVEN FROM THE STARS, Ace, 1962; e-books: Fictionwise, 2010; Kindle, 2010
THE COLORS OF SPACE, 1963; e-books: Fictionwise, 2008; Kindle, 2008
THE DARK INTRUDER AND OTHER STORIES, Ace, 1964; contents; e-books: Fictionwise, 2009; Kindle, 2009;
FALCONS OF NARABEDLA, Ace, 1964; e-books: Fictionwise, 2009; Kindle, 2009
CASTLE TERROR, Lancer 1965; e-books: Fictionwise, 2011; Kindle, 2011
BLUEBEARD'S DAUGHTER, Lancer 1968; e-books: Fictionwise, 2011; Kindle, 2011
SOUVENIR OF MONIQUE, Ace 1967
THE BRASS DRAGON, Ace 1970; e-books: Fictionwise, 2010; Kindle, 2010
HUNTERS OF THE RED MOON, DAW 1973 (with Paul Edwin Zimmer); e-books: Fictionwise (coming in March 2012); Kindle, 2011
IN THE STEPS OF THE MASTER (The Sixth Sense #2) (TV novelization), 1973
THE ENDLESS VOYAGE, Ace 1975; e-books: Fictionwise, 2011; Kindle, 2011
CAN ELLEN BE SAVED? (TV novelization), 1975
DRUMS OF DARKNESS, Ballantine, 1976
THE ENDLESS UNIVERSE, Ace 1979
THE SURVIVORS, DAW 1979 (sequel to HUNTERS, with Paul Edwin Zimmer); e-books: Fictionwise (coming in March 2012); Kindle, 2011
THE RUINS OF ISIS, Pocket 1980
SURVEY SHIP, Ace 1980
THE HOUSE BETWEEN THE WORLDS, Del Rey, 1981; e-books: Fictionwise, 2011; Kindle, 2011
THE INHERITOR, Tor, 1984
NIGHT'S DAUGHTER, Ballantine, 1985
WARRIOR WOMAN, DAW 1985; e-books: Fictionwise, 2009; Kindle, 2009
FALL OF ATLANTIS, Pocket, 1987 (aka WEB OF LIGHT/WEB OF DARKNESS - written in the early 1950s) e-books: multiple formats, including Kindle
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; e-books: Fictionwise, 2011; Kindle, 2011
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; Fictionwise, 2010; Kindle, 2010
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 -- e-books: Fictionwise; Kindle
SWORD AND SORCERESS 23, 2008, contents -- e-books: Fictionwise; Kindle
SWORD AND SORCERESS 24, 2009, contents -- e-books: Fictionwise; Kindle
SWORD AND SORCERESS 25, 2010, contents -- e-books: Fictionwise; Kindle
SWORD AND SORCERESS 26, 2010, contents -- e-books: Fictionwise; Kindle
BEST OF MZB'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, vol. 1, Warner, 1994, contents
BEST OF MZB'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, vol. 2, Warner, 1995, contents -- e-book: Fictionwise; Kindle
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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