Darkover Landfall

Name: Darkover Landfall
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
ISBN: 9781501970870

Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

Series: Darkover #7

Narrator: Max Bellmore

Unabridged: 5 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/05/2018

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

The colony ship from Earth had been on its way to the Coronis colony—a flourishing mining settlement—where crews of engineers and technicians had been working for ten years preparing the planet for settlement and studying its ecology. But disaster had struck. Thrown off course by a gravitational storm, the ship had lost its orientation equipment in the first shock and been forced to locate the nearest star system with a potentially habitable planet and try to land. One-third of the crew had been killed in the crash, and the ship had been critically damaged. But the remaining colonists still entertained the hope of repair and escape from the cold but beautiful planet with the huge red sun and four moons. Until the ghost wind, carrying psychedelic pollen, started to blow, and Darkover’s aboriginal race claimed them for their own. …

About Marion Zimmer Bradley

Bestselling author Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) wrote The Mists of Avalon, The Forest House, Lady of Avalon, and The Firebrand, as well as the immensely popular Darkover series and numerous other science fiction and fantasy works. In 2000, she was posthumously awarded the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on February 26, 2017

I always enjoy Landfall, but hoo boy the casual misogyny. I think I didn't notice it as much last time I read the book because I'd just finished some Niven/Pournelle books, in contrast to which basically anything is a breath of fresh air.......more

Goodreads review by Noreen on September 22, 2024

Great introduction to the world of Darkover.......more

Goodreads review by Claudia on January 21, 2025

I’ve been curious about Darkover for many years. I think the name of the planet is kind of dumb though. I was not really impressed, obviously, given my rating. The first book was somewhat intriguing. But I was astonished that this supposedly feminist writer would send these people from the future of......more

Goodreads review by Michael T on September 17, 2019

I keep trying out the first in these giant series to see if it strikes me by any chance. I'm not sure why. It's a terrible experiment. If I like it, that's just more added to my enormous to-read list, and if I don't like it, why was I even bothering, really? This isn't bad, it's just not my cup of t......more

Goodreads review by 周婉蓮 차우 크리스티나 Cass on July 08, 2012

I read the first book in this omnibus, Darkover Landfall in 2008. I'm now continuing with Two to Conquer. I am following my own reading order for the Darkover novels as described on my blog - [URL not allowed] - except that I read Darkover Landfall earlier and am reading Two t......more