Domains of Darkover
| Title: | Domains of Darkover |
| Creator: | various |
| Date(s): | March 1990 |
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| Fandom: | Darkover |
| Language: | English |
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Domains of Darkover is a for-profit book published by Marion Zimmer Bradley and DAW Books.
It contains stories submitted by fans.
Mentions in "Darkover Newsletter"
The March 1988 issue of Darkover Newsletter has guidelines for the new Friends of Darkover anthology, "Domains of Darkover": "... Feel free to invent your own characters or use mind... but no Free Amazons with passionate love affairs or accepting slavery a la John Norman... you cannot bring Jaelle back to life, and Dorilys of 'Stormqueen' is off limits."
In June 1988, Ann Sharp, the editor of Darkover Newsletter, wrote a piece in #41 about writing well, plotting and avoiding cliches and stereotypes. It ends with a plug for fans to submit their fiction to the DAW Darkover Anthology, "Domains of Darkover."
Contents
- Acurrhir todo: Nada Perdonad by Deborah J. Ross
- An Object Lesson by Mercedes Lackey
- Beginnings by Cynthia Drolet
- Clingfire by Patricia Duffy Novak
- Death in Thendaara by Dorothy J. Heydt
- Firetrap by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Elizabeth Waters
- Friends by Judith Kobylecky
- Manchild by L. D. Woeltjen
- Just A Touch by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
- Mind-Eater by Joan Marie Verba
- Mists by Meg MacDoanald
- Our Little Rabbit by Mary K. Frey
- A Gift from Ardais by Barbara Denz
- The horse Race by Diann Partridge
- The Plaque by Janet R. Rhodes
- The Tapestry by Micole Sudburg
- To Serve Kihar by Judith Sampson
Fan Comments
2013
This is one of a series of anthologies that basically are collection of "fan fiction" by other authors based on MZB's Darkover.
[...]
I'm afraid I feel Domains of Darkover is back to routine. The first collection [in the anthology series] seemed mostly taken from a contest, and perhaps that pushed the quality up. So many in the contents page of the next four anthologies seemed the usual suspects, with the majority of stories included by authors who appeared in previous MZB anthologies. With this one, not only didn't I remember any of these stories from my read years before, it was hard to remember the stories I read early on by the time I finished rereading this book. And there were a few I out and out disliked. Not good. I did like Dorothy J. Heydt's "Death in Thendara" which featured recurring characters from her previous stories in Darkover anthologies. Similarly it was nice reading a new Hilary story from Marion Zimmer Bradley and Elizabeth Waters, "Firetrap." And it was interesting reading a fairly early story from an author who'd become a favorite, Mercedes Lackey. Otherwise, I did (rather mildly) enjoy most of the stories--but certainly wouldn't recommend this for someone not already a die hard Darkover fan.[1]
I have half a story in this (a collaboration with MZB), so I'm keeping to my policy of not rating things I've written. When you consider the fact that a new copy of the original mass market paperback is now selling for $29.99 on Amazon, however, I'm glad that the MZB Works Trust is reissuing these anthologies. [2]
2015
There is almost no point in reviewing any book or anthology of Darkover. Either you love the world created or you don't. I can and will read every single story written and still want more. [3]
2016
This is a collection of short stories that were written by other folk about Darkover, that MZB selected for an anthology. I guess I'd forgotten how violent and vicious the setting is. The collection ranges over all of the various centuries of the novels, so you get a view of the various cultural settings. MZB provides a commentary for every story in the collection, with info mostly about the authors. [4]