I have decided to continue rereading the Darkover novels by Marion Zimmer Bradley, partly for the fun of revisiting a favorite series, but also as part of the ongoing GLP. I started the ball rolling by asking my mom if I could borrow her copies of the books. I knew she’d probably have all the ones I didn’t. My mother did not forget my request, and she had two bags of books waiting for me when I went to visit her last Thursday.<\/p>\n
I did not realize how many Darkover books there were. And it never occurred to me what terrible shape my mother’s copies would be in. After being read by everyone in the family and then sitting for decades in a smoke-filled house, they are warped, smoke-stained, and in some cases, falling apart. Not that any softcovers from the ’70s and ’80s are likely to be in perfect condition, but my, some of these are really bad! Their condition is such that I’ll probably recycle (rather than donate) the ones I’m not going to keep.<\/p>\n
In any event, I am doing both myself and my mother a favor. I had managed to collect a number of Darkover books myself. We both need to lighten the loads on our bookshelves. My mom does not want her books back, so I can toss them as I please. I will only keep those I intend to read again someday, and I’m sure that number will be relatively small. Some of the books (particularly the fan fiction anthologies) I don’t plan to read at all.<\/p>\n
Here is a list of Darkover books that I cobbled together from various sources. The number after the dash is the book’s approximate position in the Darkover timeline. The titles with links are ones I read when I first decided to revisit Darkover (or the ones I have read since writing this post, added as updates).<\/p>\n
I have decided to continue rereading the Darkover novels by Marion Zimmer Bradley, partly for the fun of revisiting a favorite series, but also as part of the ongoing GLP. I started the ball rolling by asking my mom if … Continue reading