The Heritage of Hastur, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Heritage of Hastur, Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The Heritage of Hastur

Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

Narrator: Max Bellmore, Pete Bradbury

Unabridged: 15 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/15/2018


Synopsis

Described as “Bradley’s best novel” by Locus, The Heritage of Hastur, longest and most intricate of the Darkover books, is a brilliant epic of the pivotal event in the strange love-hate relationship between the Terran worlds and the semi-alien offspring of forgotten peoples.  This is the novel of the Hastur tradition and of the showdown between those who would bargain away their world for the glories of star-borne science and those who would preserve the special “matrix” power that was at once the prize and the burden of ruddy-sunned Darkover. 

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 Ken on July 05, 2012

Before picking up this book, I had read eight Darkover novels, generally in the order of their publication. What, I wondered, drew so many readers to them? Some of them were truly awful, while others were enjoyable, but not great. Then I got to The Heritage of Hastur, and it has given me an "a-ha mo......more

Goodreads review by Beatriz on July 05, 2021

Este libro es realmente una joyita. El crecimiento y autoconocimiento de los jóvenes protagonistas de la historia, combinados con el despertar telepático de algunos habitantes de Darkover, está excelentemente construido. Por otro lado los conflictos de poder y, en general, toda la ambientación del p......more

Goodreads review by Georgiana on May 27, 2020

Terza (o forse quarta?) rilettura di questo capolavoro della science-fantasy, in cui Marion Zimmer Bradley approfitta di un world building creato ad hoc da lei per affrontare problemi della società degli anni '70 e '80. In cima a tutti ci sono naturalmente i giochi di potere tra Darkover e l'Impero T......more

Goodreads review by Saturn on May 08, 2021

Altra bella lettura del ciclo di Darkover. Anche in questo volume si affrontano molti temi, su cui spicca il tema del potere. Troppo spesso chi lo detiene ne abusa o smette di pensare di dover dare conto delle proprie scelte e delle proprie azioni. Il potere è responsabilità. Il potere è politico, g......more

Goodreads review by Chuck on October 09, 2009

For those who want to read the Darkover series, I would have to say that this is the novel to start with. It's engaging and exciting enough to interest you in the series, and these characters, and this timeline, are central to the Darkover canon. As someone who's read approximately 20 Bradley titles......more